--- title: 2016 March url: https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-march --- # [2016 March](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-march "2016 March") [![Advocate Mar16 cvr ezine](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/images/issues/2016/03-march/Advocate-Mar16-cvr-ezine.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/ezines/2016/March2016/html5/Advocate_March_2016-issue.html) Articles in this issue: ## [Therapeutic cooling for injured newborns](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-march/therapeutic-cooling-for-injured-newborns "Therapeutic cooling for injured newborns") Therapeutic hypothermia has become standard of care for neonates who suffer an asphyxial event near birth [Philip Michels](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/philip-michels "Philip Michels") ## [Identifying mild traumatic brain injuries](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-march/identifying-mild-traumatic-brain-injuries "Identifying mild traumatic brain injuries") Your job is to determine if your client may have suffered an undiagnosed brain injury [Thomas M. Dempsey](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/thomas-m-dempsey "Thomas M. Dempsey") ## [Identifying mild traumatic brain injuries](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-march/identifying-mild-traumatic-brain-injuries-2 "Identifying mild traumatic brain injuries") Your job is to determine if your client may have suffered an undiagnosed brain injury [Thomas M. Dempsey](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/thomas-m-dempsey "Thomas M. Dempsey") ## [Large verdict highlights failings of Prop 213: {case]Briones v. Zink[/case]](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-march/large-verdict-highlights-failings-of-prop-213-case-briones-v-zink-case "Large verdict highlights failings of Prop 213: {case]Briones v. Zink[/case]") The recovery of general damages by the driver of an uninsured vehicle when struck by a drunk driver [Christopher Dolan](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/christopher-dolan "Christopher Dolan") ## [Appellate Reports and Briefs](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-march/appellate-reports-and-briefs-4 "Appellate Reports and Briefs") [[case]]Montanile v. Board of Trustees of the National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan[[/case]] [Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich") ## [A roadmap for presenting general damages at trial](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-march/a-roadmap-for-presenting-general-damages-at-trial "A roadmap for presenting general damages at trial") With medical damages often limited, pain and suffering damages become more important [Robert S. Fink](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/robert-s-fink "Robert S. Fink") ## [The eggshell plaintiff](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-march/the-eggshell-plaintiff "The eggshell plaintiff") Exacerbation of pre-existing injuries is compensable to plaintiffs whose fragility makes them particularly susceptible to injury [Victor George](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/victor-george "Victor George") ## [Voir dire in view of current political and economic realities](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-march/voir-dire-in-view-of-current-political-and-economic-realities "Voir dire in view of current political and economic realities") Voir dire is not jury “selection” – it is “unselection” of negative jurors [Stanley K. Jacobs](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/stanley-k-jacobs "Stanley K. Jacobs") ## [Trial of a large damages case in a small, low-income county](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-march/trial-of-a-large-damages-case-in-a-small-low-income-county "Trial of a large damages case in a small, low-income county") If you intend to ask for a hundred million dollars, come clean about it upfront [Brian S. Kabateck](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/brian-s-kabateck "Brian S. Kabateck") [Christopher Noyes](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/christopher-noyes "Christopher Noyes") ## [Mediation: Where have all the idealists gone? Long time passing](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-march/mediation-where-have-all-the-idealists-gone-long-time-passing "Mediation: Where have all the idealists gone? Long time passing") An essay on the future of mediation – and a look at its past [Jeffrey Krivis](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-krivis "Jeffrey Krivis") ## [Therapeutic cooling for injured newborns](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-march/therapeutic-cooling-for-injured-newborns-2 "Therapeutic cooling for injured newborns") Therapeutic hypothermia has become standard of care for neonates who suffer an asphyxial event near birth [Philip Michels](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/philip-michels "Philip Michels") ## [Proving unique damages: a judicial perspective](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-march/proving-unique-damages-a-judicial-perspective "Proving unique damages: a judicial perspective") Beware the fallacy of the “single cause” or expert testimony on “cutting edge” science [Mark Mooney](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/mark-mooney "Mark Mooney") ## [Opportunities to learn for “new” lawyers](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-march/opportunities-to-learn-for-new-lawyers "Opportunities to learn for “new” lawyers") Events abound this month to learn personal injury practice from LA’s best and brightest trial lawyers [David M. Ring](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/david-m-ring "David M. Ring") ## [Developments in Medicaid lien law 2015](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-march/developments-in-medicaid-lien-law-2015 "Developments in Medicaid lien law 2015") The Department of Health Care Services gets a break, maybe, but has to pay for it [Steven B. Stevens](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/steven-b-stevens "Steven B. Stevens") ## [Psychological harm without a physical injury](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-march/psychological-harm-without-a-physical-injury "Psychological harm without a physical injury") How to prove the psychological injury in order to maximize general damages [John Taylor](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/john-taylor "John Taylor") [Louanne Masry](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/louanne-masry "Louanne Masry") ## [Chronic Pain: RSD or CRPS](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-march/chronic-pain-rsd-or-crps "Chronic Pain: RSD or CRPS") The complex yet presentable world of Regional Pain Syndrome [Geraldine Weiss](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/geraldine-weiss "Geraldine Weiss") ## [Emojis: 21st century hieroglyphics](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-march/emojis-21st-century-hieroglyphics "Emojis: 21st century hieroglyphics") The way we will soon be communicating? [Stuart Zanville](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/stuart-zanville "Stuart Zanville")