Schaudenfreude.

This is one of the words that The Simpsons taught me. This situation isn't so much joy at the suffering of others, but being glad that people are angry at someone else and not me.

Without going into too much detail, another lawyer made a really stupid mistake that came back to haunt him when my client filed for bankruptcy. The family of my client has called me, though, and said that they don't blame me, they blame the other lawyer.

A horrible situation for the family, but it's satisfying that you're at least doing things right for a change and trying to help the family out in a crisis.