. When you are faced with handling a case with major personal injuries, a different approach from a less serious damage case should be considered. Among the many issues involved in major damage cases, here are a few basic rules I followed. Not every lawyer uses the same approach, but here are the fundamentals that worked well for me. My first rule in major damage cases was to apply Shakespeare’s advice: “To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, to…
. . “Money makes the world go around, the world go around, the world go around, Money makes the world go around, it makes the world go around” From the musical Cabaret . “The best things in life are free, but you can keep them for the birds and bees Now give me the money, that’s what I want…” Sung by the Beatles in 1963 . “It’s a very personal, very important thing. Hell, it’s a family motto. Now are…
Francis Hare Sr. was a great plaintiff’s attorney from Birmingham, AL (1904-1983) who wrote a book “My Learned Friends” in 1976. In his book, Francis says there is no holy grail; there is no secret on how to be a great trial lawyer. You have to be wired for it at birth and have the ability to listen to the jury who communicates with you without words. Francis wrote, “There is more than a little magic in it. I have seen a…