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Pete Livengood
plivengood@...
Aug 6, 1998 11:06 pm
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Hello to all from sunny southern Arizona. How's the weather up there? This is a test I promise I will not send mindless attachments to the list. There is...
Winton Woods
woods@...
Aug 8, 1998 12:35 am
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World Congress on Whiplash-Associated Disorders Feb 7 - 11, 1999 in Vancouver. All information can be obtained at the following site: <A...
BUDKKLUKA@...
Aug 21, 1998 6:24 pm
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Listmates: The following web site has an excellent report on "The Painful Dilemma The Use of Narcotics for the Treatment of Chronic Pain. This is a report...
BUDKKLUKA@...
Sep 7, 1998 5:45 pm
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Hello Listmates! Now that we are past the big Labor Day weekend and back to school rush, let's try to get this thing going. I have a case I would like to get...
Stephen D. Thompson
thompsonlaw@...
Sep 8, 1998 5:54 pm
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Listmates: Could someone please explain the difference with respect to the following, if there is any: "Opposing argument in regard to standard of skill." If...
BUDKKLUKA@...
Sep 8, 1998 5:54 pm
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I'm guessing, but is standard of skill related to specialization -- the standard of skill required to hold oneself out as a specialist? If so, it seems...
Gary Williams
bwillie@...
Sep 9, 1998 4:04 pm
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Listmates: I received this information this morning. It may be of assistance to many of you: "For Some it's a matter of life or death." Each day many less...
BUDKKLUKA@...
Sep 9, 1998 4:40 pm
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My thoughts: in Wn, with no punis, pain and suffering is a multiple of actual medical costs plus lost wages. I use a rule of thumb of 3-6 times medical costs...
Jon Hansen
jhansen@...
Sep 9, 1998 5:45 pm
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... Unless I could settle very quickly and easily, this is a case that I would pass up. The small amount of damages would not justify the costs (and my time)...
Christopher Michael D...
cmichaeldavis@...
Sep 10, 1998 12:18 am
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Hello- i have an interesting case up in Skagit county. A local bar patron in a small community was getting plowed one evening drinking beer, tequila, rum and...
Brian Ritchie
britchie@...
Sep 10, 1998 12:18 am
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Listmates: This is an excellent article from Dr. David Danaise. He has a web site at the following URL: <A HREF="http://www.danaise.com/">expert surgical...
BUDKKLUKA@...
Sep 14, 1998 4:35 pm
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Listmates: This in another excellent article from Dr. David Danaise: <A HREF="http://www.danaise.com/breast.html"> FACTORS FOR BREAST CANCER SURVIVAL, A PRIMER...
BUDKKLUKA@...
Sep 14, 1998 4:37 pm
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Listmates: For those of you not on Randy's Legal/Med list, the following was posted today. Post speaks for itself. Respectfully Susan Burbank RNC Research...
BUDKKLUKA@...
Sep 21, 1998 1:05 am
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Listmates: I received the following information in the mail, and thought I would post it for those who may be interested: The updated version of "The...
BUDKKLUKA@...
Sep 21, 1998 1:06 am
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Listmates: For those of you interested, the Medical Malpractice Series will be presenting a Mock Trial from Actual Demonstrations from Opening Statements to...
BUDKKLUKA@...
Sep 23, 1998 4:17 pm
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My client was injured in a mva by a third party, who was insured. The third party insurer knows my client has no health coverage to pay for accident injuries....
DGLawFirm@...
Sep 23, 1998 4:37 pm
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I'd take a look at whether such an agreement is void against public policy. The letter descibes the usual practice of 3rd party insurers but most aren't so ...
Michael D. Kinkley
mkinkley@...
Sep 23, 1998 5:33 pm
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Unbelievable. Although this ploy is common, it seldom is reduced to writing. Allstate has had some adventures with its "Pledge" to 3rd party claimants. The ...
Gary Williams
bwillie@...
Sep 23, 1998 5:35 pm
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I have several comments. I am assuming that the other driver's liability is reasonably clear. [BTW, doesn't your client have PIP?]. I know that this kind of...
LaWashington Moderato...
plivengood@...
Sep 23, 1998 6:03 pm
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Pete I agree with your comments bit as to the tortious interference I would expect the afgreement with the insurance Co to be signed and medical payments ...
Michael D. Kinkley
mkinkley@...
Sep 23, 1998 8:11 pm
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I completely agree that your practice of informing the client that the insurance company will likely cut off any payments it has been making once the attorney...
LaWashington Moderato...
plivengood@...
Sep 23, 1998 9:28 pm
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Listmates: The following is rather expensive, but may be of interest to those in class action suits involving Fen-Phen: Fen-Phen Litigation Strategist, the...
BUDKKLUKA@...
Sep 24, 1998 3:33 pm
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I am responding to this from home so I do not have the Fair Trade Settlement Practice WACs in front of me, but isn't there a provision where an adjustor cannot...
JPeick@...
Sep 25, 1998 3:41 pm
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I have Norm's permission to repost this private e-mail correspondence to the list. Let's all encourage the "regular folks" who have legal questions or ...
Peter Livengood
plivengood@...
Sep 25, 1998 4:18 pm
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I agree, with a caveat. As I said in my first salvo on this issue, "[a]mong the specified unfair claims settlement practices defined in WAC 284-30-330 that...
LaWashington Moderato...
plivengood@...
Sep 25, 1998 4:18 pm
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It can't be bad faith, as there is no cognizable 3rd party bad faith action in Washington. But that doesn't mean there isn't a Consumer Protection Act claim,...
LaWashington Moderato...
plivengood@...
Sep 25, 1998 6:57 pm
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Okay, I know that everyone in this discussion group is knowledgeable and valuable, but yesterday we got a new member who is deserving of a special ...
LaWashington Moderato...
plivengood@...
Sep 25, 1998 6:57 pm
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Hey Jon, I'm also responding to the list, but did you intend to reply to the list as well as me? If so, remember that when you hit "reply," the default is to ...
