HUTCH
CAUGHT IN YET ANOTHER JAW-DROPPING WHOPPER!
One
of actor Jim Carey’s funniest movies was “Liar, Liar.” Carey plays the
part of a lawyer whose young son makes a birthday wish that, for just one day,
his father couldn’t tell a lie. And the wish came true.
I
wish the same thing when it comes to my opponent, Mark Hutchison.
In
our Nevada Newsmakers televised debate on Tuesday – our second, not
fifth, as Mark falsely claims – I referred to him as a personal injury
lawyer. And while he didn’t get all red-faced and hot-under-the-collar
like he did in our first debate, he was clearly rattled by that characterization.
“I’ve
been called a lot of things in my life,” Mark responded indignantly, “but not a
personal injury lawyer. I’m not a personal injury lawyer.”
As
the discussion continued, he defensively doubled-down on that claim…
“I’m
not a personal injury lawyer,” he declared again. “I think there’s an
assumption that I’m a personal injury lawyer. I’m not a personal injury
lawyer.”
To
which I responded that he and his law firm, Hutchison & Steffen, employs
personal injury lawyers.
“No,”
Mark said. “No, I don’t employ personal injury lawyers.”
Yes.
Yes, he does.
And
that’s why I really should have demanded that Mark debate me with one hand on a
Bible.
But
don’t take my word for it that Mark’s law firm handles personal injury cases
and employs personal injury lawyers. His own website says so! (See
picture below).
In
case you can’t read it, here’s what it says on Hutchison & Steffen’s
website on the page titled, um, “Personal Injury”…
“The Law Firm of Hutchison & Steffen
offers a personal injury practice which carefully selects the representation of
individuals who have suffered personal injuries or damages by motor vehicles,
bad faith, wrongful death, and medical malpractice. The Firm has extensive
experience in litigating major personal injury actions to successful
conclusion.”
PERSONAL
INJURY.
The
webpage goes on to list not one, not two, not three…but EIGHT “Personal Injury
Attorneys” who are employed my Mark’s firm.
PERSONAL
INJURY.
In
fact, one of those personal injury lawyers is the co-founder of Hutchison &
Steffen, John T. Steffen, whose bio includes the following…
“John practices primarily in the areas of
business and commercial litigation, landlord/tenant law, personal injury, and
medical malpractice.”
PERSONAL
INJURY.
Wait,
there’s more.
The
“Personal Injury” webpage also features a pair of videos discussing the
personal injury services Mark’s firm offers. Here’s what one of the
personal injury lawyers the firm employs, Todd Moody, says in his video…
“Here at Hutchison & Steffen, we pride
ourselves in being able to handle just about anything that could come in the
door. And recently we have started paying more attention to personal
injury work.”
PERSONAL
INJURY.
And
here’s what Mr. Steffen, the firm’s managing partner, says in his video…
“Clients retain the law firm of Hutchison
& Steffen because we’re attorneys that know how to win. When a client
has been injured in an accident, they want to retain a law firm that will fight
for them.”
Not
quite as memorable as “Enough said, call Ed” or “In a wreck? Need a
check?” – but it’s the same thing.
PERSONAL
INJURY.
Many
of these “slip-and-spill” personal injury lawyers are a large part of why
health care is so expensive these days and why most playgrounds no longer have
see-saws or merry-go-rounds.
And
I can’t even begin to tell you how many businesses have been shaken down by
greedy, unscrupulous “settle or sue” personal injury lawyers.
With
Nevada’s businesses still struggling, do we really want a personal injury
lawyer as our lieutenant governor – especially one who has such a hard time
telling truth, even about his own law firm?
Perhaps
a better idea would be to use some of those new film tax credits to lure “Liar,
Liar: Part II” to Nevada with personal injury attorney Mark Hutchison reprising
Jim Carey’s role and the rest of us collectively making that same birthday wish
as his son.
Jon Ralston reported on Hutchison's gaffe last night If you want to listen to his analysis please click here, or, if you prefer to watch the entire debate you may do so by clicking here.
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