Lex Fugit

03/07/2022

Being a full service mediator, I did some additional research, and discovered-no surprise here, that furriers are not part of the Medicare price structure. Therefore, fur providers are limited to charging only 55% of what they charged, on average, as of January 1, 2019. I discovered that the fur ind...

02/13/2022

"Life insurance so good.....: they're gonna want you dead." Looking at the commercial again, I don't think the son cared if there was any financial incentive for taking a pop at the old man. And if that side-splitter was not enough, there's this at the end: "BUT SERIOUSLY: INTENTIONALLY KILLING A PO...

02/01/2022

I was doing an interim report to my adjuster. A longish update, and the most recent event was the referral of the case to facilitation. The parties had chosen Stu Weiner-who is my favorite facilitator (present company excluded), among some pretty august company. The software recognized Stu as "Stool...

01/24/2022

I coached back in 2015 and came across this archived post from an old blog of mine. Actually, this year's case has much in common with the issues involved in the 2014-2015 matter. One big difference--for the second year in a row, the entire competition will be virtual. Considering the numbers of stu...

12/24/2021

05/17/2021

A few cartoons I have come across recently that business speak and culture into perspective. 1. Corporate "Training". I love the way Steve is smiling in the second panel-as he is about to get eaten. Artist: Ellis J. Rosen

05/15/2021

I did not contribute to the book. So, let me take care of that now: "Eat a green thing daily". (However, avoid green meat, cheese or bread). Ironically, the value of Words of Wisdom is in stark contrast to the submissions to the current Senior Lawyers Section Listserv. More about that in another pos...

05/13/2021

"Judge, my presentation was merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative." Taken from William Schwenk Gilberts libretto to the 1885 comic opera "The Mikado", this tidbit is guaranteed to stop a judge in his/her tracks. After a....

05/11/2021

No, the above image is not a screen grab from Panel 2 of Wayne County Case Evaluation of Friday, May 7, 2021. Though, with a panel consisting of Sheldon Miller, Abe Barlaskar and yours truly, one could well think so. May 7 was a bit of a throwback to the old days of in person case evaluation hearing...

04/02/2021

Over the years, I have maintained several blogs, some of which attempted, at various times, to be funny. Based on that experience, I would counsel the Lord not to expect all that much "heeding" unto his Word with a blog, funny or not. On the other hand, if the Lord would but consider a video podcast...

03/23/2021

On cross-examination, Al (who was a master of feigned righteous indignation) asked Pendy if he was really saying that the nameless doctor, who attended Johns Hopkins Medical School and was a longstanding practitioner in his community didn't know what he was talking about. Pendy calmly replied, 'I'm....

12/30/2020

On the evening of Sunday, December 27, 2020 I saw I had a FB friend request, and a request to join the "I Went to Catholic School in Metro Detroit" FB group I moderate, from an Elena Olzark. I thought there might be a connection. Later in the evening I checked my work email, and there was a message....