Mediation is a much faster process than civil litigation. Typically construction litigation cases can take a few months to a year or longer to actually get to trial. CRS had a case in which a party contacted CDRS on a Thursday night. We expedited the agreement to mediate and other paperwork. Four days later, on Monday, CDRS scheduled a jobsite visit at 7:30am, convened the mediation at 10:00am, and concluded with a full settlement by 4:00pm the same day. Incidentally, this was a binding mediation agreement, which guaranteed a full settlement at the end of the mediation process. The project continued on with no loss of time due to the dispute.
A few year ago, I saw a 60 Minutes Special where Oprah Winfrey' had put together a panel of people. The panel consisted of Seven men and women who voted for Trump and seven men and women who voted against Trump. She particularly asked them specific questions about his Presidency to get their take on how he was doing. I heard something one of the participants said that had my head spinning, and it got me thinking about a question I often find myself asking, which is, "What kind of mind is that?" I don't know why, but I am often amazed at the things I hear people say. I often wonder how do they form the words to say them? I could fill this page up with examples, but the problem I am finding, is that what is sickening to one person may be lovely to another. Two people could hear the same statement and come away with two completely different meanings. Or two people could have completely different opinions a...
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