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 Rapid Response Investigation: Louisiana Work Product-Privileged Information?
By Mark Perkins
In Accident Investigation, Discovery
Posted May 4, 2017

Rapid Response Investigation: Louisiana Work Product-Privileged Information?

Like many of my peers in defending trucking companies, I am often called upon to oversee the investigation of catastrophic accidents. I doing so, I retain the experts and field adjusters to [...]

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By Mark Perkins
In Discovery
Posted January 9, 2016

The Enigma of Getting Medical Records and Depositions From the Veterans’ Administration

Our firm would like to depose some of the doctors at the VA who treated a veteran. When contact was made with the VA hospital to get the dates when those doctors were available, the VA informed [...]

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By Mark Perkins
In Discovery, Litigation
Posted September 10, 2014

Summary of Cellphone Laws by State

The following is a great asset for a quick reference to the cellphone laws in each state. Thanks to Harvey Mensch with ATTIC for sending to me. Thanks to the Insurance Institute for Highway [...]

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By Mark Perkins
In Discovery, Medical
Posted July 17, 2014

Is There an Easy Way to Obtain Records and Depose Doctors from the Veteran’s Administration? Short Answer: No.

Although the Veterans Administration has fallen under recent scrutiny for the backlog of patients to be seen, those of us the private practice of law have long been frustrated with the process of [...]

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By Mark Perkins
In Discovery, Litigation
Posted May 23, 2013

Another Battle Over the Discoverability of Social Media

I cannot understand how anyone can make the argument with a straight face that social media posts of the plaintiff are not relevant. Surely the posts of a the plaintiffs’s activities before [...]

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By Mark Perkins
In Discovery
Posted May 16, 2013

Be Wise: Preserve Electronic Evidence That MAY Be Discoverable!

Although the decision is over a year old, in NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. v. Lilly Co. (No. 11-2415 AV, 2011 WL 5986649, W.D. Tenn. Nov. 16, 2011), the plaintiff brought a motion to [...]

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By Mark Perkins
In Discovery, Litigation
Posted January 24, 2013

Tricky Deposition Questions

The following are a list of “Tricky Questions” often used in depositions. It would behoove you to pay attention to these tricks before your next deposition. The question is asked out [...]

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By Mark Perkins
In Discovery, Litigation
Posted August 19, 2011

Defending A Driver for Marijuana “Intoxication”

As truck driver made an lane change, he collided with a passenger car, which was pushed into a retaining wall. To add “insult to injury,” the truck driver was allegedly under the [...]

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By Mark Perkins
In Discovery, Litigation
Posted June 22, 2011

Excluding Evidence of Wealth of Trucking Company

Undoubtedly, there would be substantial prejudice against a trucking company if its wealth was admitted into evidence. Usually, this will be rare; however, when making a claim for punitive [...]

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