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Publisher’s Note
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The Good,
Did You Know... the Bad

In all claims-made policies, when and the
you lower your limits of liability
your entire retroactive Ugly …
coverage is affected. Most
The Good in this case
doctors wrongly believe that was getting to perform
if you paid for higher limits my special friend Peter’s
wedding to the lovely
one year, then subsequently Celeste; the Bad was
lowered them, any claim attempting to fly to
Vegas for the wedding
later reported for an incident via the Delta meltdown;
that occurred when the and the Ugly, without a
doubt, was having to take two red eye flights in a 36-hour period.
higher limits were
First let me say, we probably over-prepared for this weekend getaway. Our
in effect would original flights were booked back in the summer when the bride and groom
be covered at first asked me to perform their ceremony. We even booked a flight for my sis-
ter-in-law Bobbi to fly down to handle any possible snags while we were away
the higher limit. from South Florida. She would arrive Thursday morning, we would depart
early on Friday morning, returning late Monday night. (Plenty of time for me
to transform into Doctor of Divinity Charles or so I thought.) A total of at
least 2.5 days in Vegas for the two of us, probably our first real getaway in
%! & & & +"' close to two years.
But the best laid plans weren’t to be. The storm clouds started to gather on
&& $ + & Wednesday (figuratively and literally) in the Southeast and Delta started to
!%'$ ! *# $& send out alerts. First Bobbi’s morning flight didn’t arrive in PBI until late
Thursday evening, making for an anxious 12 hours. Then about 11:55 p.m.
on Thursday night, we received a Delta text alert that our Friday a.m. flight to
Vegas had been cancelled with NO alternative booking available. But consider-
Delray: 7) 7M\XL %ZIRYI (IPVE] &IEGL *0 ˆ 800.966.2120 ˆ *E\ ing I was performing the wedding ceremony, we were getting to Vegas even if
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, && !! $ + " , ))) !! $ + " afternoon flight. We would miss the Friday night wedding festivities, but at
least we’d be there for the important part on Saturday night. Unfortunately,
when we arrived for the JetBlue flight, it was delayed until almost midnight
(Red eye #1). Then as Delta continued to cancel flights
over the weekend and we realized our return on
Monday morning was in jeopardy, we decided we’d
better avoid Delta and grab seats on any available
flight — hence Red eye #2.
But back to the Good part. I know I shouldn’t
brag but I just can’t help myself. Peter and
Celeste are married and I got rave reviews. I
guess we’re too tired to remember the Bad and
Specializing in Medically Ugly part. After all, what’s missing a little sleep
between friends?
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