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i think the most memorable case i had
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was i received a call
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from a mother out in western maryland
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her son had been the driver of the
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vehicle
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just about a mile inside the maryland
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west virginia line
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they had been rear-ended by a
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17-year-old
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kid and the
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wife of the woman the moms called me so
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it was her son that was married to the
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deceased
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and when i first took the call the
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question is always
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okay you’re hit by a 17 year old kid how
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much insurance is there
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on the other vehicle do you know no we
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don’t okay how much coverage
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do you have in your own personal vehicle
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and i was told we had full coverage we
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had 50
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000 in coverage so i drove out to
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western maryland and my staff was kind
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of giving me a hard time because they’re
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like
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that’s going to be not a case because
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there’s no insurance coverage
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i was going to do the case pro bono and
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just steer them
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through the insurance process and just
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give them free advice
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when i got out there one of the
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questions was is there any way in the
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world
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that there’s sufficient insurance
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coverage with a 17 year old kid
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and i was told well his grandfather who
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owned the car
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invented the big mac okay
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there’s a real good shot there’s going
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to be additional insurance coverage and
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there was there was a 5 million dollar
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policy that no one
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would even have known about and which
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the insurance company wouldn’t even tell
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us about
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in the beginning and we were able to get
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just a great result
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and a case that i thought was going to
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be a four hour drive to western maryland
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just to give somebody free advice was uh
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one of the more satisfying
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uh cases i’ve ever handled as a result
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of really making a difference in the
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life of
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that husband with a deceased young wife
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and their small child
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it really was a great case from my
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personal
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perspective to handle because the effect
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we were able to have for our particular client