South Texas is Nirvana for civil lawsuits. There are a lot of reason why but I won’t go into them. Everything that I write down makes me sound either elitist or racist so I will just tell you that the airwaves are full of advertisements for lawyers who will ‘get you the money you deserve. (italics are mine and the emphasis is always on the deserve part.)
One lawyer, Brian Loncar, even advertsies himself as the ‘Strongarm’ who will muscle the auto insurance industry into awarding you a large settlement. (I assume he specializes in auto accidents) The commercial runs so often I am surprised my TV has survived because every time I see it, I want to throw my shoe at the screen.
Now a new advertisement for a law firm is looking for workers who handled pipe for the pipeline industry. It’s possible theat they may have been exposed to ‘naturally occurring radioactive materials’ and will, of course, be entitled to a settlement.
The advertisement says (and I’m paraphrasing because I don’t remember the Exact wording)
“If you are a pipeline worker, you may have been exposed to NORM. please contact …..”
What’s going to happen if Woody, Carla or Cliff Clavin gets wind of this?