Lawyers, what is the dumbest thing your client has done to ruin a case?
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Guy who destroys his own foot, gets greedy, loses everything. I love how the story adds with "He came CRAWLING back..."
Honestly I would absolutely take the offer! As long as it's exactly as written, that's a very generous offer, especially for negligence on the client's part.
Also definitely 😂 at crawling back.
can lawyers not put on their records "only lost cos client was a fucktard" to clarify they're not a bad lawyer haha
God I wish we could. Two years ago I was working on a divorce where we were finishing the case by selling the house. We had gotten everything she wanted and just needed to sell the place. The day the realtor comes, we find out that our client had started breaking down walls in the place and spray painted the outside. Despite it being her idea, she now decided to start breaking the place just so her husband couldn’t have any money from the sale. She had refused an earlier option to keep the house, and now that she started destroying the place after agreeing to the sale, she owed him for any money lost on the sale due to the damage, which she also blamed us for. We had a perfect record for our clients that year until her
@@DrFunkman this sounds like a great situation for this option, perhaps in a more uh....company correct phrasing such as "case failed due to client actions" so that people dont get all bent out of shape about the wording haha
When it comes to civil suits, part of being a good attorney is knowing when to not work with a prospective client.
Nope. It can be heavily implied in the case notes, though
@@locktock9 Yeah it's less about the emotions in hindsight and more about "maybe don't refer to past clients as slurs if you want future clients to trust you"
Even putting aside any moral implications, it's just a smart thing to appear as accepting as possible... unless you want clients looking for someone really cutthroat
As a lawyer, I have to say that zero of these are surprising.
Relatedly: if you’re ever on a jury, try not to assume anything about the case based on whether the defendant testifies. Lots of lawyers will strongly recommend that their clients not testify, usually because they are probably going to say something dumb. Not even necessarily related to the case. People say all kinds of dumb things or have a hard time communicating well when they’re nervous.
It should be COMMON SENSE that a defendant should never be on the stand unless they are capable of 100%not incriminating themselves. Sadly, just like a jury should have 0% doubt a defendant committed the crimes in question to convict, it is nearly impossible to have that 100% certainty with the defendant.
Yeah, and completely innocent people also say things on the stand that make themselves look guilty even when they’re not. Or just make people mad at them, like the guy in one of these stories who ran his mouth to say something anti-Semitic. Very often not worth it.
@@revolution724 9001%.
Interesting to see American system allows the client not to testify. In my country everyone must testify.
@@perrymerilsadly common sense is a flower that doesn't grow in everyone's garden.
7:25 “for five minutes, could you not be yourself? FOR FIVE MINUTES!“
Maybe he had a bf in prison
4:50 - his MISOGYNY lost him lots of money.
I love bloons. So much so that the Juggernaut placement upset me alot
He also didn't start with his hero which is crazy to me
At least forgivable because they seem to be new based on the locked upgrades
At least he's playing the game and is finding it fun enough to put it in the video
@_eleb5302 No for sure you're right. Btd players just tend to be focused on what's optimal more than what's fun lol
@@DubYuhGChoppayes and?
Isnt that what everiwone does?
I was involved in a car accident many decades ago. The insurance companies took the matter to court to see who was liable. The other driver claimed that he had a turn arrow and I had run a red light. I claimed that I had a green light. He also claimed that he was alone in the turning lane. I claimed that he was the third car in the turning lane and the first two cars had turned safely before I entered the intersection. He then proceeded to bring local traffic authority in as a witness, who then told the court that a turning arrow does not activate if there is only one car in the turning lane, and that car would have to wait for it to be safe from oncoming vehicles to turn. Completely shot himself in the foot. Couldn't have been the only car AND had a turning arrow.
I think the issue is that people think that online, only their direct friends and family can see what they post
Social media is not considered private information and can be requested for in discovery. I *think* private messaging is treated like texts, but special circumstances can compel a plaintiff or defendant (or both) to produce those as well.
When your lawyer tells you no social media, do what they tell you
As a paralegal who specializes in discovery I can assure you those people are wrong. Lol
Ohhhhh bloons gameplay!!! Nostalgia unlocked. Game sense activated.
"Jews always stick together." is the most laughable thing I have heard as a Jew in years. We ruin generation-long family friendships over home renevation TV shows, we aren't known for not holding grudges.
Lmao, right? I once saw some antisemite on here rambling and he said something like, "I know for a fact that all Jews agree that..." And I had to stop right there. When have "all Jews" collectively agreed on anything lol? Like debate isn't a significant tenet of Judaism.
