Jan. 13, 2026 8 AM PT
To the editor: I completely loved the Los Angeles Instances investigation piece regarding the Downtown LA Regulation Group (“The rise of DTLA: Car crashes, costly surgeries and a $4-billion sex abuse settlement,” Dec. 31). The article was fantastically written. Rebecca Ellis (and Christopher Buchanan, who contributed) did a masterful job weaving all the knowledge into a fabulous informational mosaic.
I used to be additionally disgusted by what I learn.
Once I watch the information at night time, I’m appalled by the onslaught of televised attorneys expounding their talent and dedication to attain “justice” for shoppers. They remind me of televangelists. I suppose the rise of tv attorneys was fueled by insurance coverage corporations’ callous responses to many real-life private catastrophes. Nonetheless, I discover their pleas for shoppers to be distasteful at finest.
The Instances story highlights the worst (and predictable) conduct of this occupation. DTLA is, I concern, the tip of the iceberg. And all these trumped-up fits solely value all of us by the use of larger insurance coverage charges.
Permitting the authorized occupation to promote has resulted in sanctioned ambulance-chasing. It’s time to limit their promoting and return integrity to the authorized occupation.
Jerrold Coleman, Santa Clarita
