Description
Learn how to assess the value of such cases and how to establish a full list of damages available to your client.As a trial lawyer prosecuting personal injury lawsuitsundoubtedly, the attorney will be faced with soft tissuelowimpact cases. The question becomes, how does the attorney most effectively prosecute such a case, and whether it is in the client’s best interest for the attorney to get involved. This topic will advise the attorney on how to assess the value of such a case from the onset and decide upon a course of action that will most efficiently and fairly compensate their injured client. This material will provide you with practical realworld examples on how to establish the full panoply of damages available to the client which includes both economic and noneconomic losses. Finally, you will have an understanding of how to put it all together, and whether the best option is to file a lawsuit or facilitate a settlement prior to litigation.
Date: 2021-07-08 Start Time: End Time:
Learning Objectives
Introduction
• What Are Soft Tissue Injuries?
• How Do These Relate to Slow Speed Accidents, and the Various Kinds of Accidents Involving Slow Speeds (Rear Enders, Scooters, Slip and Fall, Product Defect)
• Are They Kinds of Cases Worth Prosecuting as a Plaintiff Attorney (Filing a Lawsuit Versus Pre-Litigation Demands)
Medical Treatment of Soft Tissue Injuries
• Chiropractors vs. Orthopedic Professionals
• Formal Physical Therapy vs. Self-Care and Home PT
• Pre-Existing Conditions
Liability Issues
• Establishing Fault
• Experts or No Experts?
• Key Pieces of Discovery to Establish Fault
Developing Maximum Value and Full and Fair Compensations
• The Before and After (Effective Ways to Establish the Damages Are Real and Significant)
• Dealing With Low Special Damages
• Maximizing Non-Economic Losses and Loss of Consortium
Trial Issues
• Putting It All Together at Trial
• To Zoom or Not to Zoom?
CLE (Please check the Detailed Credit Information page for states that have already been approved) ,Additional credit may be available upon request. Contact Lorman at 866-352-9540 for further information.
Ara Jabagchourian-Law Offices of Ara Jabagchourian, P.C., Christopher Lavorato – Howry Breen & Herman LLP
