According to an old joke, a doctor, lawyer, and engineer were swimming to shore from a capsized boat through shark-infested waters. Sharks descended on the swimmers and quickly dispatched the doctor and the engineer, but the lawyer made it safely to shore. One shark asked the other, "Why did we let the lawyer go?" The other answered, "Professional courtesy."
Lawyer - sharks are certainly circling the floundering image (and bank account) of Tiger Woods. "Today" reported this morning that Tiger's kindergarten teacher has hired a lawyer to refute charges that he was subjected to racial taunting on his first day of school. Any old lawyer can represent one of Tiger's paramours and haul in a decent settlement. It takes the legal brilliance and chutzpah of Seinfeld's Jackie Chiles to go for a piece of Tiger based on a slight from 5 year olds 25 years ago.
Perhaps we should feel reassured that the American System of Jurisprudence is there to protect us (and at no cost to us unless a settlement is reached as we are constantly reminded on TV commercials). Still, I feel that this is less a shining example of legal protection for an innocent Kindergarten teacher than a money grab by a sharp lawyer. The sharks will continue to circle Tiger until his bank account is drained.
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