apparently the judge is a crazy person about deadlines. called some people in wichita falls and they let me know that. i think he just saw continuance, didn't read it, and rejected it
Dumb question again. No train? Won't save you much time but at least you can work during the trip. If not, pick an audio book and have a nice drive...
The worst counter party I’ve ever dealt with did this. Refused to discuss the case for months claiming lack of interest in settlement, calls me the Friday before a Tuesday trial to sound me out. My wife had given birth prematurely that morning and I told him that, which is when he decided to send me an offer. This was during the height of the pandemic so once he sent me that shit (and there was no one else in the office who could take my matter on that short notice), I had to leave the hospital and couldn’t go back in. Of course the settlement terms were trash, and we went to trial on the next Tuesday. I would have been so mad if I had lost that case.
No. It was a two day trial so once he got me out of the hospital I was basically losing one day with the wife and kid. And we had had some bad decisions (different judge but same system) basically saying that we were all fungible - what I didn’t want to do was be in a position where I had to try to get someone else up to speed over the weekend. That did remind me that he also sent an email to the judge on Sunday announcing that we had reached a settlement when what I had actually communicated is that I would take a slightly improved offer to my client.
IDK man, Florida just built an express train that runs from Miami to Orlando. It doesn't save much time but the ability to work for 3 hours while traveling for a convention or the rare hearing/depo is absolutely worth the $75 each way.
yeah this deal would be a week probably. can't wait to tell my wife tonight she is going to lose her mind
Just tell her to hold it in longer (also, congratulations, that’s awesome! Hope the kid has better taste in soccer clubs than you do)
I was in a 5 week jury trial last November about 3.5 hours from home. Wife was due in the middle of the trial. Thankfully had co-counsel. Did three weeks, daughter was born Monday of week 4, was back by Friday of that week and closed middle of the next week. Not ideal but doable if you’ve got someone to help you.
That is absurd. I'd file that motion for an in person hearing and fly or drive and let that judge know .
$9k in meds and $25k policy limits. 5.5 months of tx. USAA adjuster: $17,500. Me : Nah, limits USAA: Your client has athritis , went back to work real fast, and before you got involved, they were going to settle the case for basically nothing . Me: Just make your top offer USAA: We've got $21k Me: Send letter warning of bad faith and attach excess verdict from 2 weeks ago and demand limits USAA: Tenders $25k limits. Doesn't even send a letter. Just sends a release for $25k. No phone call. Obviously butthurt. I don't think I've ever had them bid against themselves multiple times and then just tender the limits
Got them to pay $75k on that $80k verdict. Gave them a $5k discount to avoid the appeal. So got carrier to pay $25k beyond the limits.
Was second on the docket tomorrow for a MVA trial. The judge moved me over to a judge whose docket is clear, and it’s probably the most anti-plaintiff judge in the courthouse (which is saying a lot in my county). He only allows 30 minutes for voir dire for either side. 30 minutes for the plaintiff is just getting basic background. Disgraceful. I’m probably going to get fucked
just don’t get background. I had to do this in 20 minutes in a negligent security case and it was brutal.
If I only had 30 minutes then I’d be using it to get into safety rules, the specific safety rule violations , and maybe damages. Could probably identify some rule followers that would be good for you. Some folks might not think whatever Defendant did was that big of a deal. Some folks might think a preexisting condition means you don’t get general damages. 30 minutes is tough. I think my typical voir dire is an hour. I’m not trying to bust a panel
Any updates?[/QUOTE] Have a hearing on Thursday the truck driver watched a video from his dashcam, agreed that he needed to leave six seconds between him and the car her hit, he said the video showed 8 seconds, and it’s 2.5 at most so maybe it’ll settle
It is fucking impossible to get a room full of people talking when you don’t have time to setup the question. or if you somehow do get them to talk, to get them to shut the fuck up after they answer so you can move on to the next question. 15 minutes for opening after lunch.
With really short voir dire time, I’ve done show of hands questions with “agree or disagree” and then “strongly agree/strongly disagree.”
Does anyone pay for or help pay for laptops or home computers for employees that WFH? My paralegal's home computer crapped out and I was considering it. But could create a slippery slope of everyone wanting us to buy them home computers.
You can get a cheap one for like $500. We have 7 employees that would be eligible. $3,500 isn't that bad.
I guess they could store it on their personal device. But everything should be saved in google drive/cloud for us.
See this is exactly why I want to be in charge of the setup. I don't want them on the cheapest laptop with the smallest screen. I want them working on a large double screen that allows peak efficiency and convenience. I'm paying $1500 per setup but my staff isn't staring at a 12 inch single screen all day causing eye strain and increased fatigue.
Yeah I think ours were a little more than that and then we had to get our IT dude to set up our server shit on all of them and i think that was another like $1k for him to sit in our conference room for a couple of hours to do that I let everyone work from home on Fridays
We spent like $2k+ for all employees to have double screen badass setups at the office. I guess I could get behind doing that for home too. Starts to get really damn expensive.
Not really. You can get a 34 inch curved gaming monitor for like $275 that while mediocre for gaming is absolutely fantastic for work related purposes. The days of having to buy two separate monitors with the arm attachments to hold them together are long over.