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Getting and Giving Wisdom about ADR
October 28th, 2025
Recently, on September 16th, I spent an entire day at an American Bar Association TIPS (Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section) Seminar. A friend had asked me to participate in this seminar months ago, and I readily accepted, hoping to offer a plaintiff’s attorney perspective on why arbitration…
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A Comic Gets Run Over By A Car
October 9th, 2025
While this sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, involving a priest, minister, and a rabbi, it’s not at all funny. In fact, this is precisely what happened to my client, K. Fortunately, she recovered after being knocked down and injured by a car. I was able to get her a fair settlement to compe…
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Denial—Workers’ Compensation Edition
September 22nd, 2025
In a recent blog, I discussed denial of personal injury claims by insurers. What about workers’ compensation cases? Insurers deny these claims all the time, for all sorts of reasons. Many people torpedo their own cases by failing to do a few basic things. What can you do to protect your rights if…
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Denial
September 14th, 2025
It’s not just a river in Egypt (old joke, not worth explaining). Seriously, I get this question often from prospective clients, “can the insurance company deny my claim?” The answer, of course, is a decided “yes.” Another variant is, “can the insurance company deny my claim based upon th…
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Fear
August 25th, 2025
You know that feeling you get when a car is gunning the engine to turn in front of you? And all you can do is slam on the brakes and hope you stop in time? That’s what I experience several times a day. On every bike ride. Why does this happen? Primarily because drivers don’t pay enough attention…
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Stimulating a Settlement, or Two
August 14th, 2025
Sometimes personal injury cases take on a life of their own. The liability is not disputed, or the injuries are obvious and serious, or the insurance coverage is ample, but not so huge that insurers can drag their feet. My client J’s case was such a case. At first glance, it appeared not to be an…
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A Personal Injury Case in Two Parts
July 20th, 2025
It’s been a while since I have written about topical case results and resolutions. Thank you for waiting patiently while I worked on a rather involved case. At first glance, it’s a simple case; a woman, stopped for a red light, was rear-ended by someone who failed to stop for a red light. Her ca…
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Six Months a Laboratory Rat
May 12th, 2025
You may be wondering, “why is he still writing about his darn shoulder surgery?” Hey, it’s my blog and my shoulder, so I’m allowed to write about what I want. In all seriousness, I have a reason for writing one more time about all of this. By the time you read this, I will have met with…
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Shhh…It’s a Secret
May 1st, 2025
Most of the time, when I achieve a great settlement, arbitration award, or verdict for a client, I want to tell the world. Most of the time, my clients are only too happy to allow me to do that, provided their names and specific identifying information isn’t included. But there are exceptions. One…
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Thirty Five Years in Practice!
May 1st, 2025
May 10th will be the anniversary of my 35 years as a lawyer. It’s been a wild ride, and I couldn’t have imagined at the start it would be as interesting, successful, or fulfilling as it has been. And it’s not over yet! A lot of lawyers write on LinkedIn about how wonderful they are. I hate tha…
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