ambulance chasing
Exploiting accident victims
Ambulance chasing is the practice of soliciting clients at accident scenes or hospitals—lawyers pursuing the injured before they've had time to think.
The term is always derogatory, suggesting predatory or unethical behavior.
It extends beyond law to anyone aggressively pursuing opportunity from others' misfortune: The media's ambulance chasing after the tragedy was shameful.
- police scannerReceives emergency service transmissions
- hospital visitTrip to medical facility
- hucksteringAggressive, showy merchandising
- attorneyLicensed legal representative
- crashSudden violent impact
car accident · slip and fall · solicitor · law · bar association · court · malpractice · accident · contingency fee · justice · firm · disbarment · victimization · integrity · fiduciary duty · predation · client · tort
- legal adslegal ads, landing pages, disclaimers, testimonials, ethics rules
- opportunismcapitalizing, cashing in, self-serving, maneuvering, leveraging
- legal misconductobstruction, perjury, contempt, jury tampering, evidence tampering
- medical crimesMedicare fraud, Medicaid fraud, medical malpractice, medical negligence, nursing home abuse
ambulance chasingpro bono work
Free professional services
public interest law · legal aid · ethical practice · not interested · avoiding
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