Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

David Ball and Don Keenan have done an excellent job of outlining the importance of Reptile motivation and the practical applications in their book Reptile. They recommend the plaintiff show the defendant’s actions constitute an immediate public danger and that a verdict for the plaintiff will reduce that danger. Since the ultimate goal is survival, safety and safe practices are the way to achieve it. This case, you should argue, presents an opportunity to make things safer by their verdict….

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Patrick Malone is a friend who is a great trial lawyer in Washington D.C. Is the coauthor of the book Rules of the Road and a member of the Inner Circle of Advocates. Last November he tried a malpractice case and shared his final argument. Here are few excerpts that I particularly liked: Emphasis on doctor’s caring for patients "…who took ‘care’ out of standard of care? Doesn’t standard of care mean you care about the patient, that you’re not…

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