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Month: July 2019

FINAL ARGUMENT IN A QUADRIPLEGIC INJURY CASE

FINAL ARGUMENT IN A QUADRIPLEGIC INJURY CASE

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Robert Habush is a retired Wisconsin plaintiffs lawyer and a friend I’ve known for years. His record of significant jury verdicts for injured people over the years created a national reputation for him. I thought I would share with you some random excerpts from a quadriplegic case he tried in Wisconsin in 1975 that resulted in a record verdict. Here are a few selections from his argument: Now comes the time to calculate in very cold and impersonal ways what…

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CROSS EXAMINATION OF A DEFENSE ANNUITY EXPERT

CROSS EXAMINATION OF A DEFENSE ANNUITY EXPERT

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I don’t know how often you are faced with a defense annuity expert in your serious injury cases. For a long time it was common for the defense to call not only an economist, but an annuity sales person to tell the jury how a life time annuity could be purchased that would generate a significant amount of money each month at a low rate of purchase. It was offered under the guise of “present cash value.” We would file…

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JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE LYRICS DOESN’T MEAN YOU KNOW HOW TO SING

JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE LYRICS DOESN’T MEAN YOU KNOW HOW TO SING

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In psychology there is a principal known as the “Dunning – Kruger effect.” It refers to the psychological phenomenon which leads people to overestimate their ability because they have failed to grasp how much they really don’t know about the subject. They think they are well-informed and understand when in fact they don’t fully understand. People, lawyers in particular, too quickly believe, that as intelligent people, they have fully grasped a new concept which has been presented to them. Often,…

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