I’ve filed a claim of damages in a case where a man was shot to death in an Everett parking lot by the police. I don’t usually take police cases of this kind because I have so many family members who are in law enforcement, but this is a case that I felt needed to be legally prosecuted. The family waited for over three months for the police to provide an explanation or report, but had not even been given…
I’ve talked about one page notes during trial in several different context’s. The idea of a one page reminder is tokeep one focused on thekey issues, to force simplification and to provide notes for reference that are easily used. This is a one page outline of an opening statement in ajury trial involving a badly injured man. This portion is the damage portion only. The case involved a manelectrocuted while working resulting in severe burns and multiple traumatic amputations. I…
Here are some unorganized, rambling thoughts about issues that involve our trial work. Let’s startwith Dr. G. Clotaire Rapaille, an internationally known expert in marketingand his findings aboutattitudes of people regarding hospitals. These findings are important for damage cases and for malpractice cases involving hospital care: First visit the most terrifying experience of their lives Just like hell: confusing place Hospitals have instruments of torture like hell – needles, tubes, clamps, chemicals, beds that roll, red letters on instruments Hell:…