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Hello, Melissa.

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It's Bruce Edwards.

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How are you doing?

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S… Speaker 2 (1779135211110)

Hi,

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Bruce.

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Just great.

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Thanks for calling.

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Yeah, well,

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I really wanted to make sure we had a chance to talk before the upcoming mediation.

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I like to do that to make sure that all of us are on the same page and

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particularly that we've had a chance to make sure that we're consistent

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in our thinking.

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I'd just like to avoid any problems that could have been avoided with a little forethought.

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Have you had a chance to talk with your clients,

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David and Rosanna,

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about the mediation?

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Do you have any particular concerns or things that I can address?

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Well, let me know what I can do to help you.

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You and I have done this before,

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and neither of us are strangers to emotions within

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this process.

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So I'll play off your lead.

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If you want me to do something directly,

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you can tell me in advance.

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If you want to just give me some cues as we work through the process,

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don't hesitate to take me aside and let me know how we're doing at

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the same time.

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S… Speaker 2 (1779135211110)

Okay.

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It's not uncommon for that to be party's first reaction.

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In fact, I think it's fair to say the other side had a similar kind of concern.

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I'll follow your lead ultimately,

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but do understand that I have a strong preference for trying to have some

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face -to -face communication.

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What I typically do is meet with the parties for a few minutes beforehand

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on the morning of the mediation to check in and just make

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sure everybody slept well at night and doesn't have any last -minute concerns or

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issues to deal with.

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But then I'll try and bring people together initially because I think there is

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something to be said for hearing from each other face -to -face,

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perhaps for the first time.

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You know me.

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I'm going to control that process.

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depending on your client's comfort level with his or her participation,

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that can range from full participation in that meeting to just sitting

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quietly and listening to the other side.

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Obviously,

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I'll guard against it being any kind of an abusive moment.

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But do give that some more thought and talk it through with your clients.

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And if you need my help in trying to get them to

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start in that fashion,

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then we can talk about it on the morning of the mediation.

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No, it's a good question.

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My understanding is,

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in talking with Bob,

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the people that are going to be on his side of the table include Ivy

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Fine, who's the CEO of the company.

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And while I'm just sort of starting to get into some of the specifics about

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their insurance picture,

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it looks like most,

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if not all, of the dollars and therefore the decisions will be hers to make.

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They have a nursing supervisor who I think is known

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to the Garcia family.

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who will be there in attendance as well to help me at least and perhaps

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the group understand some of the sort of more technical issues,

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if not factual background,

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to what led to these events.

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Nolani

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is her name.

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I'd have to look up her last name.

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I had just taken a note in my discussion with Bob.

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So Nolani,

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I think that's it.

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I think that is it.

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S… Speaker 2 (1779135211110)

Okay.

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And while we're on that topic,

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my understanding is that Mrs.

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Garcia, Olivia Garcia,

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is not going to be...

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in a condition to participate in this,

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that really this is about her children,

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David and Rosanna,

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and those are going to be the ones in attendance.

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There's a couple more thoughts,

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so I wanted to take advantage of your time.

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I usually prepare a list of things that I like to go over

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with...

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the parties just from my experience over the years of what I call getting

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my nose bloodied by forgetting to raise an issue and then finding out on the morning of

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mediation that it's important to somebody or we've neglected it entirely.

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So give me a moment just to kind of look at my list.

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My understanding from

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talking with Bob is that you guys have done a bit of discovery in this case already

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and that there's at least enough has taken place so that you feel comfortable

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sitting down and working with the facts that you have at your disposal.

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Yeah,

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I think we're at a good safe discovery.

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We haven't done any experts.

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And

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then I'd like to see you guys exchange some mediation briefs if that works

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for you.

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If

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there's anything you'd like to send to me in confidence,

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Melissa, you're welcome to do so.

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Just make it separate from the brief itself.

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That way you can...

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share your brief and some of your arguments with Bob and just keep

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for confidential information whatever you want to send me separately.

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My

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guess is this case is the kind of case

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that could take the better part of the day.

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You think your clients are prepared for that sort of commitment?

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there's always a delicate balance to be struck between moving too

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quickly in these things versus allowing it to flow at its own pace

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and addressing all the important and necessary issues.

