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Articles in this issue:

Framing the auto case for jury selection and opening statement

Candor, honesty, and listening well will help keep you on track


Seat belts in school buses

Shoulder-lap belts are required in newer California school buses. Shouldn’t all children be protected?


Navigating the maze of uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage

A review of a critical source of help for potential clients who have been injured by vehicles with insufficient auto-liability coverage


The treating physicians as witnesses

The doctors that the jury really wants to hear from


911 calls: Going back to the big bang!

What you must know to go after 911 evidence


The cast of experts in auto cases

An overview of the experts on liability and damages you might need to include in vehicle cases


Liability disputed

Critical steps to take when no one is taking responsibility for the auto accident


How to create a tribe with you as its leader

Mastering jury selection in the vehicle-negligence case


Valuing an exertional-exercise disability

Placing a dollar value on an exertional-exercise disability


Looking beyond the driver’s seat for liability in auto-accident claims

Ownership of the vehicle and claims for negligent entrustment and permissive use


Marijuana use and the civil jury trial

The rules you must know before evidence of marijuana use is put before the jury