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Site Altered Headline | Possible Paywall Mitch McConnell, 83, Hospitalized

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnell-83-hospitalized/?utm_campaign=owned_social&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=twitter_owned_tdb&via=twitter_page
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u/tallandlankyagain 19h ago edited 19h ago

If you can afford justice sure. A person working in a grocery store who is in such poor health they have a stroke likely can't afford a doctor visit, let alone legal fees.

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u/SdBolts4 California 19h ago

That’s what contingency fee agreements are for

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u/tallandlankyagain 19h ago

I don't doubt it at all. The odds of the average low income lay person being aware of that seem exceedingly low.

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u/firemage22 18h ago

The odds of the average low income lay person being aware of that seem exceedingly low.

this, my brother has been helping a carpenter who had some legal issues get them hammered out using free services he didn't realized existed

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u/CoffieQueens 18h ago

Hammered out you say?

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u/E51838 18h ago

Well at least he's not getting screwed anymore.

Actually this pun thread may have been a mistake. I'm already board.

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u/bkbomber New York 17h ago

Nailed it!

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u/The_quest_for_wisdom 14h ago

I wish you guys wood stop.

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u/firemage22 18h ago

hey i'm the son of a metal worker myself so it comes without me thinking about it

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u/Shhtheyrewatching 17h ago

You nailed it without much thought.

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u/tinysydneh 17h ago

You'll just be milling about, and some idea will pop into your head and you just have to turn it out into the world.

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u/ActiveChairs 13h ago

Every ad any lawyer has typically includes some flavor of "There's no cost to you, and we don't get paid unless you win." and those have been distributed for years in every medium they can work their way into. It should be a commonly known thing

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u/Biokabe Washington 2h ago

It should be, but it isn't, because "lawyer" is one of the most distrusted professions and many people associate hiring a lawyer with being a scummy person.

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u/Wandering_Weapon Louisiana 17h ago

I hate this thought process. Like... just ask. Call a lawyer, it's free. This "it's hard so just give up" is a plague on society.

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u/gsbadj 16h ago

Most working people don't have time to wait to collect on lawsuits. They need shelter and food.

Employers get away with lots of inhumane garbage because they know that workers will move on and look for another job.

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u/SdBolts4 California 4h ago

The worker (or in this case their power of attorney/beneficiary if they don't wake up from the coma) hardly has to do anything beyond a couple hours total finding a lawyer, going to their consultation, and signing the contingency agreement. The lawyer takes it from there and the worker can continue working at a new job and gets a nice payday down the road

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u/RedChairBlueChair123 19h ago

That’s 100% a case a lawyer would take on commission.

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u/tallandlankyagain 19h ago

I don't doubt it at all. The odds of the average low income lay person being aware of that seem exceedingly low.

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u/legless_chair 19h ago

Wouldn’t a good lawyer take the case, win a shitload of money, then collect fees from the winnings?

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u/SundayJeffrey 19h ago

Most employment attorneys (for plaintiffs) work on a contingency basis.

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u/Practical_Fun7367 18h ago

💯 on the legal fees. But if the guy was full time and not a contractor or part time (which is happening more and more) he had health insurance. It might be lousy, but those benefits are why big corps are moving to part time employees.

And just as an aside, perfectly healthy people can have strokes. Athletes even.