Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO LOGICAL REASONING?

September 27, 2019 Paul Luvera Comments 0 Comment

When I was a college student at St. Martins University in Olympia many years ago I took a course in logic. The course explored common devices used in argument that are invalid and constitute logical fallacies. The recent headlines regarding President Donald Trump’s telephone call to the president of the Ukraine brings this to mind. Without taking sides let’s use this as an example of what is and is not logical reasoning. I’m going to use the Republican supporters of…

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ABOUT FRAMING & PRIMING EXPECTATIONS

September 13, 2019 Paul Luvera Comments 0 Comment

The September 2019 King County bar bulletin featured an article by Thomas M. O’Toole, PhD, who is a jury consultant at www.soundjuryconsulting.com. Dr. O’Toole writes about a research studies in the article. One study was done at Duke University. Students were offered two samples of beer. Both were Budweiser, but the students were told that one beer was a standard commercial beer and the other was called “MIT brew.” Unknown to participants this beer had been treated with drops of…

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE SUMMATION IDEAS

August 26, 2019 Paul Luvera Comments 0 Comment

Here are some random notes of things I’ve argued in past medical malpractice cases I have tried. Some aren’t as wonderful as I thought they were when I said it, but there may be a thought or two in this collection which might have some benefit for you. The defense seems to be: we did injure her, but we did it very carefully. In all of my years of trying cases I’ve never heard a doctor testify they made a…