Why I Love Being a Lawyer

Danielle’s story: Trial lawyers never know how they might touch a life

John Hullverson

From Issue: 2012 March

The price of admission

The Business Records Exception

Miles B. Cooper

From Issue: 2012 March

Other accidents: Relevance and admissibility

Evidence of other accidents is compelling, but the trick is getting it admitted

Jeffrey R. Smith

From Issue: 2012 March

Medical malpractice: Beyond the discovery “three step”

Putting a case in context for the jury requires finding background information that supports your theory of liability and your expert witnesses

Bruce Fagel

From Issue: 2012 March

Defending your client’s deposition

There’s only one first impression, and you need to control it

Andrew Wright

From Issue: 2012 March

Appellate Reports and Cases in Brief

Recent cases of interest to members of the plaintiffs’ bar

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2012 March

When the PI plaintiff files bankruptcy but fails to schedule the lawsuit

Here’s a situation to be avoided and a look at the likely consequences

David Cook

From Issue: 2012 March

Profile: Mark Talamantes

Employment attorney made his mark early in the now-crowded specialty of wage-and-hour litigation

From Issue: 2012 March

MRI scans and objective evidence of spinal injury

Upright MRI may offer clinical proof of injury when conventional MRI does not

Sana Khan

From Issue: 2012 March

Defense medical examinations

Understand the law and protect against common defense traps

Ramona Atanacio

From Issue: 2012 March

Cost-of-motion sanctions for discovery abuse

Will judges ever get with the program?

Chuck Cordes

From Issue: 2012 March

Air bags kill

Testing indicates that air bags may be superfluous in preventing death or injury

Larry Booth

From Issue: 2012 March