Arbitration is a form of resolving civil disputes privately, outside of the actual court system. Instead of taking their case to court and having it decided by a jury or judge, both parties voluntarily agree to have the case heard and decided by a private arbitration panel. Arbitration differs from…
In a personal injury lawsuit, plaintiffs are entitled to get compensation for the economic losses resulting from their injury, including lost earnings. So if you’re not able to work for an extended time because of the injury, you are supposed to get money to compensate for the income you lost.…
The most important part of a personal injury trial is the plaintiff’s testimony. Specifically, the most critical part of a trial is the personal injury plaintiff’s direct examination. If it doesn’t go well when you are in total control of the process and the facts, it will be nearly impossible…
Certainly, given their preference, plaintiffs’ lawyer will choose PG County or Baltimore City as the venue for almost any Maryland accident case. If our case is not in Baltimore, we want to be in P.G County if I have a Maryland traffic accident case. The difference cannot be understated. There…
Putting a bad pun in the title is always a great start to a blog post, right? Try the veal, I’m here all week. But seriously, proving medical causation of an injury in a personal injury case nearly always requires expert medical testimony. There a few exceptions for objective injuries…
Having the right equipment is worthless unless you know how to use it. That is why the second important element to using multimedia at trial is preparation. I never, ever, ever use anything at trial that I have not practiced with. For PowerPoint, this means doing a complete practice run…
When a driver gets sued for injuring somebody in a car accident, they don’t have to go out and spend their own money hiring a lawyer to defend the case. They call up their car insurance company and tell it that they have been sued. They send in the papers,…
As you can tell by some of my recent blog posts, I have been spending a lot of time lately cross-examining defense medical experts. Today I want to talk about using defense experts to bring in favorable opinions. Related Information Cross-Examining Defense Medical Experts With Their Own Ethics Rules “Polarizing…
As I write this, I’m sitting in a hotel in Houston, Texas. I’m here for depositions of some out of town medical experts. So I thought I would share a great tip for cross-examining defense medical experts: Use their own ethics code against them. Nearly every medical expert belongs to…