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WE’RE NOT SUGGESTING A SCREENPLAY: BUT DO TELL A STORY WE’RE NOT SUGGESTING A SCREENPLAY BUT DO TELL A STORY    On the heels of last issue where we described the importance of ‘opening’ your narrative with an introduction that engages the Arbitrator … we know that the decision maker will then likely have developed … Continued

INTRODUCING YOUR STORY: MOVING AWAY FROM … THIS LOSS HAPPENED ON INTRODUCING YOUR STORY MOVING AWAY FROM … THIS LOSS HAPPENED ON    On the evening of June 26, 2019 Maria Ramirez was headed to Target when her 2016 Hyundai Elantra was broadsided at the corner of White Boulevard and Mill Road in Carlsbad, CA.  … Continued

THE LANGUAGE OF ARBITRATORS: A SIGNAL FOR BETTER ADVOCACY THE LANGUAGE OF ARBITRATORS A SIGNAL FOR BETTER ADVOCACY    ‘Conflicting versions of the Accident’ … ‘Failed to Prove’ … ‘Compelling Evidence’ … ‘The Preponderance of the Evidence supports’ … ‘no independent witnesses’ … ‘the insureds statement is consistent throughout’ … just SOME of the verbiage … Continued

ORDINARILY I LIKE MY WITNESS: TIMES CHANGE … THEIR STORYLINES SHOULDN’T ORDINARILY I LIKE MY WITNESS TIMES CHANGE … THEIR STORYLINES SHOULDN’T    Jack McCoy, Assistant District Attorney for New York City on Law & Order …. ‘witness or not; the facts are on our side.’  Interesting quote from an episode back in the day.  When … Continued

NON-PARTISAN PROOF: THE SOURCE OF INDEPENDENCE NON-PARTISAN PROOF THE SOURCE OF INDEPENDENCE    No video footage; no Police Report; no witnesses to the loss; no scene photos of the intersection … essentially no independent Evidence.  How many times have you seen that explanation from the Arbitrator on a subrogation arbitration decision.  We hear a lot … Continued