Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

Here’s a very simple outline for cross  examination about worker safety. You would add  to this relevant information and discovery from the case. It’s a start,  however, for you to consider and  improve upon: WARNING-SAFETY CROSS EXAMINATION GENERAL OUTLINE  COLLATERAL ATTACK ELIMINATING OR MINIMIZING RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH  TRUE THAT TEXACO SHOULD HOLD PARAMOUNT THE SAFETY AND HEALTH OF IT’S WORKERS? AGREE WITH THE PROPOSITION THAT: ANY RISK OF SERIOUS BODILY INJURY OR DEATH IS ALWAYS UNACCEPTABLE IF REASONABLE…

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London barrister Peter Brown wrote a book some years ago entitled “The Art of Questioning.”  In one chapter he wrote: Last summer, a motorcyclist was arrested in Oxford, England, for speeding. The lady prosecutor bore in on the defendant with a curved question:  “Mr. Setright, your motorcycle is capable, is it not, of exceeding the 70 mph speed limit? He answered: Certainly it can exceed that limit. But, the possibilities implicit in that physical ability are it relevant to these proceedings. We…

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I have been reading a book written by Martin Meredith Nelsen Mandela. One of the chapters deals with the arrest of dozens of South Africans who were resisting apartheid. Charges of conspiracy against the government had been filed against 156 defendants. Vernon Berrange was one of the defense lawyers. His opening address is a good illustration of the need for us to elevate our case above just the interests of our client and demonstrate how it impacts a far more important…

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