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June 1, 2011

Why Should I Retain Burton Hunter For My Personal Injury Claim?

Retain Burt Hunter for my car accident claim? This is a fair question to ask, but it is really two questions: 1. Why can’t I just handle my own claim? 2. Why select Burton Hunter instead of one of the many other lawyers competing for my attention. As for question # 1, even a “routine rear end collision” creates many tasks and issues to be resolved. These tasks include analyzing the various insurance coverages, communicating with your own carrier...

January 30, 2012

Your Legal Checkup and Review; “An Ounce of Prevention”

...l if you are out of the country, but it could be critical if you are in an accident or become medically incompetent. If properly recorded, a “Durable General Power of Attorney” can be used to sign a deed or promissory note AFTER you become incapacitated. That’s what makes it “durable”. 2. Special Power of Attorney: Special POA’s are designed for a particular purpose. In the military, we often prepared special POA’s so that a spouse could sign all...

December 24, 2012

Many Ways to Meet Your Lawyer – Personal Injury – Divorce – Civil Suits

...might be surprised to know a good lawyer/negotiator can settle 90% of auto accident claims without filing suit. I believe a doctor who truly wants his client to have a recovery, and fresh start, should want to help her resolve her medical AND legal issues. My colleague Tim has solved the problem by serving a subpoena and taking a “deposition” at the doctor’s office, whether there is a suit or not. The doctor doesn’t know the difference. It is a so...

September 18, 2011

The Mystery of Equitable Estoppel

...missory estoppel. Here is the history lesson. In some cultures if you even accidently killed a member of another person’s family, they got to kill one of yours. If you were telling the truth, you would float in a pool of water, and if lying, would sink. As we came out of the “dark ages”, the law evolved. But, the laws were arcane, strict, and often unfair to particular cases. So, the King (I assume the English King; this lesson has no footnotes!)...

March 15, 2014

Product Liability

...nd safety equipment such as seat belts Vehicles that are prone to rollover accidents Chemicals that cause burns or other injuries Food that makes us sick due to salmonella, e-coli or other contamination Children’s toys with choking hazards, lead or other toxic ingredients Prescription drugs that cause injury or death Medical devices that fail and cause injury or death Compensation for Victims in Product Liability cases By filing a products liabili...

December 28, 2021

Civil Litigation 101

...ispute 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”). A civil suit or claim is separate from a criminal charge, like murder or robbery, or administrative proceedings, like workers’ or unemployment compensation or Social Security claims. In most civil matters, mediation is an i...

April 15, 2021

Unbundling, Limited Scope Contracts, Legal Coaching, Ghost Writing, and Mentoring

...ts of way or boundary line disputes, or a totally free consultion about an accidential injury? Unbundled services can be helping you to fill out forms, ghost-writing a pleading, providing to you a complete set of the statutes, forms, cases, and rules that govern your case, or being a phone call away if you want to handle our own mediation with “a coach”. Such coaching will also let you attend a hearing with confidence, or perhaps show you why you...

May 20, 2020

Auto Insurance Roulette: Is it Worth the Gamble?

...t’s because they or a friend have been through a divorce but not a serious accident, not yet! At what point do any of these “mascots” remind you that you risk financial and personal ruin if you select the wrong coverages? Which whacky character points out what happens to YOU if you are seriously injured or killed by an uninsured or underinsured “tortfeasor”? Do they even tell you what those terms mean? Does Flo explain that you can lose your house...

July 14, 2020

The Framework for a West Virginia Personal Injury Claim

...In 21 Minutes Mr. Hunter busts some myths of personal injury claim processing in WV, auto collisions, accidents, rear-enders, texting while driving, drunk driving, insurance coverages, competitive fees, and so much more, from a perspective of over 40 years in the legal profession. He focuses on methods, process, and the best net results for the client, usually without filing suit. https://youtu.be/UHjp3jSV09M  ...

March 15, 2014

Personal Injury Glossary

...lasting or permanent in nature. These injuries may result from any kind of accident and may affect all body systems. Exploitation of a Nursing Home Resident — Exploitation takes place when an individual misuses a resident’s personal property or funds for his or her own benefit. Often this is done without the owner’s consent, through threats, coercion, deception or undue influence. Thus, the resident is taken advantage of. Licensee — The term licen...