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Month: January 2010

Cross examination about safety in a work place injury case

Cross examination about safety in a work place injury case

Wigmore on Evidence was once the "Bible" on evidence and required reading in all major law schools. Wigmore once wrote that cross examination was : "…the greatest legal engine ever invented for the discovery of the truth." The right to face one’s accuser and to cross examine him or her has been a fundamental right in civilized societies for centuries. Here is an outline from an actual case I tried several years ago against the Texaco Refinery when a temporary…

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Trial lessons from church

Trial lessons from church

We are in Scottsdale and today we went to Our Lady of Joy Catholic Church near Cave Creek. A young priest in his late twenties gave the sermon.He is a handsome muscular fellow who is, in fact, aformerstandout high school and college football player. In giving his talk he told a story about two people, one a historical church person of significance who lived in the 1800’s and theother about a middle class family in the 1970’s. He tied the…

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New client contact procedure

New client contact procedure

Do you have written instructions on how new client contact with your office is to be handled? If you don’t, you are leaving it to the discretion of whoever gets the initial contact. In addition, if you have staff turn over you need to repeat the verbal instructions, hoping they will remember them. Every office should have a basic system, in writing, for handling new client contacts, but this is especially true of small personal injury firms. There are a…

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