John Branch wrote an article in the Times Digest about two basketball players, Eric Devendorf and Josh Heytvelt. Eric was on the Syracuse college team and Josh on Gonzaga’s team. Both were important players needed by the teams to win when each of them got into serious trouble. Eric was accused of hitting a female student in face and Josh of having a bag of hallucinogenic mushrooms when involved in a traffic stop. The story was about how very differently…
Neuro Linguistic Programing (NLP) was originated by John Grinder and Richard Bandler in the mid 1970’s. They were searching for similarity of techniques as therapists by studying the methods used by successful theraptist’s in counseling people. They developed from this a series of concepts, tools and procedures. NLP concentrates on how people communicate both internally and to each other. The procedures and concepts are intended to change and improve the process. The methods are effective. They are the foundation of…
Washington court rules allow interrogatory and other discovery of insurance information. I am surprised at the number of lawyers who fail to take advantage of the rule. Knowing the limits and having information about insurance coverage is essential for negotiation and settlement of cases. In jurisidictions where the injured party has the right to obtain insurance information about the coverage owed the defendant one shouldalwaysrequest the information. In some caseswhere a rule like Washington’s exists, a request to an insurance…