--- title: 2017 May url: https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-may --- # [2017 May](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-may "2017 May") [![Advocate May17 cvr ezine](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/images/issues/2017/05-may/Advocate-May17-cvr-ezine.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/ezines/2017/May2017/html5/Advocate-May17-issue.html) Articles in this issue: ## [Appellate Reports](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-may/appellate-reports-6 "Appellate Reports") [[case]]McGill v. Citibank NA[[/case]] — Allows an individual plaintiff to seek a public injunction under the UCL and FAL – relief whose primary purpose is to benefit the public generally – without the need to pursue the claim as a class action [Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich") ## [Civility: It’s not a four-letter word](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-may/civility-it-s-not-a-four-letter-word "Civility: It’s not a four-letter word") CAALA Partners with Association of Southern California Defense Counsel and the American Board of Trial Advocates on civility conference on civility program [Ricardo Echeverria](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/ricardo-echeverria "Ricardo Echeverria") ## [Don’t lose sight of the forest for the trees](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-may/don-t-lose-sight-of-the-forest-for-the-trees "Don’t lose sight of the forest for the trees") We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. ― Epictetus [Shaina Colover](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/shaina-colover "Shaina Colover") ## [Happy Law Day](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-may/happy-law-day "Happy Law Day") Facts, factoids and a serious message [Stuart Zanville](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/stuart-zanville "Stuart Zanville") ## [Spinal injuries following motor-vehicle accidents](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-may/spinal-injuries-following-motor-vehicle-accidents "Spinal injuries following motor-vehicle accidents") A review, from a medical perspective, of literature focusing on spinal injuries following vehicular accidents [A. Michael Moheimani](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/a-michael-moheimani "A. Michael Moheimani") ## [MRI of the upper cervical spine](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-may/mri-of-the-upper-cervical-spine "MRI of the upper cervical spine") MRI of the Cranio-Vertebral Junction: A valuable tool to evaluate “whiplash” [Sana U. Khan](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/sana-u-khan "Sana U. Khan") ## [Finding damages through every witness, defense and plaintiff](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-may/finding-damages-through-every-witness-defense-and-plaintiff "Finding damages through every witness, defense and plaintiff") To realize the full value of damages, spend all the time you can in the life of the person you represent [Jude Basile](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jude-basile "Jude Basile") ## [To stop or to go?](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-may/to-stop-or-to-go "To stop or to go?") Making sense of “who ran the red light?” [Allen Bourgeois](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/allen-bourgeois "Allen Bourgeois") [Matthew Manjarrez](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/matthew-manjarrez "Matthew Manjarrez") ## [It is time to harmonize the UM Statute with the Three Feet for Safety Act](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-may/it-is-time-to-harmonize-the-um-statute-with-the-three-feet-for-safety-act "It is time to harmonize the UM Statute with the Three Feet for Safety Act") Bicyclists injured by cars need the security of UM coverage, but they don’t need the physical-contact test [Josh Cohen](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/josh-cohen "Josh Cohen") ## [If you love them, let them go](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-may/if-you-love-them-let-them-go "If you love them, let them go") By withdrawing as counsel and advising your client to proceed as an unrepresented pro se claimant, the insurance carrier may choose to low-ball them and consequently open up the policy [Patrick Gunning](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/patrick-gunning "Patrick Gunning") ## [Full investigation of the accident scene can reveal other responsible parties](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-may/full-investigation-of-the-accident-scene-can-reveal-other-responsible-parties "Full investigation of the accident scene can reveal other responsible parties") When the primary defendant is underinsured, a thorough investigation of the accident scene can yield surprising evidence of negligence by other parties [Casey A. Kaufman](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/casey-a-kaufman "Casey A. Kaufman") ## [Humanizing the “cyclist”](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-may/humanizing-the-cyclist "Humanizing the “cyclist”") Many potential jurors bring anti-cyclist prejudices to the jury box [Nathaniel Leeds](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/nathaniel-leeds "Nathaniel Leeds") ## [Temp agency liability in the trucking industry](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-may/temp-agency-liability-in-the-trucking-industry "Temp agency liability in the trucking industry") The experience of a recent case in the trucking industry can be applied to temporary employees in a wide variety of commercial and industrial settings [Spencer Lucas](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/spencer-lucas "Spencer Lucas") ## [Defense apologies at trial: Sorry, but that ship has sailed](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-may/defense-apologies-at-trial-sorry-but-that-ship-has-sailed "Defense apologies at trial: Sorry, but that ship has sailed") A look at the elements of a real apology, and how to avoid a tactical apology at trial [Clifton N. Smoot](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/clifton-n-smoot "Clifton N. Smoot")