In an investigative report yesterday, the New York Times released a story on the strong bias of IME doctor for insurers. It could provide excellent cross-examination material for your next trial.

In the report, a New York IME doctors admits, "If you did a truly pure report, you’d be out on your ears and the insurers wouldn’t pay for it. You have to give them what they want, or you’re in Florida. That’s the game, baby."

Trial Guides has a way to effectively deal with insurance doctors: polarize your trial. Rick Friedman’s best selling book, Polarizing the Case, is the key to winning contested cases in which the insurance doctor or defense counsel implies that your client does not have the injuries claimed. Polarizing pushes your opposition out of the grey zone of implying your client is inconsistent. It forces them to admit that your client is telling the truth, or to admit that they are calling your client a liar.

The technique works. In the last two months, we’ve received word that two young female trial lawyers in Colorado and Hawaii have obtained verdicts in excess of $1 million by polarizing cases the defense labeled mere "soft tissue" cases. That’s proof of the effectiveness of the book, which Inner Circle member Brian Panish calls "the Bible for anyone trying cases in today’s climate."

Read more: nytimes.com

Tags: new york times, polarizing the case, rick friedman

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