Who Can I Sue?
If you’ve made a New Year’s resolution about personal responsibility, you might have asked yourself, “Who can I help?”
But would you ever ask, “Who can I sue?”
That question is the focus of WhoCanISue.com, an online service that matches potential clients with lawyers, while begging a different question: does the site’s blunt come-on irresponsibly encourage more lawsuits?
No, says the Miami attorney who founded WhoCanISue and sees it as the future “go-to choice when people feel they’ve been wronged and are looking for answers.”
The site is searched through suggested “grievance” categories, like Medical Malpractice, Family Law, and Accidents. If you haven’t slipped on a banana peel, perhaps you slipped on a sub-prime mortgage, which is discussed under Mortgage Fraud in the “Hot Topics” section of potential reasons to sue someone.
After answering a series of online questions, users receive a list of lawyers willing to be contacted for possible representation in a lawsuit. The service is free for potential plaintiffs, but lawyers pay to be included on the site. “I don’t think WhoCanISue.com is going to, by itself, increase the number of lawsuits there are,” says its founder, “but it may make people more aware of what their rights are.”
Critics, however, contend that WhoCanISue makes a mockery of the legal system by suggesting that lawsuits are “frivolous and an easy way to make money.”
“Frankly, the whole process is not only scary, it is bound to give the public a rancid taste in their mouths about the profession,” fumed an article in Chicago Lawyer magazine. “As if there aren’t enough lawyers out there inventing lawsuits, now we’re going to invite the public to do so,” said a prominent trial attorney of WhoCanISue. “It encourages, if not creates lawsuits.”
Tell us what you think: What’s the verdict on WhoCanISue—responsible site for the aggrieved or incubator for irresponsible lawsuits? Has suing become too easy?
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Mr.
Can i sue new orleans police for beating me up after I went on a diabetic low after one year time is over
jeffery McNair | 4 months ago
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sr.
i have tried to sue a company once because my boss was calling me hoof because of my disability in two days i was out of a job and in a week the company was sold and you can not sue a company that does not exist i have delt with discrimanation on 7 out of ten jobs that i have had and when i reported it nothing has ever happened lawyers have made it imposible to sue and their just as corrupt as the local court houses they are only concerned with how much money the can milk you out of the justice system in my country is a joke i break one law and they persicute me but they break laws and there is no accoutability hell they will not even admit i am disabled and i was born without a heal i have had to threaten my doctors with bringing in lawyers just to get the to do the proper medical tests on me and now theis same bastards think i should trust them to do surgery on me and when i question them then its time for me to have a phyc exam thats sick on their part but do you think i could sue i dout it thats cause my justice system is a joke all i can hope for is that there is a god and he makes them pay for their sick ways all i can say is good luck getting any justice in the usa you would think a black pres would try to stop discrimanation in this country but clearly he is just a puppet on a string this counrty has really gone in the crapper kind of sucks if you know what i mean of course you would have to be disabled to understand cause till you have delt with what i have delt with you cannot understand it
james tiedt | 3 months, 4 weeks ago
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disgusted
as a pastor if you can afford a 750,000 thousand dollar house you have stolen to much money from the church you will never go to heaven and may god have mercy on your sick soul sell your crappy house and giv the money to the poor that is the only way to redeem yourself for stealing so much from undeserving people you sick prick
going to hell | 3 months, 4 weeks ago
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I want to know how easy it is to sue
I had a case cj-2004-02 I WAS GOING TO SUE than I fell in to another case I wasn’t even going to sue I was trying to go to the doctor and my doctor said no I wasn’t paying for it I’m still trying togo to the doctor and fix my back i have to have permission from work and a doctors release to even work I have lost my home my cars and cann’t afford to take care of my daughter I want to know how easy it is to sue cause I want to win this case last one didn’t turn out to well I keep stepping into #### i ant to know how easy it is because I want to win this one
Tina Hudspeth | 3 months, 3 weeks ago
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My termination is a deliberate retaliation by Flor
As political activities and Opponent of the union’s leadership.Since myself and other’s filing of EEOE complaint’s against F.P.L upon returning to work.The company and its representatives have engaged in mass false documentation to justify my termination.Its very clear to see they action was politically motivated without meritt. An grievavce was file my union..My question is what my legal right under duty of fair Representation?
Gabriel J Audain Sr | 3 months, 3 weeks ago
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Law Suits are better than Violence!
I feel that as long as people are taking the time to bring a matter to court, that is one more case that was handled without violence. I just wish it was easier to sue the government. With the recent medical marajuana laws, I think we should be able to sue the stuffings out of our officials that passed such a law, every time some incident occurs
due to someone being “stoned!” Of course I would also like to apply this to alcohol and
tobacco. As a disabled person, I have been victimized, countless times and ways, because the other party knows that I am too poor to afford an attorney. Just recently, I
was able to find an attorney to help me, Pro-Bono. (or free) I plan to us that settlement
to launch several cases. It’s a whole lot better than a drive-by shooting! Legal too!
Lynn Harris | 3 months, 2 weeks ago
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Mr.
I sued a large insurance co. for forged signatures by an agent , who sold life insurance for this co. I did not find out about this until thirty years later. The agent deposited these funds in his personal checking account.
Albert H. Kandel | 3 months, 2 weeks ago
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You can't fight city hall but you can outwit them
Contact me by my e-mail, mrobzo@hotmail.com
Never give up! I will help If I can. I love my country, my government, and our geat President.
Martin Franklin | 3 months, 2 weeks ago
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chef
i was arrested for trespassing cuffed and put in the back of the patrol car and,taken to jail,i was told that the officer broke the law by putting me in jail because trespassing does not carry any incarceration it carries the same sentence as a speeding ticket.My rights where violated i was humiliated,and to beat it all the cop harrassed my wife at work,that had nothing to do with the charge.DO I HAVE A CASE TO SUE THE COP AND THE PERSON WHO HAD ME ARRESTED.
michael mac | 3 months, 2 weeks ago
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Criminal father murderd
My Parents stopprd in to visit my Aunt and Uncle(all 68 to 70 years) Their convict son whos been in and out of prison(total 23 years in)He is 48,Well long story short he went crazy and butcherd them all with a knife.My dear sweet Dad died,my uncle died my aunt lived and my mother barely made it with 8 stab wounds ,its a miracle she lived.Its been 4 1/2 months now and I still cry every day.Is their any one my Mother can sue?I dont know where to start Im sure homowners but I want to know if theres any one we can sue for letting this animal outagin for the 3rd time .He was in for criminal violent sexual assault,each time got worse and worse,he tortured women and tied them up and did horrible things to them.He apparently served all his time,but still had a warrant for his arrest In Florida,he was released in michigan 10 month prior to all this,,can we sue somone for not coming to get him or for giving him such a light sentence to begin with .this animal should have never been let out .What are our rights?My poor mother is dreading going to trial and facing this monster.
Stacey Klaus | 3 months, 2 weeks ago
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