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Long Island Personal Injury Lawsuits and the Home Depot Guy

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3 min

Tim mocks Long Island's personal injury lawyer culture (Selino/Barnes), then tells the story of a comic acquaintance who faked/exploited a Home Depot back injury for years to avoid working, despite having a film degree.

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8:38White trash couples in Levittown debating whether to hire Selino or Barnes for their Wendy's fall lawsuit
9:14Long Island personal injury firms handle all manner of accidents and have a significant client base
9:36A comic with a film degree graduated from upstate New York and came back to work at Home Depot pushing carts
10:03Home Depot cart-pushing is a job meant for teenagers or newly arrived immigrants, not college graduates
10:18The guy injured his back lifting something at Home Depot and sued, with his lawyer instructing him not to work
10:36He didn't work for years on disability while waiting for the settlement, claiming he couldn't do anything strenuous
10:54Tim questions how the guy could have gotten lost wages if he was on the books at Home Depot or any job
11:13The settlement was around fifty to sixty grand—comparable to what he might have made working that time period
11:25Getting a job at Home Depot after graduating college is already absurd, but then injuring yourself there is crazy
11:36Trying to understand how someone with a film degree graduated college and went to work at Home Depot

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