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THERE ARE LIES, THERE ARE OUTRAGEOUS LIES AND THERE ARE STATISTICS” Mark Twain

THERE ARE LIES, THERE ARE OUTRAGEOUS LIES AND THERE ARE STATISTICS” Mark Twain

According to the book “The Body” a French lawyer struck a deal in 1965 with ninety year old Jeanne Calment in which he agreed to pay her twenty hundred Francs until her death. When she died, he would own her apartment Arles. Given her age, it seemed like a good deal. However, she went on to become the oldest person on record by living another thirty two years. In fact, she outlived the lawyer who died at age seventy seven….

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CROSS EXAMINATION OF DEFENSE LIFE EXPECTANCY EXPERT

CROSS EXAMINATION OF DEFENSE LIFE EXPECTANCY EXPERT

     Here in very rough draft form, is an outline from one of my cases involving a defense expert on life expectancy. Modify and revise it to fit your case situation. The issue of both economic and non economic damage are impacted by this kind of witness  CROSS EXAM DEFENSE LIFE EXPECTANCY EXPERT . A.COLLATERAL ATTACK NOTE: SEE DEPO OUTLINE FIRST . 1.HOW MANY HOURS TO DATE HOW MUCH IS HOURLY RATE 2.TOTAL FEES TO DATE 3.NUMBER OF TIMES TESTIFIED FOR…

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EVASIVE WITNESSES

EVASIVE WITNESSES

Recently plaintiff’s attorney Rick Friedman shared an article from the defense publication ” For the Defense” published in December 2015 entitled ”Strategies for Responding to Reptile Theory Questions” by John R. Crawford and Benjamin A. Johnson. file:///C:/Users/pnl/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/INetCache/Content.Outlook/EEHZ7017/Strategies-for-Responding-to-Reptile-Theory­Questions-compressed.pdf The article is written in response to David Ball and Don C. Keenan’s book Reptile: The 2009 Manual of the Plaintiff’s Revolution.” The authors summarize the concept in the book as: “In brief, the theory calls for convincing jurors that a defendant’s conduct…

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