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June 1, 2011

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

...a percentage of the settlement with a lawyer. I believe these reasons are fallacious. A good lawyer should be able to settle your claim for 50%-100% more than you can, WITHOUT filing suit, without filing suit.Thus, the net to you, even with a lawyer, is more, and you get it sooner. Each claim has 10-20 components, which your lawyer and the adjustor know about, but which you probably do not. There is simply more work to putting together a claim, e...

June 26, 2013

Militant Moderate – Mad As Hell!

...ript to this rant is the call we just got at robot call for “free” ‘I have fallen and cannot get up’ buttons. My friend Linda, @ 40 years old, says she got the call incessantly while she was recovering from surgery at home. She is “mad as hell too.” Finally, I have predicted a conviction of George Zimmerman of Voluntary Manslaughter, not murder and not an acquittal. Write me and I will explain why. (Author’s note, 2-25-2015; as the evidence develo...

September 18, 2011

The Mystery of Equitable Estoppel

...let him act “to his detriment” anyway. It is not fair a party to get a windfall from silence. In the instance above, the barn builder reasonably relied on his neighbors’ forbearance in sitting quietly and not objecting. Here are three examples of equitable estoppel from the real world. I know because they involved my clients and me: a. A couple selling their house could not deprive the realtor of a fee even though the written listing agreement (re...

July 11, 2012

Dominos or Popcorn – Does It Matter?

...for bankruptcy and opined that it is the first domino and that others will fall because of the combo of the financial meltdown of 2008 and the massive retirements of baby boomers, and of course, many other factors. Last evening, the news reported that Scranton Pa.’s mayor announced pay cuts for all employees, including himself to minimum wage, $7.25/hr. “There is another domino!” I said to myself. But, this morning coming to work in the heat, anot...

November 24, 2012

Two Posts From My Blog, Perspectives of Small Town Lawyer

After a lull in posting, during a very busy fall, I found time for two useful posts on my “sister blog”, Perspectives of a Small Town Lawyer”. 1. I posted data for all the Continuing Legal Education seminars I attended in 2012; not to brag, but to give my readers an idea of what I am thinking and learning about. I think C.L.E. attendance is some evidence a lawyer is “tending to business” and staying current in his field. While I will not copy the...

August 13, 2013

Self Representation – A Family Court Tragedy

...ddle income family law litigants don’t have lawyers! 16. And Legal Aid has fallen on hard times, so their “clients” are being sold the “Kool Aid” of self representation after a “free class”. Imagine trying to complete law school in some free classes. 17. Not only to they have trouble affording a lawyer, but the courts, and even sometimes unwitting lawyers, trick them into thinking they do not need a lawyer. I say, Hogwash! 18. I talked to a gal to...

October 4, 2013

If I Could Know Only Ten Critical Things About My Serious Injury Claim, What Would They Be?

...Auto accidents, truck collisions, industrial disasters, product liability, falls on commercial property, insurance bad faith, and medical or legal malpractice have different ground rules. It is best to find someone who knows the difference and can bring in other attorneys or experts if needed. 9. The lawyer with the catchiest, or funniest, television ad may NOT be the lawyer most respected by his peers. 10. You can learn about the lawyer who autho...

May 23, 2014

The Family Vacation – Paying The Price For Being a Small Town Lawyer

..., and the case you and your clients were depending on settling has totally fallen through. No “big pay day” while you are away. Then the service rep at your Kubota dealer calls to advise that repairs and service to your BX 2300 will be $2300! You need a new water pump! You only learn later, when you stop to pay your bill, that they just got around to ordering the parts, and you will be lucky to see your machine in a week. That’s two months in the...

January 18, 2011

What Does a Personal Injury Lawyer Do Anyway?

...e must learn the following: a. What type of claim, auto accident, 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 ve...

October 13, 2014

A Small Town Lawyer’s 50 Year Perspective – The Linsly School’s 200th Homecoming Reunion

...d take place during the Homecoming gathering? And, the girl I was going to fall in love with, and pursue as her “best friend” for 4.5 years until she said “Yes,” had only visited West Virginia Wesleyan once, on advice of her school guidance counselor. I had no way of knowing we would meet 3 months later. The 5oth anniversary of our first meeting in Sept. 1964 has now passed also. What idyllic, exciting, challenging, and stressful years those 50 ye...