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PRODUCTS LIABILITY CASE IDEAS

PRODUCTS LIABILITY CASE IDEAS

Here is a rough “flow of consciousness” outline of thoughts about a drug device product case. I find it helpful to outline ideas picked up from focus studies, reading and just thinking about the case which I then narrow down and refine to useable themes, cross examination ideas and trial approaches to trial. Maybe something here will trigger ideas in your case. CONCEPTS Any risk of serious injury or death is unacceptable if reasonable prevention methods would eliminate or minimize the…

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THE CONCEPT OF “SCARF” – APPLIED TO TRIALS

THE CONCEPT OF “SCARF” – APPLIED TO TRIALS

The Sunday New York Times published an interview with David Rock by reporter Adam Bryant. Rock is the director of the Neuroleadership Institute. http://www.neuroleadership.org/index.shtml  Rock has developed an acronym SCARF to better explain people’s behavior. It stands for: status, certainty, autonomy, relatedness and fairness. Rock says that it is a summary of what motivates us, the things we feel passionately about and that are driving behavior. He says that the brain divides everything into one of two categories: threat or…

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IDEAS FOR HOW TO MEET PEOPLE & ABOUT OUR ROLE AS TRIAL LAWYERS

IDEAS FOR HOW TO MEET PEOPLE & ABOUT OUR ROLE AS TRIAL LAWYERS

Today I’d like to offer some random ideas on a couple of subjects that apply to us as trial lawyers. Let’s start with the subject of meeting new people and remembering names. That’s a skill we all need to learn. Paul Mellor is the president of success links a memory training company who presented a CLE for lawyers on that subject. He used the acronym COURT which stands for concentrate, observe, understand, repeat and translate. He says that to remember a…

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