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In the fifth session on handling spinal injury cases by retired doctor and practicing trial lawyer Aaron DeShaw, Dr. DeShaw is joined by lawyer and cross-examination expert Dorothy Clay Sims. In this 90-minute webinar, DeShaw and Sims will share information about cross-examining defense experts so that you and your firm can obtain better settlements and verdicts in spinal injury cases.

The following areas will be addressed:

Defense medical examinations and the “insurance meat grinder”

Using Polarizing the Case
Waddell’s test and other allegations of malingering

Researching the defense expert
Typical issues with the following defense experts:

Biomechanist
Crash reconstructionist
Neurosurgeon
Neurologist
Orthopedic surgeon
Orthopedist
Physiatrist
Pain management
Radiologist or neuroradiologist
Doctor of chiropractic
Psychologist, psychiatrist or neuropsychologist (limited to spinal injury cases)

Are there potential ethics violations by the expert?
What to ask for from the defense expert in discovery
Daubert or Frye motions against defense witness
Motions limiting testimony
Cross-examination of defense witnesses in deposition or trial
Constructive vs. destructive cross-examination

Traditional cross or dynamic cross
Using learned treatises

Additional sessions in this series will cover the following topics:

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