@@onionbubs386 my favorite story is when the Taliban took over Afghanistan, two Jewish men were imprisoned (for being Jewish) until they were released because they were arguing with each other too much
@@onionbubs386 since Gaza maybe
Story 14. Guy probably thought prison would be a break from his wife.
We have had 3 teachers during my time in primary school. 2 for CP and 1 for drug smuggeling. One of the CP teachers tried to corner my sister in the sports equipment shed and because he was one of the 'boys' amung the teachers nothing was done about it until YEARS later when another student found pictures the teacher had taken on an ipad.
Man,that workman's comp case (story 55) where the company actually did the right thing. Wow! The client could have kept his salary, with raises, AND an allowance for health insurance. I would have jumped on it. You gotta wonder who said what to this client to think he'd get a better settlement when using his own gear. This is very sad, the client really needed that money dealing with an amputation but greed or something got the better of him.
The only thing that confuses me is what exactly lasts fifteen years? The entire retirement package or just the medical coverage? If the entire package only lasted fifteen years, I could see why he would want more than that. After fifteen years when the money dries up, he still won't have a foot and won't really be able to work in the same industry.
@knightmare39 To me, it sounded like the deal was to pay salary plus annual raises along with an allowance for insurance for 15 years until he reached retirement age and could collect Social Security. Yes, the client couldn't work, but he'd be collecting a salary to ensure no loss of income. Which is generous, considering it ended up not being employer negligence, but the employee's fault.
Story 18.
Can't afford to golf more than once a month?! How outrageous. Have a heart. All he did was not able by his own rules. Let him play the world more boring and vacuuous sport whenever he wants.
Crazy seeing BTD6 gameplay on this channel. Very welcome.
Eh... The games been dead for a long time.
I put about 100 hours into it and black bordered all available maps but like three.
I haven't bothered playing again because I had unlocked or beaten everything available.
Unless there was some major updates like this year, the games old as shit and tired.
All my opinion of course
@@FeedMeSalt new maps, bosses, heroes, mission modes, etc
@@irtehmrepic There was also that map maker, right?
@@LloydTheZephyrian yep, and it's incredibly robust now
6??? I hadn't played since like. Bloons 3 lol it's crazy I had no idea they kept making them
Story 18: how is anyone THAT stupid?! And stubborn!
Dude was thinking with the wrong head.
Fuck yeah! Idk why, but lawyers are my favorite subject of ask Reddit threads, and having my favorite narrator reading makes it even better :)
Story 5- That sounds remarkably dense, but I use RFID scanners to find items at my job, and one of the older ones completely stopped working. I, of course, put it in the "not working" bin with a tag that said /that/ it was not working, and outlined (in writing) /how/ it wasn't working. Someone else took it out, took off the tag, and put it back with the "working" equipment. I had to repeat this several times over the course of months before people realized "wow, this thing literally does not turn on. I should leave it in the 'Not Working' bin." I can only imagine what would happen if it weren't a hand-held radio transponder, basically, and something that could actually do damage instead. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
Not a client, just a witness but was basically the one we were arguing for: never told us that all her medical notes were just taken from a boiler plate sheet and the client had never tried any of the other devices. Had we known that we might have been able to make it still work but as only the defense knew that we were ****ed when she got crossed on that.
...What, exactly, was it about that bailiff that would _possibly_ have given anyone the notion that he was dealing _in open court_ ? 🤦🏻
I'm guessing the bailiff had some drugs that were being used as evidence.
Couple tips for if you’re going to use more bloons gameplay, turn off the tips, and get all your upgrades unlocked ahead of time. The strategy you use doesn’t matter much, as it’s just background content, but try to plan something ahead of time so you don’t end up clueless in the background footage.
“That’s right… I killed him.”
- Zac Oyama, Make Some Noise
Wow hit in divorce by YOUR OWN PRENUP. How did he get that many cars with that common sense?
Is it really common sense to have that many cars?
I was just seeing that as i seen this post lol
Yknow for future reference itd be cool if the game being played was in the description. Like I know this BTD6 but a lot of other games here? Not a clue
"parte" in ex parte is pronounced like "partay" like you're going to party in the 90s and trying (and failing) to be cool about it.
It means "from a party" meaning you meet the judge with only one side, away from the other side. It is almost always illegal, but with some specific exceptions, including the one in the case here. The exceptions aren't that rare, but you need to meet one or both the lawyer and the judge can get in trouble.
