Kathleen A Hunt General Practice Law Blog

I just got a call from a woman in another state. She’d been reading my blog, she said, and she just wanted someone to talk to about her situation. Well, I’m only qualified to give legal advice in California, so that’s what I told her - and then I listened. She had some real concerns, so I did give her some advice, as it turned out: I advised her to call her local bar association. That’s all I did; that’s all I could do. But before we got off the phone, she sai... Read More

I was recently diagnosed with migraines. After months of dizziness and headaches, my primary doctor had me convinced that I would soon die of a brain tumor, while my friends cheerfully debated whether I was more likely to have multiple sclerosis or recurrent strokes. (The prospect of these disabling illnesses, of course, created all kinds of other anxieties - see today’s guest blog by financial advisor Leslie A. Margolies!) Many tests later, I walked into a neurologist’s office... Read More

Imagine the scene: without warning, a young woman collapses
one day at home. By the time paramedics arrive, she’s not breathing and she has
no pulse; still, emergency medical personnel manage to resuscitate her. She
emerges from her coma a mere ten weeks later, but she’s suffered severe brain
damage in that time. She is never able to communicate or respond again.

 

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We all know the mantra: “safety first”. Since it was first recorded as an accident-prevention slogan in 1873, it’s never fallen out of use. We want to make sure that our food, our children’s toys, and our communities are safe. On an individual level, inline skaters wear pads on their elbows and knees; motorcycle riders wear helmets. They don’t plan to fall, but they know it could happen, so they prepare for the worst before they begin. Similarly, good drivers... Read More