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MISCELLANOUS ARGUMENT CAPSULES

MISCELLANOUS ARGUMENT CAPSULES

I’m reviewing my notes about argument and decided I’d share some. These are just summaries and a mixture of concepts in raw form. You would need to expand and improve each of them, but maybe there are some ideas here that might be helpful to you. When this courthouse was planned they didn’t just pull a number out of the air for the cost of construction. Instead they calculated each of the items that go into the construction and added…

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CONCLUDING YOUR FINAL ARGUMENT

CONCLUDING YOUR FINAL ARGUMENT

One of my partners is about to make final argument in a hospital malpractice case he has been trying for several weeks.We discussed the question of final argument and how it should be concluded because the opening and concluding of a final argument is, in my view, very important. While one can be spontaneous in argument the beginning and the end merit careful thought and preparation. It is a matter of first impression and a matter of what they hear last from…

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ARGUING A CONSORTIUM CLAIM IN A BRAIN DAMAGE CASE

ARGUING A CONSORTIUM CLAIM IN A BRAIN DAMAGE CASE

Have you thought about the reality of a consortium loss of a spouse who has been seriously injured ? The truth is that the loss isn’t just one of love. It is much more than that. In a situation involving brain injury it involves  adjusting to an entirely new person. Here are some thoughts to consider in such a case: 1.     HE   MARRIED HER FOR WHO SHE WAS WHEN THEY MARRIED  & OVER 40 YRS GREW TO LOVE WHO SHE BECAME They…

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