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Hulk Hogan claims his own lawyers backstabbed him after Nick's 2007 car crash -- charging him over $1 million for legal representation he could have gotten for FREE.
Hulk's beef is with big-time law firm Zuckerman Spaeder.
Hulk claims after Nick's crash -- in which his passenger John Graziano suffered severe brain damage -- Zuckerman was contacted multiple times by Hulk's insurance company, Progressive, which offered to provide an experienced lawyer to represent the Hogan's in the civil case ... free of charge.
In the lawsuit, filed today in Pinellas County, Hulk claims Zuckerman failed to let him know about Progressive's offer for 17 months -- forcing him to pay in "excess of one million dollars" to Zuck and crew for legal representation he could have gotten without paying a cent.
Hulk also alleges that by the time his lawyers told him about Progressive's offer, the insurance company had "terminated the relationship" with Hulk and refused to pay for the bulk of Zuck's massive legal tab.
Hulk is suing for unspecified damages.
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it sounds to me like maybe he's trying to say that the lawyer, ,his x- wife's drug spending and his ins. company drained him of his assets, so the disable young man has nothing to sue for. hulk might have to eat one of his chickens for dinner.
Did Kayne take something from the Hulkster?? That's a smackdown I would pay to see!!!
I just have to say I think all of the Hogan's are nothing but trash.
Could this picture be any more blurry? I've seen better photos taken with a disposable camera.
I'm with Hulk on this one. HATE lawyers , seriously hate them, several attorneys have a license to steal and are the dregs of the Earth.
I hope Hulk rakes this lawfirm through the coals.
Someone should report lawfirms to the secretary of state or securities division about the firms with the deceptive practices that charge a monthly fee " just to charge " for no services rendered that start at 500.00 and higher a month.
Lawyers truly are bottom dwellers , very deceptive , they are modern day thieves.
Go get 'em Hulk!
The hulkster should have read his policy. It clearly states that you have representation in the case of an accident. The Company can also deny coverage if alchol/drugs are involved. He's lucky anything got paid at all.
Let me get this right Hulk? You are complaining about your bills for your Lawyer here? Is there not another human being involved in this story? How about the young man that is left to live his life out in a wheelchair, having to be cared for daily by nurses, never being able to be a father himself? ....all because of the choices your IDIOT son made about speeding that day! Well, BOO HOO for you L-O-S-E-R! Congrats on raising two of the most selfish, irresponsible children on the planet..you set the bar real high on that one!
They about to get paid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:
Nick cost you millions,get it right idiot,we are going after Linda also.She's the ring leader
technically, he shouldn't have a case. I highly doubt that the progressive legal team that may or may not have been provided would have done nearly as much as Zuckerman did.
It like a public defender vs. a high powered legal team, think about it.
Plus, he's got the cash anyway to pay for a high-powered legal team, and he did. I bet he's real happy too with the results of everything at this point, which is due to Zuckerman's representation.
If he wasn't a complete douche, hiding his cash in LLC's from BOTH his wife and the Graziano's I'd have more sympathy, but bottom line here is that he payed for services rendered and he is an idiot for not looking into his own options at the time. It's not like Zuckerman physically stopped hulk from talking to his own insurance agency about the accident, his responsibilities and alike.
Dear Hulk Hogan,
Who really CARES that your lawyer charged you $1m bucks!!!!! If YOU had NOT given YOUR son BOOZE & bought Nick several really FAST SPORTS CARS - maybe that awful day, a day that will never be changed, would NOT have happened. HULK, DON'T B*TCH THAT YOU SPENT TOO MUCH TO FREE YOUR SPOILED ROTTEN BRAT FROM THE PUNISHMENT HE SO JUST DESERVED & HULK, BE A MAN, PAY WHATEVER IT COSTS AS THE CAR CRASH (drinking & race car driving is a choice - not an accident ) IS AS MUCH YOUR FAULT AS NICK'S.
Dawn
To the public - I lived in S. Fla while the Hogan's were filming their reality film - Nick was stopped several times for exceive speeding & drag racing. He was known for racing on I 95 during the day & night, he would "smoke tires" on Biscayn Bld & the speed away (speed limit 35) - I have no pity for any of the Hogan's because Terry aka The Hulk & Linda both would not repremand their kids when they did any wrong. Instead they gave them lavious gifts & no rules!!!!
Lawyers are bottom-feeders, but Hulk the one who is responsible to find out what his insurance covers. His policy clearly states what is covered, and what is not. This is assuming he read it when he signed up for coverage. Sounds to me like Hulkster wanted some high-priced-flutey lawyer when his son first got in trouble, but now that things have not panned-out like they should have- he doesnt want to pay the astonomical fees.