And FOIA is usually pronounced, not spelled. Like "foy-yah." It's Freedom Of Information Act. In New York, they call it Freedom of Information Law, or FOIL, which is a better acronym.
Thanks for the lesson on parte, I've heard the word but didn't know that was how it was spelled. I truly found it interesting 😊😊
(20:03) Also, "Appellate" is pronounced "Ah-PELL-it," not "Apple-eight."
Your consistent efforts are paying off! -- "Dedication turns aspirations into reality.."
Whoever does these scripts needs to slow down. In a court story with circumstantial evidence where you’ve named the characters “D1, D2, D3” and D1 and 3 are halves of a couple who planned and committed a murder, it’s very important you don’t slip up and say, “we returned a not guilty for D1.” When you’ve just explained why it’s D2 who couldn’t be guilty due to burden of proof. Either take a second and reread these things, or give them full names. You guys make these mistakes way too often, and you’re getting paid too much to make them. The content is made by someone else for you, you’re compiling, editing, and reading them. So maybe we ought to do a good job on the editing and reading parts.
I've been thinking similar, since I watch the captions and the captions don't match sometimes, which is weird, because if they are reading a reddit story, all they have to do is copy and paste, but it looks a little like they are dictating that part
Agreed. While you're reviewing the way you present your text:
Please put at least five seconds' worth of text on the screen each time so that the viewer can pause the video and step through it five seconds at a time. Reasons: The irritating background (which is needless anyway), the reader can choose how fast to step through, to suit their own reading-speed. the narrator's grating accent.
Anyone else just judging the inefficiency of the BTD monkies?
No because i only listen or sometimes browse the comments. These videos would be so much better rslash style.
You know it’s bad if the Jury asks if they still have to leave the room
my god, so much content to listen to while i work, so much to look thru and put on my watch later. u are a godsend mane
So not a lawyer but am the daughter of a key witness. When Dad was in college, he came home one day to see someone parked in his spot (apartment with assigned parking spaces). I can't remember if my dad had the vehicle moved or just reported it, but he pissed off the owner who started harassing my dad and his girlfriend, who was living with him at the time. My dad looks like a stereotypical German guy and kept in good shape, but he's also not someone who likes confrontations, and so reported the harassment to the cops. The DA came down to question both Dad and GF and the more he heard, the more ecstatic he was. Apparently the guy harassing him was causing a lot of trouble, but they couldn't pin him down because witnesses kept dropping out, likely due to harassment.
Well, Dad and GF decided to go through with acting as witnesses. One issue though: the trial kept getting delayed. This went on for months, until it was time for finals. Both Dad and GF were in college, and thus would have been swamped with studying and all the stress that time of year brings to students, too much to have a trial on top of all that, right?
Haha, nope.
Dad and GF showed up to court with their school books. Judge looked at them and asked why they had all that crap, to which they explained that since it's finals week, they were going to study quietly until they were called up to testify. Judge then called the lawyers to his office where he proceeded to rip into defense and then throw the case out.
Apparently, defense kept delaying the trial until finals because they knew both Dad and GF's testimony would get the client put away and wanted to have they drop like all the other witnesses. Sadly, while my dad isn't confrontational, he is stubborn and will stand his ground (the only people I've seen out-stubborn my dad were my mom and myself). Their client stood no chance.
These stories are absolutely wild! It's hard to believe the crazy things people do to sabotage their own cases. The one where the guy confessed to a murder he didn't commit just to look tough is mind-blowing. Thanks for sharing these hilarious and shocking courtroom moments!
That kid in Story 32 shouldn’t be in custody of either parent
We had a defendant show up at our office and call us multiple times to complain to us about the case our client - the Plaintiff - filed against her. I felt really bad for her attorney
Not a court case, but I worked with law enforcement for a while. One time before a concert the deputies were providing security for, a man walked up to the fully-uniformed officer I was chatting with and asked if he wanted to buy any drugs. We just looked at him in shock, and the guy paused before blinking and saying "Oh shit... are you the cops!?"
Again, full uniform, walkie talkie, gun, badge, the works.
"Comitt to the bit!!" hahaha fr!
holy bloons
Story 34:
Isn't that coaching? Something super illegal?
Imagine your employer just offering to pay you like a proper employee for 15 years, with medical, without actually having to work, for your own negligence and you decide "aw yeah time to ring them out".
My mom’s friend. Her client attacked a woman and the video went pretty viral. Not only was it on video, but the client then went on Dr. Phil to talk about the event.
A little advice for you, if you want a jury to hear you out, don’t go on national tv and talk about it.
