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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...

March 15, 2014

Causes of Truck Accidents

...im explore options for seeking compensation. I am J. Burton Hunter, III, a personal injury lawyer serving clients in Buckhannon and throughout West Virginia. I can work to determine if driver negligence, faulty truck maintenance, or another factor caused or contributed to your accident. Contact my law office to schedule a free initial consultation. Common Causes of Truck Accidents When the negligence of a truck driver or trucking company is to bla...

April 29, 2020

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

...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 Search for “Truck Collision”: https://tinyurl.com/ybce32jw Blog Search for...

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...

July 30, 2013

Keys to a Successful Mediation

...er side is going to say or reveal. Two examples: 1. I once went into a BIG personal injury mediation with a chip on my shoulder. The other side, in a seven figure case, dragged their feet so my clients could not the original limited liability limits of $20,000 per person prior to Christmas, adversely impacting their, and my, holiday. (We were dealing with the underinsurance carrier at mediation). 2. The mediator, a personal friend, took me aside a...

May 17, 2022

A “SUMMING” LETTER TO A YOUNGER COLLEAGUE

...n page, I question whether my forms will be of much help as my practice is Personal Injury, Insurance Bad Faith, Family Law, and Civil Litigation and you are working in a foreign country, outside of even the English Common Law, with traditions, lawd, and government different from ours.   But people are people, and people is “my thing”.   I have had my law license for almost exactly 50 years, as I graduated from the WVU College of Law in May, 1972....

August 14, 2012

Practical Tips For Lawyers 8-14-2012

...proposal with numbered, one or two line, paragraphs. 7. I try to ascertain personal injury settlement limits (WV’s minimum per person for auto injury is $20,000) as early in a case as possible. 8. Clearly, if the medical bills are pouring in, and are already at $10,000; or $5000 but with the inpatient bill not yet here, I ask for “the limits”, and I ask my client’s carrier for permission to settle. They have “subrogation rights”, but most of my pa...

March 15, 2014

Premises Liability

...s injured at a courthouse when a piece of marble wainscoting fell off the wall and hit her in the head, resulting in a brain injury. If you have been injured because of a dangerous condition on another’s property, a personal injury lawyer can evaluate your case. To arrange a free initial consultation about your premises-related injury, please contact my office in Buckhannon, West Virginia. Call toll free 304-472-7477....

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...

February 27, 2017

A Summing Up of Eight Years’ of Blogging

...ng, family law, divorce, custody, modification, personal injury law, how a personal injury claim is processed, how I run my office, my thoughts on professionalism and collegiality, myriad insurance issues, bad faith, “deliberate intent” industrial injury law, alternate dispute resolution, e.g. mediation, arbitration, ethics, civil disputes and litigation, religion, politics, philosophy, and history. If I could wave a magic wand, I would edit out 2...