Home > Search results for 'slip and fall' > Page 2

84 Search Results for slip and fall

July 27, 2014

My Areas of Legal and Geographical Practice

...er problems while away, and associate as necessary. b. Premises liability (slip and fall) cases, insurance bad faith (refusal to settle your claim properly), industrial injuries (deliberate intent), and medical malpractice. c. As a longstanding member of the WV Assoc. for Justice, and its Board of Governors, I have learned who has the best reputations is various parts of the state, and I associate on major matters with those most familiar with loc...

March 15, 2014

Personal Injury Glossary

...ent is taken advantage of. Licensee — The term licensee is often used in a slip and fall case. A licensee is someone who enters the property of another with the owner’s consent. The owner owes such a person a duty to keep the property safe and to warn the licensee of any known dangers. If the landowner fails this duty and the licensee is injured, he or she may have a claim against the owner for those injuries. Medical Malpractice — Medical malprac...

July 30, 2013

Keys to a Successful Mediation

...ges of the page are each party’s starting position, the second line is the fallback, and the third is their “bottom line”. As I explain to my client, it is the circle in the middle that contains the tough territory, the place neither party wants to go. But, in most instances, each party has to go somewhere in that circle to reach agreement. It might be dead center, but it might be closer to one party’s “fallback position” if that is the more reaso...

March 7, 2018

2018: Mediation Tips Revised

...ges of the page are each party’s starting position, the second line is the fallback, and the third is their “bottom line”. As I explain to my client, it is the circle in the middle that contains the tough territory, the place neither party wants to go. But, in most instances, each party must go somewhere in that circle to reach agreement. It might be dead center, but it might be closer to one party’s “fallback position” if that is the more reasona...

October 11, 2018

A Lawyer’s Thoughts on Slavery and Racism.

...self wide awake at 1 AM and unable to sleep until the planned 3 AM. Before falling asleep, I had a remarkable reading experience starting at page 354 of Carl Sagan’s “The Demon – Haunted World”. “We must not believe the many, who say that only free people are to be educated, but we should rather believe the philosophers who say that only the educated are free. “ EPICTETUS Roman philosopher and former slave, Discourses. The author describes a young...

February 25, 2022

On Learning New Things: Video-casting and “Text to Voice”

...om conferences are NOT the same. After 3 years without much of a break, we slipped in a few days last fall at Ocean City Md. Great place, Dog friendly, so we took Cinca. This time, she’s at her favorite kennel. There I learned Techsmith’s Snagit. Just search YouTube for “Snagit” or “Snagit and Dotto”, or “Techsmith”, and you will find Steve Dotto and many sources to walk you through this amazingly simple screen capture tool and editor. Using it an...

February 6, 2015

What Kind of Giver Are You? Or Are You a Taker?

...onalities, but some very similar reading paths. She once read The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich at my suggestion, and I waited eagerly for her to “hand down” her Harry Potter hardbacks as she finished them. I was touched when she sent me “Give and Take – Why Helping Others Drives Our Success” by Adam Grant. Laura has been working under intense pressure for over three semesters. It takes guts to take a hiatus from a busy career to become a full...

September 21, 2012

Hanging Out Your Shingle – Not for the Faint of Heart

...he seams, or contribute some extra padding, to a person going over Niagara Falls in a barrel, you would wouldn’t you? Actually I have met two such persons recently, but the other attorney is a bit more experienced and has a method of transitioning from a related job to full time legal practice. The pure “hanging out a shingle” successfully, right out of law school, is a rare and challenging feat. My tips for establishing a practice almost certainl...

April 26, 2014

The Challenge to the Church in The Modern World (Or, What’s It All About Anyhow?)

...I have given my word on two profound things in my life: 1. If Nancy would fall in love and marry me, I would try to be a good husband and father; and, 2. If a close relative would recover from a life threatening illness, I would stay in the choir, and therefore the church, for life. Since writing the paragraphs above, I have watched the movie “Noah”, one of the worst movies I have ever seen, and received a review of “God is Not Dead” from a perso...

December 2, 2017

COMPETENCE

...r me it is a form of meditation. As a younger man, if I tried this I would fall asleep for 40 minutes and never catch up. Now I seem to have an alarm in my head. My eyes pop open at exactly the moment I programmed, so I pop up and walk out the door. This morning the word “competence” popped into my head. I deal with dozens of people each week. They are potential clients, my staff, my family, my Facebook friends who provide joy to me, and my advers...