Mediate.com Podcast Episode 8: Impact of Culture and Psychology When Mediating Accident Cases with Bruce Ally

April 18, 2022

In this episode, Bruce Ally–mediator and a Principal at A Place for Mediation Inc.– discusses how mediators can help parties ‘get the full picture’ when mediating accident cases. Here are a few highlights from the episode:

Ambulance usage may not be a reliable indicator of the severity of injury.
Cultural conditioning can impact whether an injured person calls for an ambulance.
When an injured person’s ‘fight or flight’ response kicks in, adrenaline is produced which masks pain and may cause the injured person to undervalue the injury.
Trauma impacts memory.

Bruce Ally

Bruce Ally is the founder of A Place for Mediation. As a mediator in private practice he has conducted in excess of 4000 matters. He is an instructor in the Lawyer in Negotiation course at Osgood Hall Law School, and a facilitator in the Advanced Mediator Program and the Workplace… MORE >

Veronica Cravener

Veronica Cravener is a mediator and trainer for Mediate to Achieve, LLC, based in Columbus, Ohio, USA. She has mediated more than 500 disputes across areas such as landlord-tenant, contracts, consumer-business, personal injury, neighbors, individual disputes over money, and post-employment disputes. She is experienced at mediating by text message in… MORE >