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Author: Paul Luvera

Luvera practiced plaintiff law 55 years. He is past President of the Inner Circle of Advocates & Washington State Trial Lawyers Association. Member ABOTA, American College of Trial Lawyers, International Academy, International Society of Barristers and the American Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame. Book Luvera on Advocacy available at Trial Guides Publishing Email paul@luvera.org
TRIAL REMINDER OUTLINE

TRIAL REMINDER OUTLINE

We returned from our family cruise and and I am working to prepare for a trial starting Monday in Seattle involving a Florida corporation’s operation of delivery trucks transporting goods purchased from Sears and Best Buy on our public roads. Their breach of trust to the traveling public for providing safe drivers resulted in a rear end collision with our client’s pick up truck. The resulting fire burned him to death leaving a young pregnant wife. Due to the trial…

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I HOPE YOU NEVER GET COMFORTABLE ABOUT LOSING A CASE

I HOPE YOU NEVER GET COMFORTABLE ABOUT LOSING A CASE

(I leave today  on an Alaska cruise out of Seattle with my wife Lita and all of the children, spouses and grandchildren  – some forty people. When I return I start a lengthy jury trial so there may be some time without my positing in this blog. Thanks for reading it) I  think we need to protect against becoming too comfortable with losing. It should always be painful and so painful you want to want  to learn how  to avoid …

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PRODUCTS LIABILITY CASE IDEAS

PRODUCTS LIABILITY CASE IDEAS

Here is a rough “flow of consciousness” outline of thoughts about a drug device product case. I find it helpful to outline ideas picked up from focus studies, reading and just thinking about the case which I then narrow down and refine to useable themes, cross examination ideas and trial approaches to trial. Maybe something here will trigger ideas in your case. CONCEPTS Any risk of serious injury or death is unacceptable if reasonable prevention methods would eliminate or minimize the…

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