Column: A lawyer tried to win his case with obscene insults. That only infuriated the judge

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During a dispute between his clients and Allstate Insurance, this lawyer peppered Allstate’s lawyers with obscene taunts, homophobic slurs and eventually threats of physical violence. Columnist hiltzikm with the full story:

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“I can’t excuse any of the alleged language,” Hook said. “I lost my cool.... You should never send emails like that to opposing counsel.” He ended the appearance by saying, “I’ve got to apologize to my clients and the court and whoever else was offended by my language, because that’s not the way attorneys should speak.” I asked Hook for further comment after Monday’s hearing, but he declined.filed by his clients, Alan Baker and Linda B.

Even before filing the lawsuit alleging bad faith on Allstate’s part, Hook took an aggressive, if not to say truculent, approach. Into Edward Carrasco, an Allstate appraiser, he wrote, “Your conduct belies a clear intent to shortchange and cheat the Bakers, probably to increase your perceived job performance and put more money into Allstate’s swollen pockets.”

 

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President Trump (Not at all, a lawyer) has tried to win his case with a series of obscene insults. It only made his Senate Jury muse and shrug.

He was playing 45s game.

Already in a bad situation but made it so that he deserved to lose

What a boring story .

Beautiful ❤️

Judges will be the first class of lawyers wiped out by AI. It may be for the better too.

hiltzikm Giuliani ?

hiltzikm It works with Trump why not

hiltzikm Mike McMack?

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