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HOW DO YOU EVALUATE DAMAGES FOR A CHILD SHOULDER DYSTOCIA CASE?

HOW DO YOU EVALUATE DAMAGES FOR A CHILD SHOULDER DYSTOCIA CASE?

I was asked to explain how I would go about deciding the right way to approach damages in a case involving a child who suffered shoulder dystocia at birth. Here is a rough summary of my process. Here is what  I told the lawyer. While this is my viewpoint, Perhaps it may stimulate some  ideas for you Rid your mind and your thinking right now about other verdicts in cases like this. Your case is not controlled by the results of some other…

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WORKING WITH EXPERT WITNESSES

WORKING WITH EXPERT WITNESSES

Last week I spoke at the Washington State Association for Justice seminar. When I retired I had decided not to give talks in the future since I wasn’t practicing law. The exception I made was for the Inner Circle of Advocates convention because of my long association and past presidency of that organization. When my longtime friend William Bailey asked me to please speak at last week’s convention that he was conducting with Seattle lawyer Rebecca Rowe I agreed because…

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LEGAL ADVICE ABOUT TRIAL ISSUES GIVEN OTHERS

LEGAL ADVICE ABOUT TRIAL ISSUES GIVEN OTHERS

From time to time I give advice to plaintiff  lawyer friends regarding their cases. (sometimes when I’m  not asked) I thought I share some general responses I’ve given recently as way to stimulate your own ideas about these issues. Here they are. A lawyer who had a medical malpractice case against a midwife for shoulder injuries at birth asked a group  of plaintiff  lawyers what we  thought of his chances and the damages after he outlined the facts to us. Here were my thoughts….

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