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Yeah that is my reaction too lol YIKES!!!1 good stuff

He’ll be back to pologamy in no time. Perhaps R.A. Gabriel can send him some flowers?

This is what can happen when you cut the margins too thin on your ambulance-chasing. Then again, maybe this was intentional and he’s using his hospital stay to do some networking in a way that the State Bar can’t crack down upon. He’s crafty, that Brian Loncar.

Surprised it doesn’t happen more. Almost happened to me in front of the Fire Station at Hilcrest and Frankford, cheap ass Big D won’t pony up for remote light changers, not even in front of fire stations. Almost every suburb has them, even Van Alstyne where I liveb, but we only need 2.

actually, considering the Bentley was broad-sided by a fire engine then careened into another vehicle, it looks like the passenger cabin is in remarkably good shape. Me thinks there would only be pieces of your Jetta on the pavement to sweep up.

Here’s Loncar’s bar info:

http://www.texasbar.com/Template.cfm?Section=Member_Directory&template=/Customsource/MemberDirectory/MemberDirectoryDetail.cfm&ContactID=225373

While we all see the irony of Mr. Loncar being involved in an auto accident, perhaps one can take a second to remember that he is a husband, brother and son of someone.
He is a major donor to various creative outlets in the city. I don’t know the man, but I would like to wish him well and a speedy recovery and let him know his contributions are appreciated.

I bear no grudge agasint Loncar personally, I wish him no ill, and I hope for him a swift and full recovery. But let’t not kid ourselves: Personal injury attorneys are pretty much the worst scumbags operating on this side of the law, and they’ve sapped way, way, WAY too much money from society in the past 25 to 30 years. Every single one of us pays a higher premium, on everything from insurance to bread, so that opportunists like Loncar can drive around in their Bentleys. So, let the comments about the delicious irony roll on, as far as I’m concerned. They are deserved.

I don’t disagree with you on teh Bush administration. You may be right about them being worse than PI attroneys.

But if you don’t think a grocery store pays an increasingly higher insurance premium to protect itself from bogus slip & fall accidents pushed by PI attroneys, and that you and I don’t pay a higher price per loaf of bread because of it, well, you’re simply mistaken.

Every business in America that’s open to a personal injury suit (and due to the increased craftiness of PI attorneys, that’s almost every business in America) pays an enormous amount in liability insurance. So much so, and to such a great monthly expense, that it’s a major factor that keeps a lot of otherwise viable projects from ever getting off the ground. Depending on the business, liability insurance is often second only to rent in the start-up costs for a new company. It wasn’t always thus. People who are only familiar with their homeowners and auto insurance have no idea how much liability policies have gone up in the past 20 or 30 years. And when they do find out, who do they blame? The insurance companies, of course! Oddly, they rarely blame the PI attorneys driving the Bentleys. Personal injury litigation has thrown roadblocks up in all sorts of invisible ways in our society, mostly by diverting capital away from other, more worthwhile uses.

Regarding your post, his car didn’t collide with the truck, the truck collided with his car. Big difference.

Insurance companies must have the best markerter/PR folks around to be able to convince the population that lawyers are the cause for your higher premiums. This is the same as blaming lawyers and not Exxon for charging higher gas prices.

Don’t know Mr. Loncar, but sure wish him well.

Joking aside, Mr. Loncar has serious injuries that will require many surgeries and maybe months of physical rehab. Whatever he does to earn his money, he’s spent it on charities all over this city, and he’s a major contributor not only to his wife’s theater company, but to almost every other theater group in town. He has six kids who love him and a wife who is beside herself with worry. Lighten up, folks, and send a good prayer their way.

Thanks Swimmer, that is the point I was trying to make. I assume that the negative comments and jokes about this man come from people who are certain they will never be in a situation that might require an attorney. We know how open and honest the insurance companies are. I think one person called it “karma bitch” and I assume this person knows that karma is not a one way experience.

that was me, jack, and i do understand karma giveth and karma taketh away, as in dude used to have his bentley, his firm and his health and now…not so much. hope he regains his health, may be able to continue to practice and can get another car. just saying i think this story defines irony if i know what irony means

and sad but true, but i’m sure we all have dozens of stories about seeing driver’s disregard fire/police/railroad crossings/school buses with the lights on and STOP sign extended/crossing guards crossing kids through intersections etc.

Ditto Bob.

And all you “oh the delicious irony” people are pretty freakin scummy. Keep your malice to yourself and count your blessings that you weren’t the one in that car.

LOL – Bill M., if Loncar had been in your Jetta, or any small econobox for that matter, he’d be dead.

Right you are, Neal. Would it have been even more ironic if it had been a chickens*** little insurance adjuster in a Malibu than an attorney in a Bentley?

Yeah, Loncar’s a scumbag, and everyone knows it. Do his charitable contributions offset that? Who knows, I doubt it – LOL

oh and i am posotive that he is not at fault and those who think he was ambulance chasing is rediculous!

annie has proved a fantastic point and is oozing with intelectual thoughts on mr. loncar. we should all wish him a speedy recovery. you who say karma is a bitchh i cant wait for you to get in a car wreck. what you say comes back around suckaaa!!

All of you who are criticizing Brian Loncar have obviously never met the man. He is a very generous and respected man by those who have the chance to know him. He is friendly, outgoing, and down to earth. He loves his family and lives his life to support them and to better those around him. So please stop degrading him and start praying for him and his sweet family.

Silver Bullet,
Wow you think you know what your talking about and your trying to act superior to everyone else. The issue does not invlolve grammar at all. The police officer your referring to had said that, but there are other laws that had been broken such as the firetruck ran a red light and was speeding at the time. My prayers are with Mr. Loncar and your should be too!

The irony of this whole story is AMAZING!!!
I wonder if before he collided with the fire truck he thought: “Well aint this a bitch”. Who do think he called to be his “strong arm”?? HA! its unreal

I have just found out about the lawyer getting hurt and looked up the accident to see whose fault it was … I kind of figured it was his fault since he did not say in his ads … I am glad the man will be ok since he does have six children and a wife, but disappointed that he is trying to get $250,000 out of Dallas … Lawsuits like that take away from the better good for the city … Like they should spend money on lights so the Dallas firetrucks chould have the system that changes the light to red and not just the sirens that if you have the radio on and windows up, one might not hear … Maybe he was on his phone or thinking about something else … Or maybe he is just getting old … Anyway this is something Dallas should think about doing because there are alot of baby boomers getting old now, so a way for the firefighters to change the light in front of them would help … I am glad Mr Loncar says he drives like a ninety year old now so at least one good thing came out of this and one rich guy is driving safer … He does have a rotten job by taking money out of EVERYONE’S pocket to make his family rich, but I guess he laughs all the way to the bank … He is really not a good guy even tough he gives to charity and loves his family … I guess alot of people are not good though … So much greed … Sami

Ha! Most of you all are hilarious. EVERY one of you, if you had an accident and someone like Brian came to you and said the system probably owes you some money, you would go after it. Each and every one of you, no exceptions. I have been in the PI industry (insurance payee side) and I have never seen anyone turn down the opportunity, deserving or not, to get some PI money.