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So I will try and be attentive to your client's fatigue

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level.

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As I go through what I would normally feel we need to go through in this,

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and if at any point you want to take me aside and

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let me know that you feel your folks are running out of gas,

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particularly as we get close to final decisions,

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the last thing I want to do is get this thing to a settlement

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agreement that is the result of people just feeling tired.

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So I'll listen to you on that.

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We had another case before,

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Melissa,

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where you actually brought a form settlement agreement with you.

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And I don't want to get the cart before the horse,

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but I certainly found that to be helpful.

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And I can see us,

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if we get to the end of the day and people are tired,

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if we already have an agreement that's underway,

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even if you have it in your briefcase for a period of time,

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that may help expedite our efforts at the end of the day.

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I can do that again.

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I have a question.

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It just occurred to me.

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In a lot of these cases that I work on,

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not all of them,

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but in a lot of cases,

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it's helpful if I actually see the

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location that has sort of given rise to the events,

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whether it's a construction case or it's an area where some

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personal injury occurred.

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And I don't bill people for that,

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but since this is a local facility residence,

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Would you have any objection if I drove by on Saturday and just poked my head in the

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door and kind of looked around?

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Sometimes it gives me a little credibility with the parties

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when I can actually make comment or observe that I've seen some

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of the conditions.

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S… Speaker 2 (1779135211110)

No,

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just that's my effort.

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to really start to come up to speed on this and delighted to sort

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of donate that time for a variety of reasons.

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And otherwise,

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I'll take a look around.

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I'll let Bob know,

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obviously, that we've had this discussion and that's my intention as well.

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What

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haven't we talked about today that might come up at the mediation

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that you'd like us to think about in advance or otherwise

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preview so that we don't find ourselves stumbling on

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something out of the starting gate?

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Well, I'm very interested in helping out in this case.

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It obviously presents a real important question,

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not just in the lives of these family members,

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but for sort of all of us as we think about aging parents and health

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care issues and the like.

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So I appreciate it.

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And I always appreciate your confidence in me and the process.

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So I look forward to seeing you in a couple weeks.

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And I know you'll enjoy working with Bob.

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And let's just give it our best efforts.

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And let me know between now and then if any questions come up with you or your clients.

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And we'll address them before the mediation itself.

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Otherwise, I'll see you that morning.

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Thank you,

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Bruce. Thanks,

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Melissa.

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You have a good evening.

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S… Speaker 2 (1779135211110)

Thank you.

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Bye -bye.

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Bob,

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are you there?

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Bruce,

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how are you?

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Good.

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How are you doing today?

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That's a complaint I hear a lot,

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I have to admit.

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But hopefully at the end of this mediation,

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you will think it's all worthwhile.

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S… Speaker 2 (1779135211110)

Yeah,

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and it's about two weeks out,

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so I wanted to take a couple minutes and just talk to you about the event and make sure we're

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on the same page in terms of who's attending and issues that are

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of concern to me,

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certainly any issues that are of concern to you and your clients.

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I've spoken with Melissa a couple times,

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so...

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had the opportunity to vet some of these conversation points with her.

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So anyway,

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it's all about really trying to make sure we hit the ground running on the day of the mediation and

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don't have any missteps.

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Why don't we start

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with what's on your mind first?

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It's obviously you've got clients that have some

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interest in this,

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I'm sure.

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And I don't recall if Ivy,

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your client,

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has been through mediation before,

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but what can you tell me?

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No,

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I appreciate that perspective.

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You and I can talk more about it on the morning of the mediation,

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how to strike the right balance between having IV appropriately

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involved and communicating that continued message of care

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and concern versus setting herself up as

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the piñata,

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if you will,

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for the other side's emotion.

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That said,

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I'm a real believer that it is important for people to sit across the table from each

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other. Oftentimes I find it's the first time they've had the opportunity to do that

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and really listen as best they can.

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So that's going to be my bias.

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That's going to be my push,

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but I certainly will do it in a thoughtful,

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respectful way as you and Ivy kind of give me direction.

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Okay, good to know.

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One of the thoughts I had is maybe it would make sense for me to just

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swing by Golden Acres some evening on my way home from work.

