#8 Get That Man His Money
As a young attorney, I had stated a claim that an insurance company was dragging out a case in bad faith, in hopes that my elderly client would pass before they had to pay him. I was requesting that the trial date be given priority due to my client’s advanced age. The judge was no spring chicken himself, and he seemed skeptical when he asked exactly how old my client was. When I responded that my client was 92 and that the case had already gone on for five years, the judge was visibly shocked, and immediately granted my motion for priority, shutting down the insurance company’s attorney’s attempt to respond. They wrote us a check for a million dollars the next week.
Credit: DigitalMindShadow
