348 Search Results for rear end collision

November 10, 2014

Remember the Children of Divorce.

...seling the parents to reduce the conflict. Counseling children to learn to endure the abuse is futile, and, frankly, insane. 4. We tend to blame “the parents” for conflict in divorce. My experience is that at least one parent in most divorces is trying to protect the children. I prefer to represent these people, and I implore those who aren’t so inclined to review their priorities. 5. Control, physical and emotional abuse, alcohol and substance ab...

January 22, 2016

An Article to Bookmark: Until Your World Comes Crashing Down

...adjustor has to establish and maintain a “reserve fund” for each case, we send him each wave of new bills and records and send him a short narrative of the challenges and progress of our client. That way the reserve can be nudged up gently, perhaps 20 times. This critical, as an adjustor who set and insufficient reserve is going to have a lot of explaining to do, so better to get the reserve up in increments. When we see the symptoms have persiste...

July 28, 2014

A Totally Unenforceable Marriage Contract

...ly or friends. c. In turn, neither party will place their commitment to extended family or friends to take precedence over their marital commitment, since it is essential, especially if the parties have children together, to lay a proper foundation for rearing those children and for maintaining and nurturing that lifetime relationship. e. Each party commits to a loving, physical, and sexual relationship to the extent that each is able to maintain...

April 2, 2015

WV Senate Bill 430 – The Law That No One Heard Of

...of West Virginia: That §48-27-507 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted; and that said code be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §51-2A-2a, all to read as follows: CHAPTER 48. DOMESTIC RELATIONS. ARTICLE 27. PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 48-27-507. Mutual protective orders prohibited. Mutual protective orders are prohibited unless both parties have filed a petition under part th...

December 7, 2012

Thoughts on the Effective Use of E-mail and Its Ilk.

...not tech expert”. Well, in a way I am a tech expert. Not a programmer, an “end user”. But an end user who started with an Apple II and NEC Spinwriter printer in 1981. I think you have to have a lot of confidence, and some guts, to use e-mail as we do. You have to be able to deal with the fact that anyone can forward any e-mail you send. You need to feel you can express yourself effectively and defend the content of what you sent. I make mistakes....

March 7, 2018

2018: Mediation Tips Revised

...sing to have to climb down from that horse. b. In another case, I fully intended to get my client $50,000 for a hip injury. His hip had been “frozen” for 40 years from an infection related to tuberculosis when he was 13 years old. A side impact auto collision “unfroze” the hip, leaving rough joint surfaces to run and become inflamed. Within 60 days he was required to retired from his trade as a barber. Before the planned mediation, I got a call fr...

July 30, 2013

Keys to a Successful Mediation

...sing to have to climb down from that horse. 3. In another case, I fully intended to get my client $50,000 for a hip injury. His hip had been “frozen” for 40 years from an infection related to tuberculosis when he was 13 years old. A side impact auto collision “unfroze” the hip, leaving rough joint surfaces to run and become inflamed. Within 60 days he was required to retired from his trade as a barber. Before the planned mediation, I got a call fr...

July 6, 2010

How To Be A Good Wife

...rol or abuse issue. 8. But, whatever the love for parents, siblings, or friends, they must take second place to the marital relationship. Spend lots of time together and try to connect on your mutual interests. And, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SOME! 9. Adapting to your husband’s/spouse’s passions in life is hard for me, a self absorbed, ego-centric person with lots of hobbies to advise on. Somehow, Nancy has put up with my pottery, my photography, my car r...

May 1, 2015

The Chinese Curse: “May You Have a Mild Closed Head Injury” – And What if it Happens to You?

...But, what about a person who was in just one auto accident, perhaps a rear-ender without an apparent strong impact with a solid object? The truth is that a closed head injury can occur with not strong impact direct , as a head is whipped back and forth; thus “whiplash”. At first there are headaches, nausea, confusion, short term memory lost, sleeplessness, nightmares, and anxiety. “But he’ll be OK, right?” Not necessarily, and perhaps not without...

June 3, 2012

Buy a $1,000,000 Umbrella!

...ty” claims; 1. Claims against you for mistakes your make (run a stoplight, rear end someone); and, 2. Claims you have against others for mistakes they make that injure you. If you cause negligently cause someone to become a quadriplegic, they have a $2,000,000 to $50,000,000 claim. Your option? Bankruptcy, and the loss of most of what you have. If someone puts you in the hospital for two months, to be off work for a year, and $500,000 in medical b...