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title: 2015 May
url: https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-may
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# [2015 May](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-may "2015 May")

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Articles in this issue:

## [Framing the auto case for jury selection and opening statement](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-may/framing-the-auto-case-for-jury-selection-and-opening-statement "Framing the auto case for jury selection and opening statement")

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

[Daniel Ambrose](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/daniel-ambrose "Daniel Ambrose")
[Joseph M. Barrett](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/joseph-m-barrett "Joseph M. Barrett")

## [Seat belts in school buses](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-may/seat-belts-in-school-buses "Seat belts in school buses")

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

[Larry Booth](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/larry-booth "Larry Booth")

## [Navigating the maze of uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-may/navigating-the-maze-of-uninsured-and-underinsured-motorist-coverage "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

[Jesse E. French](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jesse-e-french "Jesse E. French")

## [The treating physicians as witnesses](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-may/the-treating-physicians-as-witnesses "The treating physicians as witnesses")

The doctors that the jury really wants to hear from

[Katherine Higgins](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/katherine-higgins "Katherine Higgins")

## [911 calls: Going back to the big bang!](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-may/911-calls-going-back-to-the-big-bang "911 calls: Going back to the big bang!")

What you must know to go after 911 evidence

[Martin Kanarek](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/martin-kanarek "Martin Kanarek")
[Michael Kopple](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/michael-kopple "Michael Kopple")

## [The cast of experts in auto cases](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-may/the-cast-of-experts-in-auto-cases "The cast of experts in auto cases")

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

[Bill Karns](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/bill-karns "Bill Karns")

## [Liability disputed](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-may/liability-disputed "Liability disputed")

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

[Kimberly H. Whang](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/kimberly-h-whang "Kimberly H. Whang")
[Philip Layfield](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/philip-layfield "Philip Layfield")

## [How to create a tribe with you as its leader](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-may/how-to-create-a-tribe-with-you-as-its-leader "How to create a tribe with you as its leader")

Mastering jury selection in the vehicle-negligence case

[Joseph H. Low, IV](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/joseph-h-low-iv "Joseph H. Low, IV")

## [Valuing an exertional-exercise disability](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-may/valuing-an-exertional-exercise-disability "Valuing an exertional-exercise disability")

Placing a dollar value on an exertional-exercise disability

[David Orlowski](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/david-orlowski "David Orlowski")

## [Looking beyond the driver’s seat for liability in auto-accident claims](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-may/looking-beyond-the-driver-s-seat-for-liability-in-auto-accident-claims "Looking beyond the driver’s seat for liability in auto-accident claims")

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

[Amy Vahdat](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/amy-vahdat "Amy Vahdat")

## [Marijuana use and the civil jury trial](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-may/marijuana-use-and-the-civil-jury-trial "Marijuana use and the civil jury trial")

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

[Alan Van Gelder](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/alan-van-gelder "Alan Van Gelder")