
šØ **āIāLL SUE YOU FOR BREATHING!ā: Man Tries to Sue Car Accident Lawyer for āNot Causing His Accident Fast Enoughā** šØ
You know how every time you scroll through TikTok, some guy in a rented suits and a $5,000 watch is screaming at you to āCALL NOW!ā because you *might* have been in a fender bender? Yeah, that guy. The one who smells like desperation and Axe body spray? Well, welcome to the ultimate circle jerk of the American legal system: a man in Tampa, Floridaābecause where elseāhas reportedly tried to sue his own car accident lawyer for⦠wait for it⦠āfailing to cause his accident more quickly.ā
Iām not joking. Put down the Monster Energy drink and read that again.
According to court documents that read like a rejected *Itās Always Sunny in Philadelphia* script, a 34-year-old guy namedāIām not making this upāChad Thundercock IV (okay, I made that up, but his real name is equally ridiculous: DāBrickashaw McMansion, legally changed from āMikeā) filed a pro se lawsuit against his personal injury attorney, the law firm āWreck & Settle, LLC,ā and the entire state of Florida for āemotional distressā and āloss of opportunity.ā
Hereās the deal, per the filing: In early 2023, McMansion was t-boned by a distracted Uber Eats driver delivering a 64-ounce soda to a guy who was already 24 minutes late for his Jiu-Jitsu class. Classic Florida. He hired a lawyer, settled for $12,000 after the lawyer took their cut, and everyone went home. Except McMansion didnāt.
In his complaintāwhich is 47 pages long, single-spaced, and written in Comic SansāMcMansion argues that his lawyer āfailed to expedite the infliction of bodily harmā upon him. Translation: He wanted to get into a *more serious* accident so he could get a bigger payout. He claims his lawyer had a āfiduciary dutyā to make sure he got hit by a semi-truck, not a Honda Civic delivering a large Diet Coke.
āThe defendant [the lawyer] knew I was aiming for a life-altering spinal injury, not a mild concussion and a bruised ego,ā McMansion wrote. āI specifically asked for whiplash with a side of chronic pain. I got a stiff neck and a rental car for three days. This is a breach of contract.ā
I swear to God, I am not making this up. This is a real person who exists in the same timeline as you. Heās out there, breathing the same air, possibly voting.
The lawyer, a guy named (checks notes) Saul Goodfellow, released a statement that was basically a 10-second video of him laughing hysterically while sitting in a Lamborghini. āMy clientās expectations were⦠optimistic,ā Goodfellow said, barely containing his giggles. āHe wanted me to orchestrate a hit-and-run by a drunk driver with a suspended license, a DUI, and a net worth of $50 million. Unfortunately, Iām a lawyer, not a stunt coordinator for *Fast & Furious*.ā
But hereās the real kicker: McMansion is *not* just suing for the lack of accident. Heās also suing for āemotional distress caused by not being able to post dramatic hospital photos on OnlyFans.ā No, really. He claims his injury was ānot Instagram-worthyā and that his potential āsick contentā was āsabotagedā by the lawyerās incompetence. He even included a photo of his bruised knee with the caption āCould have been a severed leg, but nooo.ā
Legal experts are, predictably, losing their minds. āThis is the most American lawsuit I have ever seen,ā said Professor Karen Li from the University of Chicago Law School, after taking a long drag of a cigarette. āIt combines the entitlement of a suburban dad with the logic of a raccoon who just discovered Red Bull. Itās beautiful, and terrifying.ā
The lawsuit has been dismissed with extreme prejudiceātwice. McMansion has refiled it as a āfederal civil rights violationā under the 14th Amendment, claiming his āpursuit of happinessā includes the pursuit of a catastrophic car crash. Heās also started a GoFundMe titled āHelp Me Get Hit by a Bus (Legally).ā As of press time, it has raised $14. Thatās 14 dollars. Not 14,000. Fourteen.
Meanwhile, the original car accident lawyer is now countersuing McMansion for defamation, slander, and āwasting the courtās time with the dumbest argument since someone tried to sue God for a lightning strike.ā That case is still pending, but I think we all know whoās going to win.
So what have we learned today, class? If youāre going to get into a car accident, maybe donāt treat it like a career path. And if your lawyer doesnāt personally arrange for a semi-truck to sideswipe you at 70 mph, thatās not a ābreach of contract.ā Thatās just being alive in America, baby.
But hey, itās Florida. Theyāve seen weirder. Like that guy who sued the zoo because a gorilla called him ugly. That went to trial. Iām not kidding.
So hereās to you, DāBrickashaw McMansion. You are the hero we didnāt ask for, the idiot we deserve, and the reason I need a third drink. May your future accidents be more lucrative, and your lawyers more⦠imaginative.
Final Thoughts
Having covered countless legal sagas from the wreckage-strewn highways of America, I can tell you that the value of a car accident lawyer isnāt just in the courtroom theatrics, but in their brutal, unsentimental ability to translate your pain into a language insurance adjusters understand: cold, hard liability. The real tragedy Iāve witnessed isnāt the crash itself, but the victims who signed away their futures on a quick settlement before they understood the full scope of their injuries. In the end, hiring competent counsel isnāt about greed; itās about ensuring that the system, which often thrives on inertia and fine print, is forced to reckon with the true cost of someone elseās negligence.