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March 7, 2010

Mediation, Collegiality, and Professionalism

...ntative or attorney. As a result, civil litigators who try cases involving personal injury, claims against insurance companies, premises liability cases, and even “will disputes” and boundary line and right-of-way disputes, expect to attend mediation and prepare accordingly. While these cases often involve strong emotion, the attorneys are generally adept at avoiding personal attacks and recrimination. In other words, attorneys defending such acti...

September 17, 2010

Various Insurance Coverages – Limiting the Loss

...permanent injuries, but the “tortfeasor” has just $20,000 per person total personal injury liability coverage! My client has no “medical payments” coverage, no medical insurance of his own, and no “personal umbrella” to supplement his various basic coverages. What does this mean? Read on. Auto Coverage: 1. Personal injury liability: minimum limits in WV $20,000 per person, $40,000 per occurrence. 2-4 days in the hospital will exhaust this, so I su...

August 20, 2012

Domestic Violence and Family Court

...l code this with some references to that, and I have many good articles on personal injury, insurance, trial preparation, mediation, and trials. God may reward me for writing the stuff below by sending me a good personal injury matter. In the meantime, someone has to pay the electric bill, and I am just as good in family law, which often involves violence and the threat of violence. In small town America, there is much less money in family law, an...

February 19, 2021

Family Law in WV: A Deep Dive

...ng Facts in Any Contested Case A good litigator, whether it is family law, personal injury, or civil litigation, should have a system that helps the client gather and organize the facts in their case. In my practice, I call it, “our digging down system”. Sure enough, I have written on that also: 2018 Revised: Digging Down – On Organizing and Preparing Your Case – Attorney J. Burton Hunter III : Attorney J. Burton Hunter III (hunterlawfirm.net). Th...

March 15, 2014

Oil and Gas Explosions

...rtant to discuss your case with an attorney. I am J. Burton Hunter, III, a personal injury lawyer with more than 30 years of experience. I can analyze the facts of your case and tell you whether you may be able to recover financial compensation in a personal injury claim. As a native West Virginian, I know that people working in the gas and oil industry are at high risk of work-related injuries, including those involving: Gas and oil explosions Ex...

April 29, 2020

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

...t/blog : Feel free to create your own searches. BELOW ARE MY TERM SEARCHES PERSONAL INJURY AND CONTINGENT FEE AND INSURANCE RELATED Blog Search for “Personal Injury”: https://tinyurl.com/y88bhxxh Blog Search for “Slip and Fall”: https://tinyurl.com/ydfp4tzl Blog Search for “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 S...

July 30, 2013

Keys to a Successful Mediation

...nce from someone outside of the marriage, or was separate because it was a personal injury settlement. Another key to this successful mediation is the lawyers remained engaged, cordial, and collaborative throughout the negotiation. And, one lawyer had a “hard stop” requiring his attention, so negotiations got serious an hour or two earlier than they might have. That’s probably a good reason not to leave a whole day for a fairly routine mediation....

September 15, 2010

Procrastination, Information, and Ignorance

...people don’t have a clue, but the young ones have sent and received hundreds of texts on who likes who and who is going where, just this week, and learned very little from the experience. So, also, there is a lot of information available on personal injury law, injuries, and claims. Lawyers produce millions of dollars in T.V. ads, but people just don’t seem to understand the process, purpose, or the law, of personal injury. The following articles...

February 21, 2011

The WV Association For Justice – Benefits of Our Relationship

...400,000. c. I have been blessed to participate in a number of major impact personal injury settlements. All but one had me associated with an attorney who was or had been President of WVTLA. These lawyers, Wesley Metheney, Guy Bucci, and Tim Bailey have made the difference for me and our clients.I would not know these men if it weren’t for the WVAJ. d. I settled one such case “on my own” without filing suit. Even then, a member of the law firm of...

May 17, 2022

A “SUMMING” LETTER TO A YOUNGER COLLEAGUE

...rms specific to a practice area, “child custody”, “alimony”, “car wreck”, “personal injury” or “medical malpractice”.   Getting a client to collect and organize information is a challenge, especially when emotions are high. “Digging down” is a manual or paper adaptation of the CaseMap case management system, now (in my opinion) overpriced and owned by Lexis/Nexis. The suite includes several useful modules including a timeline graphic tool.   In fa...