I just got back from New York where I spoke at an AAJ seminar. There were excellent speakers on Friday which I missed because of my having to travel that day. On Saturday Mark Mandell from RI, Russ Herman from LA and Tom Girardi from CA spoke ahead of me. I was the last speaker. Here are some random ideas I noted from the speakers. The importance of the “the rule of three.” List things in three’s – it’s powerful….
One expert I started to prepare cross examination for in my most recent case was never called. She was to testify that the reported cases to the company about patient airway fires weren’t enough to require the manufacturer to do anything and that the instructions provided with the tube were adequate to advise the doctors (who never bothered to read them). I wanted to show the doctors were also negligent for not reading the instructions. In anticipation of this defense witness I…
Well, after seven weeks the case finally went to the jury and after a day and a half of jury deliberations we had a verdict. I’ve neglected this blog due to the trial for too long, but I’m ready to report back to you. Here’s my report. The verdict wasn’t a bell ringer, but it was unusual in that the injured client was never deposed or in the courtroom and was seen on only a few minutes of video during trial. The case involved…