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Is it Okay to Change Your Mind?
Routine and Interruption—Measuring the Loss
Injuries shove their way into people's lives. They reduce quality of life in all sorts of ways. One of the biggest--and frequently overlooked ways--is by interrupting routines that, in many ways, define us as people.
Government Liability for Wrecks Involving Disabled Vehicles
The government owes a duty to provide safe roadways. As part of that duty it has an obligation to take action when disabled vehicles are reported. There's a right way and a wrong way to frame these claims and it makes all the difference between recovering something and nothing.
Cycle Time. In Other Words: How Long will my Case Take?
Everyone wants to know how long their cases will take. The process is similar for each case. Information gathering, demand letter and then negotiation and settlement or suit. The average time for resolution is about a year. But individual cycle times can be a lot shorter or longer.
E-Bikes
E-bikes are everywhere. It seems like there’s a news report about an e-bike collision almost every day.
#nofilter and Personal Injury Cases
It’s tempting to make everything look Insta-ready. But it’s a trap. First, it’s not real. And people respond to authenticity. Second, it embeds vulnerabilities and hides them under the surface. Vulnerabilities can become strengths is they’re addressed right off the bat. When they’re trapped under the skin they can become necrotic.
Parallel Realities: Most People and the Injured Person
I wrote before about an injury in late middle age potentially being career-ending even if it isn't "catastrophic" in the traditional sense.
But I Paid for $1M of UIM Coverage!
I used to have clients tell me that they couldn’t settle for $X because it wasn’t enough to pay off their truck or $Y because it wasn’t enough to pay off their house.
Cash Flow
Collisions impact cash flow.
More money goes out. Less money comes in.
So it’s common for people to feel financial strain while their personal injury cases are pending. Lots of clients ask what can be done to help the situation.
Cautionary Tale
People try to save money on insurance coverage. The risk calculus is about as good as running with scissors. Maybe you get away with it. But if you don't, the consequences are catastrophic. Stretch your budget to buy as much UM/UIM coverage as possible.
How do you Depose an Entity?
Corporations can be sued. Think how difficult it would be to get information if you had to depose one employee after another. Like a game of legal whack-a-mole. Fortunately the court rules provide a very streamlined process for getting information out of corporations and other entities.
The Illusion of Insurance
Insurance is supposed to be there when something bad happens. That's why we pay our premiums year after year. But as it turns out, a lot of insurers are happy to collect premiums but refuse to pay claims.
Plausible Nonsense
Striping and Motorcycles
There are all sorts of hazards for motorcycles. Some can't be avoided. They're immutable. But there are other hazards, especially man-made hazards, that should be eliminated.
PTSD is a Form of Brain Injury
Misunderstanding and the Thin File
Some people think lawyers are motivated to drag out cases or force them to trial. Maybe that's true for the defense. But it's definitely not true on the plaintiff's side. Getting the most money possible in the least amount of time is always the goal. A big verdict after 10 years of fighting feels pyrrhic for most clients.
Women, Collisions and the Short End of the Stick
Claims Against Cities, Counties and States: Tapping into Bi-Partisan Dissatisfaction
Pain Scales and Timelines
We live in a world of faux-precision. We receive all sorts of really specific data about things that realistically can't be quantified with any accuracy. Pain scales are like that and I think there's a compelling argument that they should be binary: either there is or there isn't pain.