Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

PRODUCTS LIABILITY CASE IDEAS

June 15, 2013 Paul Luvera Comments 0 Comment

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…

A SIMPLE ATTORNEY DEPOSITION PREPRATION CHECKLIST

June 7, 2013 Paul Luvera Comments 2 comments

We all know how to take depositions, but sometimes we forget the basics because we think we don’t have to prepare. Here’s a very simple outline of things to consider before you take a deposition. It’s a reminder of what we should consider before we depose someone. PRELIMINARY PREPARATION 1. MAKE COPIES OF THE CIVIL RULE: The Civil Rules relating to deposition discovery have provisions governing conduct and objections that are permissible during a deposition. With some defense counsel it may…

THE IMPORTANCE OF SIMPLICITY

May 30, 2013 Paul Luvera Comments 2 comments

As of Sunday, my wife Lita are back from our Safari adventure. The route there was Seattle to Dubai. Dubai to Cape Town. Cape Town to Johannesburg. Johannesburg to Maun, Botswana and Botswana to the Safari Camp Mombo. That involves 30 hours of flying time and if this post is not perfectly clear it’s because I still have jet leg. At the risk of being too repetitive let me take a moment on communications. I spent yesterday on the motion…