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Tips on Torts February 10, 2011
JURY SELECTION TIP Build Trust With the Jury Be open and honest with the jury, and they will be open and honest with you. Carry on a dialog with the jurors. If you have something in common with a juror, share that with them and form a bond. If something smells really bad, air it [...]
Tort News February 10, 2011
NCCOA AFFIRMS CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE Chief Judge John C. Martin affirmed the defendant city’s grant of summary judgment that plaintiff was contributorily negligent. Plaintiff was a passenger in a vehicle driven by someone who was ‘appreciably impaired’. Judge Martin wrote, “…by voluntarily riding and continuing to ride with Ms. Polumbo under such circumstances and conditions as would [...]
Mediation Preparation and Exhibits
Once upon a time, I had the pleasure (or the unfortunate task) to sit in on a mediation as a representative for the Defendant. Now, as a Plaintiff’s attorney, this was a golden opportunity for me to find out what went on “in the other room”. It was one of the best learning experiences of [...]
Closing Arguments Series - Part I
Not every person that graduates from law school and passes the bar is a trial lawyer. It is not easy to be a trial lawyer. To be a trial lawyer, you should take as fact that your cases will be unpredictable and it will take you many hours, days, even weeks to prepare for a [...]
