August 11, 2026

Random calls to a P.I. attorney

Is it really this crazy to be a personal injury attorney?  Maybe I’m in the wrong industry.

For your reading entertainment, courtesy of Namby Pamby:

Caller: I got shot and I don’t know what I can do.
Me: Ok. Who shot you?
Caller: I dunno.
Me: And what exactly do you think you can do about that?
Caller: My friends told me I could sue the city.
Me: Your friends are idiots.
Caller: What?

Caller: I had surgery and the doctor made a mistake.
Me: How so?
Caller: I can’t…I can’t…
Me: You can’t what?
Caller: Ejaculate.
Me: Have you gone to a doctor about this?
Caller: No.

Caller: I slipped and I fell at a store as I walked in.
Me: Was it raining?
Caller: Yeah? What’s that gotta do with it?
Me: It’s the law in the State of Illinois [Insert legal dissertation on natural accumulation, ingress/egress, etc. here] meaning that the store isn’t legally responsible.
Caller: What do you mean? I got rights! That store has to pay for my medical bills!
Me: No, they don’t.
Caller: Then who is supposed to pay them? It’s not my fault.
Me: Actually it kinda is.
Caller: That’s some bullsh**

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About Daniel Burton

Daniel Burton lives in Salt Lake County, Utah, where he practices law by day and everything else by night. You can follow him on his blog PubliusOnline.com where he muses on politics, the law, books and ideas. He is active on social media, Republican politics, and has been named to PoliticIt’s list of the “Top-50 Utah Political Opinion Leaders” on Twitter. You can reach him directly at dan.burton@gmail.com

Comments

  1. Seriously you need that job cause then when you’d come home from work we could laugh at all your stories.