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Welcome to R-slash, a podcast where I read the best post from across Reddit. Today's subreddit is

R-slash malicious compliance where OPM bears is a stupid lawyer in court. Our next Reddit post is

from Mjashwoodson there. So disclaimer, I'm a lawyer but I'm not your lawyer and none of this is

legal advice. A client comes in with a seemingly simple auto-collision. My client got hit and the

other driver got out and said something like, oh my god, are you okay? I'm so sorry. I dropped my

phone and I reached down to get it. My client had a dash cam that recorded the whole thing,

including the admission of guilt. Easy client, right? It turns out that the admission of guilt was

really important because this type of accident didn't make it easy to determine fault. Imagine a

rear end collision at a red light as an easy determination, but a collision at a four-way stop sign

is a hard determination. When the cops showed up, the police reports said that both drivers were at

fault, and they didn't mention any statements about the other driver. But we had an admission of guilt

and my client's damages were above the other guy's policy limit. So I sent a demand to their

insurance company for policy limits. It's important to note that the insurance company has an

obligation to negotiate in good faith, which becomes important later. The lawyer from the insurance

company reaches out and says, look, my client says they were driving safely and the police report

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