Sadly, a caller to my office has an aunt that has gone off the deep end. She is basically threatening everyone in the family with various forms of lawsuits unless they give her money. There is no basis for the lawsuit threats, but you can't stop crazy people from acting crazy.
I told the caller not to listen to her crazy aunt, but in the bigger picture, what I really meant was that you shouldn't listen to people that have competing legal interests to yours.
I see it mostly in family law cases where one spouse is telling the other something to the effect of, "If we go to court I'm going to get full custody and you'll never see the kids." Really? Since when do they let a plaintiff be the Judge too.
We also see it a lot with cops telling people they arrest that getting arrested is no big deal or insurance companies who tell injury victims that they shouldn't get an attorney. 99% of the time when someone is on the opposite side of a case from you, they could honestly care less what happens to you. It doesn't always mean that you need a lawyer, but you should at least talk to someone independent to get an honest opinion.
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I just like the pic you chose - lovely!
Thanks. Not many good options come up when you search "crazy aunt" in google images.
Apparently this also goes to people who comment on Blago blogs. I remember one freak who kept saying he knew what the jury was doing in the jury room. Apparently, it didn't come out the way he said, in that no one was acquitted of anything, nor did (as Sam Adam, was it Sr. or Jr. said) that the ones voting not guilty were convincing the others, as that commenter also claimed. However, since the blog at issue doesn't have new posts, he can't admit he's wrong, not that he would.
I also know other people, who tell me what Social Security disability law is. I tell them that I wrote the book (although that was 20 years ago) and a claimant must pretty well be unable to do any work, and they tell me I don't know what I am talking about (ending the sentence in a preposition). You can guess which book.