The purse snatcher denied ear pods were in the purse. After the victim listed what items were in the purse. On Judge Judy 😂😂😂
"only two bottles of wine" is crazy
Bro I really want to see more bloons from you, you need to get them levels up💪
19:11 The JURY was convicted? Wow, didn't see that one coming.
Love these longer videos.
Story 16: I used to work overnight shift at the one 24 hour gas station in a small town. It was directly across the street from the most popular bar. Town cops would do things like grab people walking out the doors of the bar, shove them in the back of the squad car then drive the arrestee's car around the block a few times and claim it was them. Small town cops will do some shady stuff to hit their DUI arrest quotas it's disgusting.
I recommend you use the quick shot cross path for the crossbow rather then sharper shots as it has a much higher damage output
It's unbelievable how some people ruin their own cases due to ego and lack of control. From witnesses overacting to clients making foolish statements online, it's frustrating for lawyers. Why can't people just follow professional advice? Have you ever faced a similar situation in your life or work?
WAKE UP, UNDERSPARKED UPLOADED
Magda's push for baby names clashes with family traditions in this tense family dynamic.
Thank fuck haha 😂 I've been waiting for it feels like forever for your next video lol 😊
I knew someone that did that very stupidly funny thing of wearing the same clothing he wore during the crime, to court. It was something SUPER recognizable. I swear I'm not making this up. It was a jersey, like a sports one, that he had custom made to have HIS NAME ON THE BACK! He thought he was gangsta, and wore it to court. It was the baseball type one where it was short sleeved, and buttoned up in the front. He robbed a house that had cameras inside lol
Also, I know MANY people that have gone to court wearing shirts, pants, shoes, jewelry or other things, that were pot leaves, 420 numbers, in the shape of joins and blunts, and so on, who were there for drug charges, and were baffled that they were not believed when they said they weren't smoking weed or whatever else.
Mf said “i ain’t moving that fence” 😂😂😂😂
Story 52 ... Today, I learned that UnderSparked is a support main.
The debt collector one was crazy, but not surprising.
pro BTD tip. Don't put everything all in one spot. attacks get wasted and once they get through the main "towers" you're pretty much sol.
41:37 "That was in 88"!? 🤣🤣🤣
yay, another awesome video
The guy in story 51 sounds like a pimp named slickback from the boondocks.
ive hard pretty tough stressful weeks but now it's comfy undersparked time yiippiiie
Story 46 reminds me how some people i used to know robbed a local dealer of all his money and weed and the dealer went to the police told them everything and the police arrested the dealer then came and arrested the guys that robbed him. Saw those guys getting cuffed and when i heard what they did our whole group of friends that knew them wouldnt let them live it down for years.
Holy shit! Bloons TD6 as the video background! :O
I find story 6 very interesting.
9 years for attempting to escape? That's alot.
Here in Germany the wish for freedom is seen as a natural human desire and thus trying to escape from prison can not be punished. When you're cought you will simply be returned to prison to sit off the rest of your sentence with no further consequences.
He put the balm on. I didn't tell him to put the balm on.
That prenup story I find hard to believe.
no getting jail time because your FRIEND LIED and serving time knowing you didn’t do it
that man has a really good lawsuit on his hands
Some people think they know better about the law than their lawyer
I'm not an attorney but I'm a paralegal. This wasn't our client, we were defending the property owner. The plaintiff was claiming a back injury due to slipping and falling on ice in the driveway of a private homeowner. The plaintiff was going door to door trying to convert people to his religion and did not have permission to even be on the private property at the time of the injury, there were no witnesses, no medical records and he had to open a closed gate to get on the property. The closed gate is important because it was a barrier to the danger that was crossed without permission. All of that was already in our favor, but the smoking gun was that this "severely injured" plaintiff posted a video of himself to his CZcams, Facebook and Instagram. In the video he was competing in a line dancing competition.... exactly 4 hours after the alleged injury. It was up on his page for months and I found it very easily during the discovery process. The good news is he won the competition, the not so good news is the judge wound up throwing out his case for filling a frivolous lawsuit.
That story about the guy cheating on his married wife that is actually a lie. No lawyer who's fighting for you would say now we have to turn it over to Discovery. Now that lawyer would have told him what he did wrong and told him to hide her until everything's done
I get that 31 was just trying to hold up any argument that might help, but that was NOT a smart route
weird to be listening to this video, tab out of Bloons TD6 only to see you, reading these posts, also playing bloons TD6 by sheer consequence
You know, there's an alternate reality where Mark David Chapman had a _machine gun_ and he got ALL the Beatles.
