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Month: July 2015

CASE ANALYSIS OUTLINE

CASE ANALYSIS OUTLINE

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Recently I was asked to meet and discuss a case that was going to be tried in a few weeks by a plaintiff’s lawyer. I thought about the information I’d like from the plaintiff’s attorney to prepare for the discussion and created this outline. It won’t fit all cases and it is overly simplistic, but it is an outline that might stimulate your creating a better format for your cases. Here it is. TRIAL  What venue, judge assigned & trial date – time limits? Identify associate lawyer…

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LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF AN APOLOGY

LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF AN APOLOGY

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I was recently sent an article about the effect of apology by a journalist from the BBC which was interesting. The failure to make an apology has as  serious consequences as making one does. For  example, a bad, or delayed or non apology can cause a great deal of harm. I think the biggest violators of  basic correct apology are politicians and corporations. After all, their attitude is “being powerful means never saying  you are sorry” and many operate on the proposition…

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JURORS AND DAMAGE APPRAISALS

JURORS AND DAMAGE APPRAISALS

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One of the better blogs relating to trial issues is The Persuasive Litigator: http://www.persuasivelitigator.com/  Dr. Ken Broda-Bahm recently wrote about jurors and their calculations regarding civil damages in this blog. He notes that a  recent study demonstrated that people on the jury generally move from a story, to a general sense of damages and then to a specific number. It has already been rather well established that offering a number, acting as a psychological anchor, plays an important role in their arriving…

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