r/LosAngeles • u/reddituserFN2187 Koreatown • Mar 15 '24

Larry H. Parker, Auto Accident & Personal Injury Attorney, Dead at 75 News

https://www.tmz.com/2024/03/15/larry-h-parker-auto-accident-personal-injury-attorney-dead-dies/
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u/Sixtyninealldaychef Mar 15 '24

Funny how that eventually changed to "Larry Parker got me... you know the story!" because, well, we did know the story. And these days 2.1 million ain't what it used to be in the 90s.

He'll always be a fond memory of watching daytime tv as a kid in the summer.

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u/RichardMHP Mar 15 '24

IIRC, It's because the guy who got the money died, and the "you know the story" guy was an actor hired to replace him, and they changed the line specifically so the actor wasn't saying something factually untrue in the commercials

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u/SrslyCmmon Mar 15 '24

I thought it was because of the new law (at the time) that prohibited disclosure of lawsuit payouts in advertising.

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u/RichardMHP Mar 16 '24

'spossible.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '24

What makes you think you can't disclose lawsuit payouts in advertising? There's nothing to prevent that so long as it's not a confidential settlement.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '24

Turns out I didn’t know the story

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u/Sixtyninealldaychef Mar 15 '24

oh shoot, is that a different person? It's been so long that I've even watched local tv, so I don't really remember what the original guy looked like.

I do remember finding out as a kid, that the reason they only filmed the original guy from the shoulders up, was because the accident caused him to be wheelchair bound. But they didn't want viewers to know that, they just wanted us to know they won him money. Which they did, but is 2.1 million worth losing the use of your legs? Guess they didn't want anyone to answer that question lol.

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u/JonTravel Glendora Mar 15 '24

but is 2.1 million worth losing the use of your legs?

No, but he didn't lose the use of his legs for 2.1 million did he? He lost his legs and then won 2.1 million. If you have lost the use of your legs. 2.1mil will certainly help.

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u/Middle_Chain_544 Mar 15 '24

That was the urban legend but then he did commercials standing so that urban legend stopped being a thing.

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u/CornholeSurprise Mar 16 '24

I moved to LA after they stopped saying the 2.1 million. I was like, " I don't know the story! What's the story?"