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EMPHASIZING THE CAUSE AND EFFECT: YOUR COMPENDIUM GUIDE FOR CONTENTIONS EMPHASIZING THE CAUSE AND EFFECT YOUR COMPENDIUM GUIDE FOR CONTENTIONS    Last week we discussed three groupings of words advocates can consider in drafting their Contentions for Arbitrators.  The categories of words were Actionable, Believable and Persuasive. Let’s move on to two more sets of … Continued

TAKING ACTION TO BELIEVE AND PERSUADE: YOUR COMPENDIUM GUIDE FOR CONTENTIONS TAKING ACTION TO BELIEVE AND PERSUADE YOUR COMPENDIUM GUIDE FOR CONTENTIONS    Veronica Mays vehicle was abruptly and forcefully struck as she crossed the blinking light intersection.  The Evidence we will present is reliable; credible; genuine and corroborated.  It will reinforce that the adverse … Continued

THE LANGUAGE OF ARBITRATION: YOUR COMPENDIUM GUIDE FOR CONTENTIONS THE LANGUAGE OF ARBITRATION YOUR COMPENDIUM GUIDE FOR CONTENTIONS    If you’ve been reading along in this Contentions series in the Blog … you’ve no doubt become familiar with the Veronica Mays storyline and her accident coming up to the Walgreens.  You may have even noticed … Continued

MY ONLY QUESTION: YOUR COMPENDIUM GUIDE FOR CONTENTIONS MY ONLY QUESTION YOUR COMPENDIUM GUIDE FOR CONTENTIONS    That’s a very nice aerial photo of the shopping center plaza near where Veronica Mays vehicle was hit by the alleged tortfeasor that blasted through the blinking light intersection.  My only question as your Arbitrator is ‘what’ exactly am … Continued

TWO PERSUASIVE QUALITIES IN YOUR CASE: YOUR COMPENDIUM GUIDE FOR CONTENTIONS TWO PERSUASIVE QUALITIES IN YOUR CASE YOUR COMPENDIUM GUIDE FOR CONTENTIONS    Last edition we discussed the importance of offering ‘details’ to the Arbitrator toward the soundness of your case and the inference they will naturally make.  If we think back on the topic … Continued

THE SOUND OF YOUR DETAILS: YOUR COMPENDIUM GUIDE FOR CONTENTIONS THE SOUND OF YOUR DETAILS YOUR COMPENDIUM GUIDE FOR CONTENTIONS    It’s the sound Ms. Mays case makes; not of her vehicle hitting the grassy median after the collision but the ‘soundness inference’ the Arbitrator is applying in evaluating what you have put forward in … Continued

PERSUASION TO THE 4TH; 5TH AND 6TH DEGREE: YOUR COMPENDIUM GUIDE FOR CONTENTIONS PERSUASION TO THE 4TH; 5TH AND 6TH DEGREE YOUR COMPENDIUM GUIDE FOR CONTENTIONS    Details !  There’s that pesky word again appearing in the Blog for the umpteenth time.  This go-round it kicks off qualities #4, #5 and #6 as we continue … Continued

THREE QUALITIES OF PERSUASION: YOUR COMPENDIUM GUIDE FOR CONTENTIONS THREE QUALITIES OF PERSUASION YOUR COMPENDIUM GUIDE FOR CONTENTIONS    Veronica Mays had a before; a during and an after relating to her accident near the Walgreens.  Truth is so did the Acrimonious Insurance driver who broadsided her at the intersection.  Compelling arbitration stories lend a … Continued

FIRST OR SECOND TO PAINT THE PICTURE: YOUR COMPENDIUM GUIDE FOR CONTENTIONS FIRST OR SECOND TO PAINT THE PICTURE YOUR COMPENDIUM GUIDE FOR CONTENTIONS    I’ve debated … a couple of decades in intercompany arbitration and my opinion has changed.  Use to think (and teach) the optimal position in a subrogation arbitration case was to … Continued

APRIL; VERONICA AND TWO OPENINGS: YOUR COMPENDIUM GUIDE FOR CONTENTIONS APRIL; VERONICA AND TWO OPENINGS YOUR COMPENDIUM GUIDE FOR CONTENTIONS    It was an April day and Veronica Mays was headed to the store to pick up a few items on the way to work.  Her Dodge Journey was broadsided at a four-way blinking light … Continued