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Definition of Ambulance chaser
1. Noun. An unethical lawyer who incites accident victims to sue.
Definition of Ambulance chaser
1. Noun. (derogatory) An unethical attorney who solicits business at the scenes of accidents or in hospitals, in exchange for a percentage of the damages that will be recovered in the case.“[ West’s Encyclopedia of American Law, The Gale Group, Inc, 1998.]”, Answers.com 15 Jul. 2006 ¹
2. Noun. (context: by extension) An attorney who engages in unethical behavior. ¹
3. Noun. (derogatory) An unethical funeral director or person who engages in the unlicensed sale of preneeds or other services to those who do not yet need them in an attempt to increase business.“[ State of Ohio Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors, minutes, Sep. 17, 2007]” - specific contextual example. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ambulance Chaser
Literary usage of Ambulance chaser
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Social Science by American Social Science Association, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, Frederick Stanley Root, Isaac Franklin Russell (1906)
"In our sister borough of Brooklyn a curious evolution in the business of the
ambulance chaser has taken place. Once he was the servant of the lawyer who was ..."
2. Journal of Social Science by Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, Frederick Stanley Root, American Social Science Association, Isaac Franklin Russell (1906)
"In our sister borough of Brooklyn a curious evolution in the business of the
ambulance chaser has taken place. Once he was the servant of the lawyer who was ..."
3. Civil Procedure Reports: Containing Cases Under the Code of Civil Procedure by New York (State), Henry Huffman Browne, Courts, Rufus Leonard Scott, James Manford Kerr, Percival Soloman Menken (1912)
"... be the beginning of a complete reform in the whole system of negligence law
and practice, of which the ambulance chaser is not a cause, but a result. ..."
4. Annual Report of the American Bar Association: Including Proceedings of the by American Bar Association (1908)
"There is no distinction in refinement between the " ambulance chaser " and the
individual who multiplies his membership in clubs and fraternal orders, ..."
5. Work-accidents and the Law by Crystal Eastman, Russell Sage Foundation (1910)
"... As a matter of fact we found the typical ambulance chaser engaged to only a
small extent in employers' liability litigations in Allegheny County. ..."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1915)
"... whom he serves impartially, and who gladly pay him higher fees than to a mere
litigation- acrobat-expert, or a chemical "ambulance- chaser. ..."
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