Does this happen? Periodically. Can you make a claim for it? Absolutely. I have settled two cases like this for a total of $600,000 in the past few years in just this scenario. Most people only look at their bodily injury coverage as protection for when you injure someone else with your car. But, the insurance also covers you when …
Should You Drop Collision Coverage on An Old Car That You Still Use?
The short answer is No, don’t drop collision coverage if you will struggle to buy a new or even a used car after a crash. A lot of people, me included, drop collision coverage on older cars. Collision requires the insurer to repair your vehicle, no matter how old, unless the cost of repairs is larger than the book value …
LAWYER CONUNDRUMS: JUDGE AILEEN CANNON/ BAD LUCK / DEAL WITH IT
So, there is a lot of bellyaching about Judge Cannon being assigned to Trump’s case about hiding classified documents. If she was assigned as most cases are by random computer assignment, then it si just bad luck. But, that is why we have trials. You have to prove your case. Innocent till proven guildty and all that, no matter how …
LAWYER CONUNDRUM #2: WHAT TO DO WHEN A JUDGE IS NOT MAKING A DECISION ON YOUR VERY IMPORTANT MOTIONS?
In personal injury cases, it is unusual that a lawsuit turns solely on a judge deciding a motion to dismiss or motion for summary judgment. It happens, but is unusual. More often, the Court’s failure to decide a procedural motion like Preliminary Objections, just slows things down a little. However, periodically, Judges delay acting on critical motions that affect how …
TREAT WILLIAMS DEATH AND THE LEFT TURN CASE
The actor Treat Williams died yesterday in a motorcycle crash that was probably not his fault. Treat was a staple of my youth and generally seemed like a decent guy living his life in Vermont. He was killed when a driver made a left turn across Williams’ lane of travel and Williams slammed into the car on his motorcycle. These …
SOURDOUGH: DONE AND DUSTED
About two weeks ago, I headed down the sourdough rabbit hole. Watching a bunch of youtube videos, I made my own starter that took ten days and two tries. Then, I went through the two day process of proofing and finally baking a sourdough bread. It came out pretty well. It was missing some of the nice open crumb you …
Motions In Limine
Motions in Limine are a necessary evil to me. For the non-litigators reading this, Motions in limine are requests to the Court on the eve of trial to admit or exclude certain evidence. You will never see these on TV because they are basically just part of getting a case ready for the jury to hear it and are largely …
Go Woke, Go Broke
This nice headline was coined by the New York Post and Mr. Wonderful from Shark Tank. Basically, a lot of very large retailers have learned the hard lesson that not everyone thinks like you do. This is a hard concept to get across to people. If you were a republican legislator in Indiana and you think that everyone in your …
FTCA UPDATE: Andrew Neuwirth at the Supreme Court? I hope not
I think that among the long list of things that I do not want to do as a lawyer is be involved in a US Supreme Court case. While many lawyers would relish the opportunity to argue there, I think that it is not a good place for personal injury cases and I could see wasting a tremendous amount of …
Steven Schwartz, Esq. Is In Trouble And He Blames CHAT GPT
Why must it always be the Personal Injury Lawyers making headlines? In another new low, in Federal Court no less, it emerged that New York Attorney Steven A Schwartz, used ChatGPT to look for similar previous cases in a personal injury suit against Avianca, Inc. Airlines. See the attached Affidavit from that case. It appears that none of the cases …