Settling Motor Vehicle Cases

This DVD set contains highlights from the first advanced Trial Guides CLE seminar dedicated to motor vehicle cases. It features epidemiologist/crash reconstructionist Dr. Arthur Croft, researcher Dr. Paul Ivancic, and trial lawyer Dr. Aaron DeShaw. In addition to handling a wide variety of issues related to injury causation, accident reconstruction, and typical defenses related to all types of auto cases, the set also addresses challenges specific to minor impact cases. It provides an advanced and in-depth consideration of motor vehicle cases that will take you from the fundamentals of insurance claims settlement and through more advanced topics. This set will give you the information necessary to get your clients fair compensation for their losses and overcome the defe...

It's time to see the doctor. But this one is not a friendly treating doctor. This one was hired by the insurance company or a defense lawyer to either terminate your client's care or say that he wasn't really injured. This doctor is not on your side. This video teaches your injured clients about the tricks played by defense doctors in their efforts to call into question your clients' honesty, prevent them from obtaining the treatment they need, and destroy their insurance claim. This instructional video is hosted by Karen Koehler (Litigating Minor Impact Soft Tissue Cases), one of the United States' leading trial lawyers. She will provide clear and simple instructions for your clients about the defense medical examination process and teach them how to avoid the...

Yes, this is a medical text. But if you settle cases, you should know this book intimately. Why?  Because at most auto insurers, an AMA impairment rating is the second largest driver of settlement value, only behind the injury diagnoses themselves. So, for any injury your client experiences, you should know whether it qualifies as a permanent impairment, and if so, the right doctor you can refer to for an AMA permanent impairment rating. Don’t bother with the 6th Edition, it’s controversial, its validity is disputed, the majority of doctors don’t use it, and as a result, it shouldn’t be admissible. For this reason, insurers and their bodily injury software programs continue to use the widely accepted 5th Edition. And, no, it isn’t just for workers compensation cases - something adjustors and defense lawyers will often misrepresent. See the upcoming Demand Letters DVD for more about how and why you should be getting permanent impairment ratings on those clients that have a legitimate impairment claim when you plan to settle the case.

In Running with the Bulls: How to Win Top-Dollar Settlements, Nick Rowley and Courtney Rowley argue that the point of settlement is to get your clients a just and fair amount. But how do you ensure that you’re obtaining the full amount of civil justice for the people who entrust you with their cases? Running with the Bulls walks you through proven methods for negotiating just settlements for your clients. Along the way, it covers a range of topics, including how to evaluate noneconomic damages, a step-by-step guide for constructing and sending effective demand letters, how to write a demand letter that will open the defendant’s insurance policy, how to help an injury victim when the policy limits are low, and many other valuable insights and powerful negotiat...