Below we have for you sample trial transcripts and witness outlines to help you with opening and closing statements and examination of witness for trial (or moot court).
Sample Voir Dire
- Motor Tort (plaintiff)
- Motor Tort (defendant)
- Transcript of Voir Dire in Auto Accident Case
Opening Statements
- Wrongful Death
- Motor Tort (Plaintiff)
- Full Transcript
- Motor Tort (defendant)
- Motor Tort (defendant)
- Defendant’s Opening #1
- Sample PowerPoint Opening
Direct Examinations
- Direct/Cross of Plaintiff’s Treating Doctor (ankle fracture and soft tissue injury case)
- Direct/Cross of Plaintiff’s Treating Doctor (herniated disc and soft tissue injury case)
- Deposition Outline (premises liability)
- Treating Doctor (femur fracture and cracked ribs)
- Victim’s Wife (spouse if often the key damage witness)
- Victim’s Doctor #2 (outline of treating doctor ACL tear and herniated disc case)
- Medical Doctor in Wrongful Death (pain and suffering witness; decedent was burned to death)
- Accident Reconstructionist (expert claimed speed and alcohol were contributing causes of the accident)
- Neurologist in Brain Injury Car Accident Case (outline for doctor’s testimony on how the plaintiff was brain damages and the long term effects)
- Plaintiff #2 (trial transcript)
- Victim’s Expert (medical malpractice expert – trial transcript)
- Medical Doctor’s Direct (catastrophic injury)
Cross Examinations
- Defendant Truck Driver (cross examination of truck driver in $1 million verdict in Baltimore City)
- Sample Transcript: Direct/Cross of Defendant’s Medical Doctor Expert (Kevin F Hanley, M.D. in a knee surgery case)
- Sample Transcript: Direct/Cross of Defendant’s Medical Doctor Expert #2 (defendant’s doctor in an ankle fracture and soft tissue injury case)
- Sample Transcript: Direct/Cross of Defendant’s Medical Doctor Expert #3 (defendant’s doctor in herniated disc and soft tissue injury case)
- Sample Transcript: Direct/Cross Defendant’s Medical Doctor Expert #4 (Dr. Robert O. Gordon)
- Defendant Driver (outline)
- Defense Medical Exam Doctor (outline cross examination from a presentation given on cross examination of the defendant’s medical doctor)
Sample Closing Statement
- Plaintiff Closing #1 ($8 million verdict)
- Defendant’s Closing
- Plaintiff’s Closing Statement #2
- Sample PowerPoint Closing (PowerPoint in closing)
- Example Day-in-the-Life Video
- Sample Closing Statement (sample closing argument in motor vehicle collision suit from Plaintiff’s lawyer and defense counsel)
- Sample Defendant’s Closing Statement (another closing statement)
Pattern Jury Instructions
- Maryland Tort Pattern Instructions
- Jury Instructions (sought by defendant in a personal injury auto accident case)
- Trial Transcript of Judge’s Instructions
Non-Pattern Jury Instructions with Analysis
- Speeding
- Crash Could Not Be Avoided
- Driving on Divided Highways
- Passing on the Right
- Driver to Control Speed
- Approaching and Going Around Curves
- Approaching Crests of Grades
- Traveling on Narrow or Winding Roadways
- Special Dangers as to Pedestrians or Other Traffic
- Negligent Driving
- Presumption of Negligence in Rear-End Accident (based on Maryland case law that creates a rebuttable presumption that the rear ending driver is at fault in a rear end auto or truck accident case)
Related Topics
- Sample motions in limine
- Sample Closing Statement
- Cross Examinations
- Direct Examinations
- Pattern Jury Instructions
- Sample Voir Dire
- Verdict Sheet
Sample Verdict Sheets and Jury Instructions
Miscellaneous Trial Documents
- Stipulation of uninsured motorist coverage – get a stipulation to avoid the pain of having to prove up your UM case at trial
- Request for Judicial Notice as to Time, Speed and Distance – how far a car travels at a given speed over time
- Examples to prepare and try a tort claim
- Sample trial animation of Plaintiff’s injury