55 Search Results for %22deliberate intent%22

May 10, 2016

Time for a Subject for the 2016-2017 Video Competition

...gether document with such reverence, as it was a bastardized creation with intentionally ambiguous “checks and balances” so that the majority could not tyrannize the minority and the biggest states could not dominate. The Founders left it intentionally ambiguous so that the balance between states and nation could be sorted out later. With an issue like slavery looming, and the failure to create a functioning nation being unthinkable, it was their...

August 17, 2014

A Personal View of How to Find the Best Lawyer

...is much more complex? The typical medical malpractice case or “deliberate intent, industrial injury, case requires the attorney to advance anywhere from $20,000-$100,000 of litigation expenses and wait a year or two to be paid. These expenses include: a. engineering reports, b. medical experts, c. Economists, d. Vocational experts e. depositions, and, f. travel costs. It makes sense to want the attorney handling your industrial injury case to hav...

January 18, 2011

What Does a Personal Injury Lawyer Do Anyway?

...dent, premises fall, medical malpractice, defective product, or deliberate intent (work place injury)? b. Is fault clear, contested, or uncertain? c. What insurance policies are in place, auto liability, premises liability, underinsured coverage, uninsured coverage, property damage, medical insurance, “med pay”, “personal umbrella”, coverage of other family members, etc.? This can be a very complicated answer. But, getting an overview is essential...

December 13, 2014

WV Supreme Court Rules People May Not Agree to Leave Each Other Alone.

...es hard to separate the office from the person. Occasionally, against good intentions, the judge knows I think her/his ruling is utterly stupid. Well, our WV Supreme Court just made a doozy of a mistake, impacting perhaps 500 family law orders I have prepared and had entered and thousands in the State. Here is the case http://www.courtswv.gov/supreme-court/memo-decisions/fall2014/14-0042memo.pdf; it is: (sorry if this link is no longer alive: the...

March 15, 2014

Industrial Accidents

...me negligence that results in injury or wrongful death. What is Deliberate Intent? Some types of risk are obvious, such as operating a saw without a safety guard or climbing to the top step of a ladder. If your employer knew to a reasonable degree of certainty that you were going to be injured, and asked you to do the job anyway, then your employer is guilty of “deliberate intent.” One of my clients was a machinist who was forced to do electrical...

June 25, 2018

Tying It All Together: Mediation, Unbundling, Collaboration, and a New Paradigm

...se words might offend the devout, but they reflect sincerely held and well-intentioned suggestions. That is why my approach to “the future of the law” has been multifaceted. Besides learning how to run a law office efficiently with cutting edge technology, I suggest a revision of the family law mediation rules, a change in the adversarial mindset of lawyers, mandatory Family Court mediation on all issues, streamlining and enforcing the rules of di...

September 24, 2015

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

...rance-coverages/ https://hunterlawfirm.net/what-sue-my-employer-deliberate-intent/ Mediation: a search that produced 73 results for “mediation”. I passionately believe in mediation, and lots of thoughts on the subject. Some of my opinions are against the mainstream: https://hunterlawfirm.net/?s=Mediation With a practice that includes family law, personal injury, civil, and mediation, I have had plenty of opportunity to see huge differences in medi...

July 24, 2010

Why Won’t My Lawyer Call Me Back?

...the call for them. But 10% have cynically decided they do not care. I strongly suggest that you avoid that 10%, and for the 20%, they probably aren’t that good, They may be well intentioned but overwhelmed. Hire the lawyer who has plenty of staff, plenty of energy, a good reputation, WHO WILL CALL YOU BACK!...

March 15, 2014

FAQ

...negligence OR malice. If your can prove they knew they owed the claim and intentionally cheated you, you can even recover “punitive damages”. Even without malice, you may recover for your attorney fees and aggravation and inconvenience in addition to your policy claims, so don’t hesitate to call your attorney when your have a loss to your house, your car, or a claim against you by an injured third party. Underinsured and Uninsured Auto Insurance...