244 Search Results for "personal injury"

February 1, 2015

Symantics, Metaphor, Religion, and Clarity of Thought

...f them are substantive articles on my views on mediation, in family cases, personal injury, and civil litigation. Thy also say brevity is a virtue. My last article was long and substantive, as is the one I am working on (how trial lawyers can communicate with conservatives), so here is one a bit shorter. Editor’s note: Easier said than done. As the writer said, “If I had more time, this would have been a lot shorter.” 1. While everyone else was co...

July 27, 2014

My Areas of Legal and Geographical Practice

...you who simply want to know what I do and where I do it, here goes: 1. My personal injury/insurance practice includes: a. Auto, Truck, Motorcycle, and Pedestrian collisions. I can do these in any county in the State. I can find out of state counsel as necessary for WV Residents who encounter problems while away, and associate as necessary. b. Premises liability (slip and fall) cases, insurance bad faith (refusal to settle your claim properly), in...

June 4, 2010

Why Continuing Legal Educaton?

...f my seminars, to find $1,250,000 in extra insurance coverage in a serious personal injury case! That led to a very fine settlement. If you want the name of that expert, call or write me. Such information is invaluable. 6. In Fact, the four biggest cases of my career were directly associated with people I met, or learned of, from my C.L.E. 7. Since I have thrown modesty out the window with this post, I declare my proud membership in the WV Associa...

January 25, 2021

Burton Hunter and YouTube

...creative as my humble talents will permit me, including a chronicle of my personal and professional life. I don’t expect ever to “go virile”, but I hope to make a difference in my profession, to market our services, and to entertain and educate. I love those things. I had a number of recorded ads on local cable t.v. before the Internet arrived, and I have a couple of hundred personal youtube and Facebook videos. A few years ago, I created a YouTu...

September 30, 2022

Finding What Burton Hunter Has to Offer

...es long. (11) J. Burton Hunter III & Associates, PLLC. – YouTube This is a personal video memoir, suggested and recorded by the videographer of Jenkins Ford of Buckhannon, which I did in 2018, after he followed me to a week-end of “lapping days” at the legendary Lime Rock Park in Lakevile Ct. in my new Ford Focus RS. It discusses how a “clueless youngster” gains confidence and competence by finding what he loves and doing it well: https://youtu.be...

January 31, 2019

Financial Disclosure in Divorce: Get it Right!

...ersonnel department to get this information! I understand that values for “personal property” are “used” valuations, such as by sale via “The Prospector,” Facebook, or a yard sale or auction, and NOT retail valuation. Values of real estate may, by convention, be 60% of the assessment on our tax ticket, or as determined by a certified appraiser, or even by stipulation of the homeowners. Examples of personal property are televisions, cars, and furni...

October 17, 2018

The Challenges to Modern Religion: Part II

...usive. Of course I will do none of these things. For reasons that are very personal to me, I will continue to show up, will continue to sing, will not mention these things at church, and will sadly watch as the supplicants’ bodies become more bent, the hair becomes more gray, the children become fewer, the empty spaces in the pews become larger, and watch as we continue to give lip service to metaphors that were never true when they were invented...

May 20, 2020

Auto Insurance Roulette: Is it Worth the Gamble?

...hat 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 and face bankruptcy if you buy a cut-rate policy and hit a kid who skate-boards from behind a sig...

January 24, 2018

Grim News For a Troubled State: Are There Solutions?

...when stepped on by the negligent or big guy? I am so optimistic about our personal life, but I am so sad and pessimistic about the people of this wonderful state? “Wonderful”? Go visit the Canaan Valley, Smoke Hole Caverns, Seneca Rock, Lewisburg, Shepherdstown, WVWC Campus, downtown Buckhannon, Stonewall Resort, the Cass RR, Blennerhessett Island, or Jackson’s Mill or Oglebay Park. Thomas WV, and so much more. Then go to downtown Salem, Grafton,...

September 26, 2014

A “Wunderful” Step Forward in My Task Management

...agories: a. BURT WORK SHORT TERM; b. BURT WORK LONG TERM/PROJECTS; c. BURT PERSONAL SHORT TERM; d. BURT PERSONAL LONG TERM/PROJECTS; e. ASSIGNED TO STAFF; f. BURTS TASK REQUEST TO NANCY (my beloved wife). 5. It took all of 5 minutes to move 30 tasks into these various catagories. I have written elsewhere of breaking my tasks into “urgent but not important”, “urgent and important”, and “important but not urgent”, and will not repeat that here, but...