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CONSIDER A SETTLEMENT CHECKLIST TO AVOID MISTAKES

CONSIDER A SETTLEMENT CHECKLIST TO AVOID MISTAKES

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I am a great believer in checklists for everything we do in the law practice. If pilots with thousands of hours of flying religiously review checklists before flying and hospitals require checklists for medical care then how is representing a client any less important. With checklists you save time repeating previous work  and protect against omitting an important step. Here is a partial checklist for the use of the paralegal in the office. Note that it relies upon the the…

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OUTLINE FOR DIRECT EXAMINATION OF PLAINTIFF HUMAN FACTORS EXPERT

OUTLINE FOR DIRECT EXAMINATION OF PLAINTIFF HUMAN FACTORS EXPERT

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Human factors  experts are professionally trained in psychology and engineering. In general their role is to evaluate how normal human behavior interact with the environment people deal with. Commonly used in industry hey study how activity areas can be made  more efficient or safe for people. Their training allows them to evaluate how apparent a danger might be to a worker of a hazard; how normal  human behavior relates  to the operation of equipment or the efficiency of the arrangement…

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WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN THE WHEELS BEGIN TO FALL OFF YOUR CASE?

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN THE WHEELS BEGIN TO FALL OFF YOUR CASE?

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  A friend of mine who is an outstanding plaintiff’s lawyer was giving a talk on the subject of the experience of having your case began to deteriorate. He asked me for some thoughts and what follows are suggestions. When this subject comes up, I always think of the great New York plaintiff’s lawyer Moe Levine. He has written that he was once trying a case before an abusive judge who did everything he could to undermine his case. Several days into the…

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