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It's not too far out of the way,

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and I told Melissa I had the same thought,

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and I certainly am not going to bill anybody for the exercise,

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but it might help me in my conversations

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with Ivy if I have...

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been out there and can actually comment on sort of a first -person

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perspective on what I see,

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particularly if it demonstrates the kind of quality and concern

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that you suggest it does.

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That can only help as I try and sort of build a relationship

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with her moving forward.

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Okay.

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Can I talk for a minute about mediation briefs?

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I want to make sure that you and Melissa are on the same page.

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Sure.

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And what I suggested to her and what you and I have done in the past,

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you've shared

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mediation statements with the other side.

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Obviously,

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again,

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I believe there's value in the other side getting from you some kind of statement

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of position that they have an opportunity to read and reflect

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on before the day of mediation.

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I also hold out to both sides the opportunity to send

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me something in confidence.

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if you want to augment the brief itself.

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So if there's something that you feel kind of fits that need,

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you're always welcome to send me a separate confidential statement.

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But do take advantage of the opportunity to send something

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to Melissa and her clients,

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if you would.

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Well,

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as you know, mediation timing is an imperfect science.

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And on the continuum between way too early and way too late,

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there's a lot of data points.

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And my hope is that we are hitting it somewhere,

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if not in the sweet spot,

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at least close enough that we can make real progress.

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And as you know,

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if we end up needing to come back because there was something that we

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just hadn't yet developed or people need a little bit of additional time to ripen

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to the moment, those are always options.

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But more often than not,

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I find when people think we're maybe a little bit too soon,

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a little premature.

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We still have a meaningful chance of success.

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So I hear you.

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I'm attentive to those timing issues and just keep an open mind.

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Thank

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you. I mean,

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the optimist in me looks at that and says,

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depending on the size of the self -insured retention,

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it may mean that we have the entirety of decision -making capability

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there in Ms.

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Fine, and we don't have to deal with some of the more typical

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insurance issues that we would in the absence of an SIR.

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I know that...

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It doesn't necessarily make you happy because your client's still paying a tidy

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sum out of pocket potentially,

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but at least it sounds like we'll have the decision maker there.

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I

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would never make that assumption,

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Bob.

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I would suspect you would have something to that effect on your tombstone.

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So for now,

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we'll...

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All right.

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While we're on the topic of decision makers,

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I did talk with Melissa,

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and apparently...

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Olivia Garcia's adult children,

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David and Rosanna,

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will both be there.

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They have been appointed guardian ad litem,

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so they will have legal and perhaps moral authority

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to sort of make family decisions.

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So I think we're going to have all the decision makers we need at the table.

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I did want to alert you that the family is bringing an expert to

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the mediation.

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A nurse,

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Julie Brandt,

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I think her last name,

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I'll have to look it up,

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but she's somebody who's had a lot of experience both working.

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in the area of elder care,

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assisted living,

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and has also served as an expert witness for the last 10 years or so.

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My thought would be that we involve her in the mediation

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process as well.

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You'll get a preview of what she has to say and how she's going

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to say it, and I'll try and manage her from the standpoint of

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not making it too antagonistic.

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And

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my understanding is,

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in addition to Ms.

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Fine, you're going to bring the nursing supervisor with you as well.

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Rosanna.

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Yeah,

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Rosanna.

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You'll

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be happy to know that both lawyers in this case have taken full advantage

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of the opportunity to begin working in the mediator before we're starting the mediation.

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But I do appreciate the

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liability arguments,

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and I will, in all seriousness,

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look forward to hearing them from both you and your client on the

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day of mediation.

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We'll address them sort of as seriously as they're intended.

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Anything else that I should be thinking about?

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Anything else that I can do to help make you or your clients comfortable coming

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into the mediation process?

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Okay.

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And should anything come up in the next couple of weeks that creates

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a concern for you?

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Or even if you're...

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client wanted to have a private conversation in preparation for the mediation,

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you know, those things are all possible.

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Just give me a heads up.

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I'll alert the other side that that's happening and then we'll

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work through it.

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But otherwise, I will look forward to working with you in two weeks.

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And I think these are important issues.

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So I appreciate the opportunity to be invited into this discussion and

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really looking forward to helping your clients work through them.

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All right,

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Bob, you have a good evening.

Samandráttur

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