Did you see this news article? A blue fin tuna was purchased at auction in Japan for $104,700 in January of 2009! Now if a dead fish has a real world market value of more then $100,000 what’s a permanent injury to a human being worth? If we want to look at actual values placed on things by society we have no trouble doing that with material things. A dead tuna is worth $100,000 and a painting is worth $100…
I’ve written before about my belief that your trial notebook (and deposition notebook) should contain basic check lists or outlines for every examination you conduct whether you are an experienced or inexperienced trial lawyer. All of my outlines are very simple and basic. For each examination I revise them to fit the particular situation involved. I use them as a reminder list to be sure I cover each point I need to cover. I never read from them, but rather…
For many years of trial work I have used notebooks as my primary organizational tool for trials.Originally I used schoolthree ring notebooks withdividers and lined paper. My trials were not very long nor complicated and this was how I organizedmy trials. As trialsbecame more involved I began to add three ringwitness materials notebooksorganized alphabetically. This notebook was used along with expansion files with thewitness deposition, statements and resource materialcoded to the notebook.I could pull the deposition, exhibits and materials out…