by aeronaut777 June 17, 2013
Get the Red ambulance mug.1. A lawyer specialising in personal injury claims usually representing people against local authorities or large companies.
2. Derogative description for a personal injury lawyer who specifically seeks out clients for tripping and slipping cases against big companies. Certainly in the US, this is because the lawyer's fee will be a percentage of the client's damages award - therefore making it profitable to find injured former employees of big companies.
2. Derogative description for a personal injury lawyer who specifically seeks out clients for tripping and slipping cases against big companies. Certainly in the US, this is because the lawyer's fee will be a percentage of the client's damages award - therefore making it profitable to find injured former employees of big companies.
1. Q: What sort of practice is it?
A: Oh, he's an ambulance chaser.
2. A: "That guy who got his arm
mangled up in our machine is suing"
B: "Who's he got?"
A: "Some ambulance chaser."
A: Oh, he's an ambulance chaser.
2. A: "That guy who got his arm
mangled up in our machine is suing"
B: "Who's he got?"
A: "Some ambulance chaser."
by Richter September 20, 2003
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caller: Who is this?
dispatcher: This is the ambulance emergency line, do you have an emergency?
c: I need a bambulance
d: Who is this?
c: Joe
d: Where do you need it
c: I'm in the motherfucking phone booth at the Stop 'N' Go
dispatcher: This is the ambulance emergency line, do you have an emergency?
c: I need a bambulance
d: Who is this?
c: Joe
d: Where do you need it
c: I'm in the motherfucking phone booth at the Stop 'N' Go
by Clarence K. Deerkiller November 29, 2003
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An Ambulance Chaser is a term for an unethical lawyer, especially those who represent plaintiffs in personal injury actions.
Origin
The term is derived from lawyers who follow ambulances to hospitals after a person is injured, usually determined through the lawyer's use of a personal police/fire radio scanner, in order to attempt to drum up business by convincing a victim that he or she needs to sue, or by simply being the first lawyer in contact with the victim, generally when the victim is most prone to suggestion and easily talked into suing.
In most jurisdictions, lawyers can be disbarred if caught engaging in such unethical behavior. Bar associations regularly dispatch investigators to large-scale disaster scenes to look out for unethical lawyers or their non-lawyer agents (known as "cappers" or "runners").
An Ambulance Chaser is a term for an unethical lawyer, especially those who represent plaintiffs in personal injury actions.
Origin
The term is derived from lawyers who follow ambulances to hospitals after a person is injured, usually determined through the lawyer's use of a personal police/fire radio scanner, in order to attempt to drum up business by convincing a victim that he or she needs to sue, or by simply being the first lawyer in contact with the victim, generally when the victim is most prone to suggestion and easily talked into suing.
In most jurisdictions, lawyers can be disbarred if caught engaging in such unethical behavior. Bar associations regularly dispatch investigators to large-scale disaster scenes to look out for unethical lawyers or their non-lawyer agents (known as "cappers" or "runners").
Good Example of Ambulance Chaser:
A lawyer who comes to a classroom and asks the students who were bullied to sue the bully for intentional infliction of emotional distress, so he in turn can receive a large contingency fee.
A lawyer who comes to a classroom and asks the students who were bullied to sue the bully for intentional infliction of emotional distress, so he in turn can receive a large contingency fee.
by Alex Pachiano October 28, 2006
Get the ambulance chaser mug.by Boris Spassky April 20, 2005
Get the wambulance mug.A mental disease infecting lawyers, attorneys and others in the legal profession. Symptoms to be on the watch for include:
1) Hurrying to disaster sites to offer legal assistance, and:
2) Advertising heavily on television commercials, often using self-degrading nicknames such as "The Strong Arm".
1) Hurrying to disaster sites to offer legal assistance, and:
2) Advertising heavily on television commercials, often using self-degrading nicknames such as "The Strong Arm".
by Piranha August 29, 2006
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