SOME IDEAS ABOUT COMMUNICATION

SOME IDEAS ABOUT COMMUNICATION

David W. Mykel published an article in March that discussed the importance of visual evidence. He says that almost 70% of the population are visual learners with some 49% of the people getting their information from the internet. He suggests that we are dealing with a different kind of audience, one that embraces technology. People spend a considerable amount of time in front of a television and online.  We should consider how we are presenting our evidence in court. While…

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SIMPLE

SIMPLE

I am about to start a jury trial involving a collision in which the driver, whose family we represent, was burned to death in a fire that started from the collision. I don’t know about  you, but I like to have a one sheet list of the issues and the main theme or points as well as a one sheet reminder. I keep both handy and in front of me to remind me to stay in control and to make things short…

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ARGUING DAMAGES

ARGUING DAMAGES

I’ve published a basic outline  for  argument  before, but, as  to damages, how do we evaluate what is full money justice in such cases? It can only be done by balancing the extent of the harm done against  a dollar  amount  which equals that harm. The verdict  should be a  perfectly balanced scale with money on one side  and the harm on the  other. When the scale between these two essential parts of a tort trial is perfectly balanced there…

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