Is John Edwards an ambulance chasing, tort trial lawyer who made millions for himself & not nearly that much..

Question

for his clients?

Answer 1

Why yes he is. Thank you for asking and reminding us all of that. We smart Americans do not need another liberal lawyer President devoid of ethics now do we!?

Answer 2

Gotta remember each case is different for a lawyer, and some are frivlous but if your lawyer you got to make a living.

Lawyers are a good for the poor and igorant, guilible people that tend to get screwed over by false or negilgent behaviour by the other party.

I say 80% of tort suits are legitmate because a lot of times business, contractor, drive, policeofficer, plumber, mechanic, can pratice unethincally, or even break the law. Go to rip-off.com and that is why lawyer type like Edwards are needed for the 5% of people that commit negligence and harm to others. The republican party tends to harp on lawyers too much, but do you wanna doctor, or mechanic getting away of doing substandard work ripping you off.

Edwards is too center of left for me presonally to vote for, but I feel hes a good guy for helping the little man.

Answer 3

he did not make this in congress,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,


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2007-01-26
Carolina Journal Exclusives
Edwards Home County's Largest
RALEIGH - Presidential candidate John Edwards and his family recently moved into what county tax officials say is the most valuable home in Orange County. The house, which includes a recreational building attached to the main living quarters, also is probably the largest in the county. | The 28,200-square-foot home also Orange County's most valuable |RALEIGH - Presidential candidate John Edwards and his family recently moved into what county tax officials say is the most valuable home in Orange County. The house, which includes a recreational building attached to the main living quarters, also is probably the largest in the county.
"The Edwardses" residential property will likely have the highest tax value in the county,- Orange County Tax Assessor John Smith told Carolina Journal. He estimated that the tax value will exceed $6 million when the facility is completed.
The rambling structure sits in the middle of a 102-acre estate on Old Greensboro Road west of Chapel Hill. The heavily wooded site and winding driveway ensure that the home is not visible from the road. "No Trespassing" signs discourage passersby from venturing past the gate.
Don Knight, Orange County building plans examiner, told CJ that, including the recreational building, the Edwardses' home would be one of the largest in Orange County.
Knight approved the building plans that showed the Edwards home totaling 28,200 square feet of connected space. The main house is 10,400 square feet and has two garages. The recreation building, a red, barn-like building containing 15,600 square feet, is connected to the house by a closed-in and roofed structure of varying widths and elevations that totals 2,200 square feet.
The main house is all on one level except for a 600-square-foot bedroom and bath area above the guest garage.
The recreation building contains a basketball court, a squash court, two stages, a bedroom, kitchen, bathrooms, swimming pool, a four-story tower, and a room designated "John's Lounge."
Edwards was the Democratic candidate for vice president in 2004 and a former N.C. senator.
Thursday afternoon, the Edwards for President press office was unable to provide information on any additional buildings planned for the estate.
Don Carrington is executive editor of Carolina Journal.

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Answer 4

It's fun to hate "those greedy trial lawyers" until someone you know or God forbid your child is injured. In our legal system, money is the means by which we make people whole. It's not a perfect equivalent (at all) but it's the system we have. So when, for instance, a three year old is rendered permanently disabled, I think it is quite just that a jury awards her a multi-million dollar settlement, to enable her parents to care for her, pay for future operations and medical care, modifications to the family home such as wheelchair ramp, e.g.

Answer 5

Yes



Edwards made his personal fortune through his trial successes and his 2003 financial disclosure forms showed a total net worth between $12.8 and $60 million.[1] Edwards was criticized for paying himself mostly through subchapter S corporate dividends, rather than a salary, to take advantage of a tax-law loophole that allowed him to avoid paying $591,000 in Medicare taxes; Edwards claimed that he chose the subchapter S structure to protect his assets from liability.[2]

Edwards' first important case was a 1984 medical malpractice

Answer 6

Absolutely. He even "channeled" a dead girl on the stand. He made a living suing doctors and now wants to socialize medicine. He wants to take away money from hard working Americans while hiding under his own tax shelter. He's a hypocrite.

Answer 7

John Edwards is a very successful lawyer. I don't find that any more or any less honorble than the professions of any of the other Presidential candidates.

Answer 8

I live in NC and he was our senator for one term. I have not heard any proof that he was this kind of man.

However I feel he is lacking in many areas when it comes to being president of the United States.

Answer 9

Are the Radical Republicans starting to discredit people this soon before the election? If there is one thing the people know for certain they have no problems lying about people and things.
He is not that kind of a lawyer. He doesn't sue people.
He defends them against false charges.

Answer 10

Exactly. He was the same VP candidate who promised to reform health insurance, yet he made millions suing hospitals and doctors.