I wish I lived there...
A DA best friend is someone on the defense who has a big and fragile ego.
My dog stepped on a bee 🐶🐝
yoo btd6 gameplay
Finally! Bloons! Is anyone else questioning how he has nearly every tower unlocked and barely any upgrades unlocked?
This is from a buddy of mine. Names changed for yada yada yada reasons. Mark and three buddies were coming back from a DEA training simulatin when they saw a guy on the side of the road holding a gas can. So after deciding to do today's good dead, they pulled over. The Gas Can Guy said he didn't have any money, but would sell thema pound of weed to them. This was in the early 1990,s. Mr. Gas Can Guy got arrested for possesion, attempting to sell, and, cue the laugh track, felony stupid, since Mark's crew wer all wearing DEA equipment.
Love the BTD6 gameplay btw
1:08 nothing gets past my bow
God, I love narrated reddit stories, not those robovoiced ones.
Great to hear real emotions
ayyy new video!
Bro could've linked the Amber heard trial and that would have been as equally as stupid a case, lol.
Jesus it just never ends. This dude needs to really review these and take out all the obvious fake ones. Nobody calls and snitches on themselves for 200 plus pounds of weed and 200 lb of h or whatever
And there's another story, no jury has ever said hey judge can we just go ahead and give you our verdict or do we have to go back there and then come back out
Monkey placement was so scuffed i couldnt concentrate on the voice lol
I bet many of those still blamed the lawyer
My dude plays bloons likes he’s still in middle school playing btd3 on cool math games at school
If souls shifting ever existed i would’ve wanted to be a white male lawyer just to stand and say”Objection your honour “. Just for the thrill
ngl, even if someone is stupid enough to admit they did something they didn't do and the court knows they didn't do should never lead to them being imprisoned. like, in a just system, that should be such an easy bail, throwing out of case, or otherwise a dismissal. fuck a justice system that does this.
Aah, I love Bloons!!!
YOOO BLOONS
great gameplay
Love the video but I miss the RDR horse background video 😭
So a break dance competition is not for people that broke a body part?
As someone with ASPD, I have to say, I'm really tired of hearing people act like we get a choice in our ability to empathize or care about other people. If it was a choice, I can guarantee, most of us would choose to care. I agree that the drug-using dad who sabotaged his own case probably should have been more self-aware and just not had kids in the first place, but biology doesn't care about your mental health status. If you're physically capable of having kids, chances are, you will if you don't take the right precautions to prevent it. I even agree with the poster deciding to end the relationship with the guy. It isn't easy to maintain a good and healthy relationship when you have ASPD, and I don't blame anyone for not having it in them to stay with someone like me, even if the person is actively trying to get help for the issues. But in a world where people defend rather fucked up actions because of mental health issues, I find it rather hypocritical to blame a sociopath for the fact that they have a lack of empathy, something that is beyond their control.
Actually it is something they can improve in therapy. The problem is many of them don’t recognize what they are doing is wrong so they wouldn’t but some have and have shown improvement.
@@marissam3176 This is true, and a good point. For me, I guess, the point I was making is that I don't like the double standard I see constantly when it comes to this condition specifically. Nearly any other condition is treated with sympathy, compassion, and humanity. But for some reason ASPD is always treated differently. The black sheep. At least as far as I was told when I was going to therapy, most people with my condition turn out to be non-violent and virtually harmless, though we do have serious trouble making and maintaining genuine and lasting connections with people, including our own children. When I say that it isn't something we can control, I'm speaking from my own experience. I do try to at least be compassionate and considerate, but it doesn't mean I've figured out how to suddenly have a lot of emotional depth or that i can go beyond cognitive empathy. Affective empathy is still completely foreign to me, and I'm not sure that will ever change, but who knows?
47:49 Okay circumstances aside, *what?* How does being young make staying out of relationships unrealistic, exactly?
What is that game with the ballons?
I googled and googled. What the hell is an RTA?
Idk what it's in reference to exactly, so I'm just guessing based on possible legal context that RTA = Road traffic accident. I think in the UK we've moved away from saying 'accident' in this context, because it implies no single person at fault, so use 'incident' or 'collision' or similar (or at least, that's what Simon Pegg said in Hot Fuzz & frankly I'd trust him over most UK coppers any day lmao)
BTD6 background W
Soooo the guy in the last one went to jail for a crime he didnt commit while a murderer is out there free?
Wait, wtf is a MINOR domestic violence charge!?