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Donna Driver gets into a car accident with Vic Victim in Cleveland, Ohio. Vic sustains severe injuries. Donna admits liability as she knows that she ran a red light by mistake, thus causing the accident. Donna has auto insurance with an insurance company called Gekko. Her policy has a liability coverage limit of $100,000. Unfortunately, Vic's medical bills alone run close to $100,000 and between that and his missed work and pain and suffering, he appears to have a strong case to recover signi...

Maria, a client of yours in Buffalo, New York, calls you up one day and says, "As you know, I am a contractor who specializes in repair of problems that arise in commercial buildings. I'm thinking of inserting a provision in all of my contracts that requires any dispute to first be mediated and then, if that doesn't work, to be arbitrated by an arbitrator who is a member of the American Arbitration Association. However, I'm a little nervous as to whether the New York state courts will enforc...