Rick Friedman On Damages Evolving
In the year 2001, David Ball on Damages took our community of approximately 100,000 plaintiffs’ lawyers by storm. It is fair to say that with one little noticed exception, Damages...
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Rick Friedman On Damages Evolving
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$1.65 Million Verdict During Covid-19 Using Don't Eat The Bruises
$1.65 Million Verdict During Covid-19 Using Don't Eat The Bruises
On April 1, 2021, amidst COVID-19 precautions, a jury returned a verdict for $1.65 million for a pelvic prolapse with symptoms that first appeared five months after a wreck. Mild to moderate...
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Important New Study Clarifies Science of "Minor Impact" or "MIST" CasesImportant New Study Clarifies Science of "Minor Impact" or "MIST" Cases
Important new research on "minor impact" cases: "the injury risk of real-world minimal damage rear impact crashes was estimated to be at least 2000 times greater than for any ADL. The...
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Years of Experience Learned in Hours – A Review of Running with the BullsYears of Experience Learned in Hours – A Review of Running with the Bulls
Running With The Bulls is a book intended to teach trial lawyers how to maximize possible settlements. In the modern world of a trial lawyer, 99% of cases will settle...
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Seeking Product Reviews, Customer Success Stories & Journal ArticlesSeeking Product Reviews, Customer Success Stories & Journal Articles
Find out more about product reviews, the Trial Guides product review page, Customer Success Story blog posts, and legal organization product reviews.
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Settle Your Case with Trial in ActionSettle Your Case with Trial in Action
With over 99% of civil legal cases settling before jury verdict, Trial Guides asked some of its authors to comment about how their book can be used not just in...
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Calling the Defense Expert's BluffCalling the Defense Expert's Bluff
In "Polarizing the Case: Exposing & Defeating the Malingering Myth," Friedman provides what he calls "a guidebook for wrapping the malingering defense around the defense lawyer's neck and strangling him...
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How a Trial Guides Book Resulted in Allstate's McKinsey Documents Being Publicly DisclosedHow a Trial Guides Book Resulted in Allstate's McKinsey Documents Being Publicly Disclosed
Despite Allstate’s attempt to suppress any public knowledge of the damning evidence of institutional bad faith contained in the McKinsey documents, the company failed. Trial Guides author David Berardinelli meticulously documented the...
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Using The Rules of the Road™ Technique to Win Medical Malpractice CasesUsing The Rules of the Road™ Technique to Win Medical Malpractice Cases
One in three patients admitted to hospitals experiences a medical mistake, and the cost of fixing the harms caused by these errors is $17 billion a year. The number of 250,000...
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Settle Your Case with Advance DepositionsSettle Your Case with Advance Depositions
With over 99% of civil legal cases settling before jury verdict, Trial Guides asked some of its authors to comment about how their book can be used not just in...
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Trial Lawyers and the Issue of ObjectionsTrial Lawyers and the Issue of Objections
Law schools teach that you should object to every objectionable question, and raise every issue in litigation. Following your law school education on these issues risks you losing your clients'...
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The Power of Psychodrama in Law
The Power of Psychodrama in Law
Psychodrama is a group psychotherapy method created by Jacob Levy Moreno and popularized in the legal field by Gerry Spence through Trial Lawyers College. Thousands of civil trial lawyers and...
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Becoming a Trial Lawyer: Forget Playing it SafeBecoming a Trial Lawyer: Forget Playing it Safe
The way to play it safe in law school was to raise and explain every possible issue. If five arguments supported a particular result, you had better discuss them all....
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Becoming a Trial Lawyer: Trying your First Case
Becoming a Trial Lawyer: Trying your First Case
Trial lawyers have no established standards for determining when someone is ready to try a case. As you wrestle with the question of whether you are ready, remember that this...
