Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “That brings me into this question. When a person gets injured, their question is ‘okay, what are my rights? What am I going to achieve by doing, taking these actions’?” Spencer Freeman – Personal Injury Attorney – Pierce County, WA “’By these actions’, do you mean….?” Ray Hrdlicka – […]
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “Since you raised bad faith, let’s explore that a little bit. That is a phrase that the general public reads about in the newspaper. And realistically, most of the general public has a bad attitude towards insurance companies, even though it’s a necessary evil. So, when they hear somebody
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “Does it come into play right away, or is it somewhere down the road?” Spencer Freeman – Criminal Defense Attorney – Pierce County, WA “That really depends, largely on the prosecutor and the relationships the criminal defense attorney has with the prosecutor.” Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “Really,
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “Is there a type of underlying crime that is more prevalent when firearm enhancement, the additional charge, is levied with the case?” Spencer Freeman – Criminal Defense Attorney – Pierce County, WA “I think that it’s drug cases where it’s most prevalent.” Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “So,
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “I’d like to talk about an issue that’s been in the news lately. And that is, an incident that occurred at a convenience store, actually fairly close to your office, over on Sprague Avenue in Tacoma (Washington). If you recall, the issue was an individual, a defendant, now a
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “You hire a public adjuster, and the insurance company still won’t meet that demand. Doesn’t raise their offer to that value. Now you hire an attorney. You still have to pay the public adjuster, right?” Spencer Freeman – Fire-Loss Attorney – Pierce County, WA “Yes.” Ray Hrdlicka – Host
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “That actually begs my next question. Co-defendants are involved in the case. One has a gun. Are they all charged with firearm enhancement?” Spencer Freeman – Criminal Defense Attorney – Pierce County, WA “It’s a good question. I think it depends upon the circumstances. I have handled a case
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “I usually tell everybody, listen…you need to be out-of-custody because the longer this court case goes on, the better deal you may get. And that’s going to be dependent upon your attorney. But if you’re in-custody, you feel compelled, and we’ve written stories about this, you feel compelled to,
Spencer Freeman – Criminal Defense Attorney – Pierce County, WA “I will say, generally speaking, when I am handling a criminal case, at my first meeting with the prosecutor, I will be given an offer to settle.” Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “Wait a minute. Did I just hear you say that the very
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “Wait. Wait. They can’t get unemployment if they’re hurt?” Spencer Freeman – Personal Injury Attorney – Pierce County, WA “That’s correct. Because if…in order to qualify for unemployment…” Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media “You have to be fired?” Spencer Freeman – Personal Injury Attorney – Pierce County, WA
