Ambulance Chaser
AMBULANCE CHASER
A colloquial phrase that is used derisively for a person who is hired by an attorney to seek outnegligencecases at the scenes of accidents or in hospitals where injured parties are treated, in exchange for a percentage of the damages that will be recovered in the case.
Also used to describe attorneys who, upon learning of a personal injury that might have been caused by the negligence or the wrongful act of another, immediately contact the victim for consent to represent him or her in a lawsuit in exchange for acontingent fee, a percentage of the judgment recovered.
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