...ave a “dark side” when properly done. It works great in family matters and personal injury and civil disputes. Not so, however, in criminal matters, where prosecution usually negotiate plea agreements without a “middle-man”. I prefer mediation where each party has a lawyer trained in mediation, where the mediator is an experienced attorney, and where “everything is on the table” and the parties address all disputed issues. When that wonderful comb...
...those pieces must be present for the Court to “picture” the case. 19. In a personal injury claim, there are witnesses to the collision, an investigating officer, emergency personnel, photographs, the accident report, cell phone records, medical bills, medical records, journals, lay witnesses who know my client well, expert witnesses, and myriad other “objects”. 20. In a land dispute, there are deeds, wills, deeds of trust, angry neighbors (or sibl...
...ith their peers. I write about such matters. He are some of my writings on personal injury and insurance. jbh My personal injury posts are generally designed to dispel misconceptions and educate the potential client https://hunterlawfirm.net/personal-injury-client-misperceptions/ https://hunterlawfirm.net/dear-personal-injury-client-points-to-remember/ https://hunterlawfirm.net/not-the-normal-personal-injury-blah-blah/ https://hunterlawfirm.net/th...
...not accurate. Preconceptions are killers. 2. The percentage of really good personal injury lawyers is the same as dog catchers, @ 10%. 3. A good injury lawyer is not an ambulance chaser. He or she cares about you and your family, but he isn’t “Mother Theresa”. He cares about getting ahead and making a living too. 4. The entire system is based on the question of whether a person or company violated a duty (is “at fault”) and seriously injured you o...
...ined as incompetent because they cannot enter into certain contracts, sign personal injury releases, file civil suits, or conduct certain kinds of business transactions. So, how does the law deal with such “incompetency”? If a person is under a “legal disability” for one of the reasons listed above, for example a divorce, the court will often appoint the person a guardian ad litem. A Guardian under law acts in some ways as the person’s lawyer. The...
...all the challenges of a contested trial. Here we will leave the subject of personal injury claims, since most of those do not go to mediation until after suit is filed, except to say, here is the link to a search of my blog for the term “personal injury”. It has 109 “hits”; enjoy: https://hunterlawfirm.net/?s=%22personal+injury%22 If you are still here, perhaps you are facing your own family law matter. Perhaps you are thinking of filing, have fil...
...self-image and health of the children, and in employment and insurance. In personal injury, juries are very “judgmental” of obese claimants. Fat people usually have more serious pre-existing conditions. They are more susceptible to injury, and a fit person is much more likely to come out of a collision unscathed than his overweight counterpart. I can turn a pre-existing injury into an advantage in a personal injury claim. I have explained that in...
...l Liability” bill. Just another reason to have an experienced, up to date, personal injury lawyer on your side. 2-27-2015.) Personal injury law in WV is based on fault. If you make a mistake (negligence) and injure someone else, you are legally responsible, SO carry insurance. WV requires us to carry $20,000 per person and $40,000 per occurrence of personal injury liability insurance. Homeowners are largely free of serious injury claims because th...
...n insurance coverages helps you to avoid that. b. The misconceptions about personal injury law, lawsuits, tort law, what it takes to be a good personal injury lawyer, and what’s involved in consulting a personal injury lawyer are “legion”. c. The examples of tragic consequences to people who tried to be their own lawyer are real, usually recent, cases. The clients have agreed their stories can be told. They generously wish for others to avoid what...
