The fourth edition of Anatomy of a Personal Injury Lawsuit, a two-volume set edited by John Romano, is a comprehensive and up-to-date resource for practicing plaintiffs’ attorneys and their staffs. Written by over sixty contributing experts on trial law and personal injury medicine, this new edition is stuffed with detailed advice, practice tips, arguments, charts, illustrations, and examples that you won’t find collected together anywhere else.

This new edition provides a step-by-step guide through the process of a personal injury claim, from the initial client interview to closing statements, including:

Detailed discussions of how to negotiate for better outcomes during settlement and navigate through alternatives to litigation.
Ways to present and make effective damages arguments for a variety of different kinds of cases (from punitive and wage-loss to noneconomic and medical related damages).
The importance of understanding vital details such as how insurance companies are likely to view your clients’ claims.
How to fight secrecy orders and deal with corporate defendants in discovery.
In-depth explorations into common medical issues in personal injury cases, from basic anatomy and medical examination to epidemiology.
An instructive overview on the benefits and methodology of using focus groups and mock trials to inform your strategies in settlement and trial.
Essential elements of trial including everything from jury selection to closing statements.

Whether you’re settling your cases or following through to verdict, this is the must-have field manual to personal injury cases for every plaintiff’s attorney in America.

*This book is available for $225 for New Lawyers and Law Students who have been accepted into our New Lawyers Program. Please call our office at 800-309-6845 to receive this exclusive discount.

The following people contributed to this product:

Morgan Adams
Mary E. Alexander
Lori E. Andrus
Leslie A. Bailey
James Bartimus
William A. Barton
Timothy J. Becker
Lisa Blue
Frank L. Branson
Virginia M. Buchanan
Michael S. Burg
Peter W. Burg
William F. Cash III
James B. Chaplin
Arthur C. Croft
William M. Cunningham
Tom D'Amore
Aaron DeShaw
Anthony L. DeWitt
Stuart R. Fraenkel
Joseph Fried
Brenda S. Fulmer
Matt Garretson
Marc D. Grossman
Robert L. Habush
Dustin B. Herman
Robert Hirschhorn
Richard A. Jenson
Julie Braman Kane
Mark R. Kosieradzki
Jeffrey J. Kroll
Mark Lanier
Jennifer Lapinski
Judith Livingston
Michael Maggiano
Patrick Malone
Randi McGinn
Mary Alice McLarty
Phillip H. Miller
Billie-Marie Morrison
Gretchen M. Nelson
Peter Perlman
Dorothy (Dottie) Perry Barker
Troy A. Rafferty
John M. Rastaino, Jr., DPM, JD, MPH
Karen Roberts
Daniel S. Robinson
J. Eric Romano
Todd A. Romano
Clay Rossi
Jacob Rusch
P.J. Scheiner
Peter M. Schosheim, MD, FACS
Paul J. Scoptur
Lance M. Sears
Robert Shepherd, MS, CMI, FAMI
Gerry Spence
Kent Spence
Joseph Vaccaro
Tom Vesper
David A. Wenner

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