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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  ...

January 26, 2017

Then and Now for a Personal Injury Attorney – Slip and Fall

...d take my own photo, but was a great start to getting a clear photo of the injury scene. 20 years ago I spent $300-$400 on a detailed weather report for the 24 hour period leading up to my client’s fall. We had minute by minute data on the drizzling rain the day before, the incoming cold front, the time , within a few moments, that the entrance surface froze, and the number of hours that the sidewalk remained unsalted, @ 18, before my client stepp...

October 4, 2013

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

...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...

December 5, 2014

“Legal Disability” – What Do a Soldier, a 17 Year Old, an Inmate, and a Hospitalized Mental Patient Have in Common

...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...

July 18, 2013

Personal Injury Urban Myths – The Phonebooth – The Other Side of the Story.

Have you heard the one about the pedestrian, who was severely injured in a phone booth by a drunk driver, who sued the Phone Company, Yuck, yuck?! This was a story blindly reprinted by the news media during the Regan Presidency. That’s when a lot of these “tort reform” ideas began to gain traction. Turns out that the drunk driver had little or no liability insurance. The permanently injured plaintiff was using the phone when he saw the car coming...

October 7, 2011

Breaking Up With Your Personal Injury, Divorce, or Civil Lawsuit Lawyer

I am NOT writing to encourage anyone to fire their lawyer and hire me. But, it happens to all lawyers. They fire clients and clients fire them. And there are those, “You can’t fire me, I quit!” situations. I have been let go by a client, we all have. I can say with good conscience, except for the client who simply runs out of money and asks that I no longer represent them, I “fire” the client, or get fired, only when the client has such serious b...

September 3, 2016

Self-Represented Mediation

...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...

September 15, 2010

Comparative Fault in WV

...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...

September 18, 2011

Obesity And The Law, And How Not to Be Fat

...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...