Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

Stan Greenberg is a well know pollster who columnist Thomas L. Friedman recentlywrote about. He listed thekey lessons Greenberg learned from all his experience in working with politicans and presidents. So, what was theultimate lesson he learned about how presidents of the United States should act? Here it is: "You can’t be too honest in describing big problems, too bold in offering big solutions, too humble in dealing with big missteps, too forward in retelling your story or too gutsy…

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While we were in Costa Rica I had time to read some books. A couple of them had helpful information for trial lawyers. Here’s a passage from the book Born standing up: A comic’s Life by Steve Martin about the subject of anchoring. I’ve written about this important idea previously in this blog, but I hadn’t realized that comics use the technique to coax a laugh out of an audience.: “A skillful comedian could coax a laugh with tiny indicators…

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We usually face a defense that our client, the plaintiff, was himself or herself negligent and that their own negligence was the cause of the injuries they are suing over. This is a common defense we have to deal with. I’ve collected a few arguments on that subject and here isa collection ofthem. COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE Ordinary care means average – a C student – not an A student. The law does not require the plaintiffto be an A student in…

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