1779817688249
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I once mediated a case involving a personal injury accident that left an injured
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plaintiff a paraplegic,
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confined to a wheelchair.
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During the opening meeting,
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her attorney presented a classic opening narrative,
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complete with a vivid description of the woman's daily challenges confronting
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life from her wheelchair.
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Later that day and during negotiations,
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I walked into a private session to meet with the plaintiff and her attorney and
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was shocked to see her out of the wheelchair,
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leaning heavily against the conference room table and practicing taking small
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steps.
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I confronted counsel with the obvious question,
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what's going on here,
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since this appears to be a different case than the one I'm currently negotiating down the
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hall?
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I informed him that I now had an ethical dilemma,
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being privy to this visual information and contrary to what I had been communicating
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previously.
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I told him that my choices were to terminate the mediation and
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attempt to withdraw without disclosing the reason,
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or,
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alternatively,
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he could allow me to disclose his client's improving condition with all appropriate
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qualifications.
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I ultimately persuaded him that his case would be strengthened by the jury seeing
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a woman fighting to regain some degree of normalcy in her life.
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