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March 15, 2014

Causes of Truck Accidents

...compensation for any accident-related damages. Some common causes of truck wrecks include: Driver negligence: Driver fatigue, distracted driving (talking on a cell phone or texting while driving), drunk driving, excessive speeding, driver inexperience, failure to follow safety guidelines, following too closely Trucking company negligence: Faulty truck maintenance, negligent enforcement of sleep and driving schedules, improper training, overloaded...

July 31, 2011

Dear Personal Injury Client: Points to Remember

.... 9. The police will ticket the “doofus” but not the person who caused the wreck since she managed to stop. I bring the claim against both drivers, neither of whom followed the fundamental rule of leaving plenty of space and staying alert. Their breaking of the rules combined to mess up you back, and your life, and maybe injured your loved one! Of course their insurance will pay. Or, you could have a situation similar to one of my pending cases wh...

October 12, 2012

Feigned Indignation

...ntly. But, did she call to see where I was? Was she concerned I might have wrecked or had a break down? She did not. and was not. I think Dr. Seuss wrote a tale based on this concept. Horton would have called the Mazie Bird if he had her number. What I realized later is this lawyer knew exactly what she was doing. She hoped that I had forgot the hearing (or in this case, didn’t know about it)? That way, even if the judge called me, and I got there...

September 15, 2010

Comparative Fault in WV

...that rolls over because of a design defect. In the most basic case, a car wreck, the claimant can recover if the other driver was 51%, or more, at fault. If the claimant was 20% at fault, he/she gets 20% less, and if the claimant was 50% at fault or more, she/he gets nothing. It is that simple. Good lawyers and claims adjustors understand these concepts and settle most cases without suit. A lawyer who is quick to file suit, who doesn’t communicat...

March 29, 2010

West Virginia Auto Insurance Coverages

...or U.I.M and U.M. coverages, personal or commercial, requires great care. Again, that’s where a good attorney can help. Call me or write with any of your insurance coverage questions BEFORE you have your wreck, or AFTER! Sometimes we can even help AFTER the statute of limitations runs; otherwise, “The saddest words your insurance adjustor can say is, “The statute ran the other day.”...

September 24, 2015

Suggestions for Operating and Marketing A Small Firm Efficiently and on a Budget

...Do not learn too late that your liability claim from your devastating car wreck is not covered under your underinsured, UIM, coverage! It is stunning to think there are lawyers in WV driving around with personal umbrellas that do not provide UIM coverage. Check with your carrier! Pathagoras Segment – Roy Lazris Today I will share 15 minutes of my time with Roy Lazris, a Va. lawyer, and also former USAF JAG, who invented this remarkable document a...

February 26, 2020

SOME PERSONAL INJURY TRIAL PRACTICE TIPS

...estify that the treatment was needed, that the treatment was caused by the wreck, or what treatment would be needed in the future. You should disclose that treating doctor as an expert. Be sure to have your checklist of questions to qualify your expert, especially a specialists! WVU Hospital Systems: sometimes you have to go take their depositions and sometimes they are willing to meet. Many lawyers prepare their trial preparation on an iPad. They...

April 17, 2020

THE AGONY OF AN ACCIDENTAL INJURY and PICKING UP THE PHONE TO CALL A LAWYER

...rds and the police report are not being ordered, the security video of the wreck will soon be erased, and, often critical, no one is analyzing your various insurance coverages. Nor are they contacting the right parties, or saving you thousands of dollars. You are immobile at the worst possible time! One big example of a risk of delay: the medical provider may not want to accept your Medicaid, Medicare, or WV C.H.I.P. medical insurance card. Your c...

April 29, 2020

A ROADMAP TO BURTON HUNTER’S IDEAS AND “WISDOM”

...or “Rear End Collision”: https://tinyurl.com/y8ybdzaw Blog Search for “Car Wreck”: https://tinyurl.com/y9e8fbnd Blog Search for “Auto Accident”: https://tinyurl.com/yca7tw8r Blog Search for “Truck Collision”: https://tinyurl.com/ybce32jw Blog Search for “Contingent Fee”: https://tinyurl.com/ybey7gln Blog Search for “Insurance” and “Claim”: https://tinyurl.com/y9bcyrwy Blog Search for “Closed Head Injury”: https://tinyurl.com/y6w9hlgo Blog Search f...

December 28, 2021

Civil Litigation 101

...is an alleged personal injury or civil wrong, it can be a suit over a car wreck where the insurance company won’t pay a fair settlement, or a dispute over the validity of grandpa’s will, or a boundary-line or right-of-way dispute between neighbors. A civil claim can also result from an industrial accident or alleged unjustified refusal of an insurance company to pay its own insured’s valid claim ( called a”first-party insurance bad faith claim”)....