We know that the presence of true decision makers enhances the quality of the mediation process and the likelihood of resolution. What if those decision makers are not parties to a legal case being mediated?

Let’s take this scenario: Husband is the sole plaintiff in a contentious case arising from an auto accident. Counsel are not playing well together and agree on little. At a deposition early on in the case, an insurance adjuster wanted to sit in and plaintiff’s counsel refused to allow this. Routine requests for extensions have been refused and the case has been adversarial at every level.