If I get bad legal advice on Answers, can I sue the Yahoo and the poster for legal malpractice?

by **newyddilyn60** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 9:52 pm

If my case is messed up because somebody claiming to be an attorney (who probably isn't) told me to do something, shouldn't Yahoo be liable if it inviting people to practice law without a license by not requiring verification of credentials prior to posting in this forum?

by **hyun-su** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 9:58 pm

Don't take medical advice off of here either, I am warning you ahead of time.

by **achimelech51** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 9:59 pm

Many give legal advice here. The good attorneys that do put a disclaimer at the end of their answer.

by **jerard** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:12 pm

I don't think so. You should never, ever take advice from any sites like these, or over the Internet. If you really want legal advice, go find a reputable lawyer.

by **otis** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:20 pm

No, they're not asking people to practice law, they're just allowing people to give suggetions to you. It's not written in stone that you have to follow that advice and you have not paid for any services from the people who answer your questions. If your case got messed up it's because you didn't do enough homework to research all of your options, or else you had a crummy lawyer in the first place (if you had one). If you didn't, the next time you'll know enough that whenever you go into court you alwyas need a lawyer to represent you.

by **elkanah1** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:28 pm

If your dumb enough to get your legal information from this forum you get what you deserve. Sue and lose.

by **wynn** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:29 pm

lol no!

by **marlan43** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:31 pm

No one is really practicing law here! You could have actually gotten your advice from a 15 year old jokester! Good grief, hire yourself a lawyer. At least, get out of Q&A, and go to the library, and learn something.

by **garbhach65** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:43 pm

You can not sue and Yahoo can not be held liable -- it was your choice to use unfounded information.

Kind of interesting that you are a "top contributor" in this catagory but you would use information from here to form a legal case ?

by **dana** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:46 pm

no you can't sue because yahoo has nothing to do with what people say or thier opinions. if you lissen to advise from some guy you meet on the street can you sue him? no because he is nobody, you are the only who did it, so you have to face the consequnses

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