Litigation

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 [...]

The following points distinguish between direct and cross examination testimony. I am sure that these are not new ideas to attorneys, but for those of you who have never been deposed (or [...]

The short answer: maybe. There’s no harm in trying. Recently, I read a very interesting article in the Transportation Law Journal by Aubrey Holloway about this issue of  a federal law [...]

Last week, we talked about the general arguments to exclude from a tort case any determination by the SSA of disability. This week, I am going to outline some reasons why the medical opinion of [...]

Transportation Broker responsible for $23 million in damages for truck driver’s negligence!!!* Procedural History Plaintiffs filed a lawsuit against C.H. Robinson (CHR), a broker between [...]

Suppose you have a scenario where an employee injures a patron under circumstances  in which: 1. the employee’s shift had ended and she had clocked out. 2. the employee’s [...]

A few weeks ago, I discussed a case in which night visibility evidence was addressed and the testimony of an expert was excluded. The following is follow up to that post, giving you some ideas on [...]

This post involves an accident that occurred on a dark night in February at the intersection of North Market Street and Havens Road in Shreveport, Louisiana. The defendant, driving a flatbed [...]

Plaintiffs argued that my clients  owned the truck that impacted them and forced them off of the road. The truck that hit the Plaintiffs did not remain at the scene, and the accident report [...]

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 [...]