Baltimore Injury Lawyer Blog

As regular readers will know, this blog is open to comments. I generally publish all legitimate comments because I think part of the deal with writing this blog is that I should be willing to stand by what I write.

Saturday night at 11:53 p.m., I received the following comment to a post I wrote on the "tort reform" movement and the issue of frivolous lawsuits:
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IP Address: 67.122.211.65
Name: Bob
Email Address: bob@gmail.com
URL:
Comments:

"Apparently these are a huge problem."

Duh. Are you for or against our legal system?

Frivolous lawsuits DO hurt the economy. Your article is two-faced and you sound like a greedy attorney. Go get a life you scumbag.
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OK. This is me again. I hereby issue an open invitation to "Bob" to contact me if he is seeking a real opportunity to discuss frivolous suits and tort reform. I am FOR our legal system, and I believe it has sufficient systemic controls to address meritless lawsuits. For example, the summary judgment procedure is designed to weed out meritless claims. After you get past that hurdle, then you have to convince six jurors who would rather be doing anything else.

Since I'm part of the system, I admit I am biased. But I do not believe my post can be described as two-faced, since I think it is clear about my beliefs and which side of the discussion I am on. Also, I think "greedy" is an unfair characterization, although I am committed to helping my clients seek the maximum compensation permitted under the law. My name and phone number are right on the website, and I stand behind my views.

So, "Bob", if you want to step out from behind the cloak of anonymity the internet affords you, I invite you to email me and tell me why I'm wrong. I will be happy to address any points you raise.

P.S.: Perhaps I do need to "get a life", but I'm not the guy responding to blog posts on tort reform at 11:53 p.m. on a Saturday night. I can only conclude that "Bob" lacks formal legal training in the "pot-kettle doctrine."