Advocate Apr14 cvr ezine

Articles in this issue:

Brain storm: How to recognize a traumatic brain injury

Insight into brain function before and after trauma


Videotaping of expert witnesses

Videotaping the testimony of both your own experts and defendants’ experts can be key to a trial victory


Non-economic damages in the wrongful death trial

Sympathy is not what you’re looking for and, frankly, sympathy is inadequate


Damages: Spinal cord and peripheral nerve injuries

A guide to the high-risk business of trying spinal-injury cases


Seeking punitive damages against drivers distracted by hand-held electronic devices

Distracted drivers’ cases can adopt the legal principles providing for punitive damages against drunk drivers


Experts: Who you need and who you don’t

Going light on experts can cost you at trial; going heavy can cost you, too


Making complex regional pain syndrome simple for a jury

A start-to-finish strategy for proving the chronic pain and resultant damages of CRPS


Fighting sub rosa corruption

Tools to use against an ambush at trial by defendant’s corrupted evidence


The jury and the award: Convincing 12 strangers

To win an employment case, the jury must like your client and you must present the client’s story clearly