Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

UNDERSTANDING HOW WE COMMUNICATE

August 13, 2019 Paul Luvera Comments 0 Comment

I’ve studied communication principles for my entire trial lawyer career. The truth is that because human nature doesn’t change the fundamentals have remained unchanged for hundreds of years. Technology has brought new ideas for good communication, but we humans still process communication in the same way. Here is an outline of some of the basic fundamentals of good communication Professor Albert Mehrabian at UCLA conducted a well known study regarding how people receive information. [TR1] He is known for his pioneering…

FINAL ARGUMENT IN A QUADRIPLEGIC INJURY CASE

July 29, 2019 Paul Luvera Comments 0 Comment

Robert Habush is a retired Wisconsin plaintiffs lawyer and a friend I’ve known for years. His record of significant jury verdicts for injured people over the years created a national reputation for him. I thought I would share with you some random excerpts from a quadriplegic case he tried in Wisconsin in 1975 that resulted in a record verdict. Here are a few selections from his argument: Now comes the time to calculate in very cold and impersonal ways what…

CROSS EXAMINATION OF A DEFENSE ANNUITY EXPERT

July 17, 2019 Paul Luvera Comments 0 Comment

I don’t know how often you are faced with a defense annuity expert in your serious injury cases. For a long time it was common for the defense to call not only an economist, but an annuity sales person to tell the jury how a life time annuity could be purchased that would generate a significant amount of money each month at a low rate of purchase. It was offered under the guise of “present cash value.” We would file…