As I read Shakespeare I continually see his wisdom applying to me. This week let me cite some examples to see what you think HE JESTS AT SCARS WHO NEVER FELT A WOUND How true this is. We see in life example after example of this truth. A strong advocate of tort reform and caps has a disabling injury and now complains bitterly about the unfairness of their personal situation. The young person who has yet to experience any pain…
Dr. Bryan Edelman published an article in The Jury Expert: http://www.thejuryexpert.com/ titled “The impact of graphic injury photographs on liability verdicts and non-economic damage awards.” The issue of photographs and other exhibits often comes up when a defendant objects that the exhibits are” inflammatory and prejudicial.” FRE 403 says: “Although relevant, evidence may be excluded if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading the jury, or by considerations of…
Indulge me with a little freedom of thought which lacks much practical value. I’ve been thinking about today’s television compared to my childhood of radio drama which got me to thinking about what we are supposed to be as plaintiff’s trial lawyers. First, I think we are supposed to be women and men who are warrior’s for justice. That brings me to the lyrics by Jim Croce: “You don’t tug on Superman’s cape you don’t spit into the wind you don’t pull the…