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Tire Safety Can Save Your Life And The Lives Of Others
Tire Safety Can Save Your Life I have been working on a tire safety case for a client who was catastrophically injured in an automobile truck collision that was caused by defective tires. He was just driving along doing what he has been taught to do. He was not drinking, eating, letting himself become distracted Read More
Focus Groups For Medical Negligence Cases
I’m speaking on Saturday Feb 8 to the Medical Negligence section of the American Association for Justice at their mid year convention in New Orleans with a topic “How focus groups can help you prepare to for a medical negligence case” Never been a member of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) formerly the Association Read More
Important Safety Issues For My Friends
Important Safety Issues I hope you are well. I’ve run across several important safety issues that I think need to be shared with my friends. Take a minute and look them over and share them with your family and friends. Stroller and Other Baby Product Recalls While I was looking into news of baby stroller Read More
Juror Proof Will Win Your Big Case – Getting Into The Minds Of Your Jury
Juror Proof: What Do Your Jurors Think About Your Case? One of the most valuable lessons I have learned during my years as a personal injury trial lawyer is the concept that “juror proof” decides cases, not “legal proof.” Juror proof drives juror deliberations, even though it’s not part of the legal elements of the Read More
Part 5: Evasive Witnesses That Use Spiteful Precision
As a trial lawyer I always hate it when you are taking a defendant witness deposition and they continue to disrupt your questioning by asking you to define the words in your questions. As a trial consultant I have developed several ways to prepare for and approach this type of evasive witness. This category of Read More
Phillip Miller Set To Speak At Southern Trial Lawyers Association in New Orleans
It is with gratitude and humility that I announce that I have been chosen to speak at the Southern Trial Lawyers Association Annual Conference at Mardi Gras in New Orleans. My topic will be: Creating a Trial Story: Three approaches That Work. The 32nd STLA Annual Conference at Mardi Gras is February 19 through 23, Read More
Nashville Trial Lawyer/Trial Consultant Phillip H. Miller Chosen Best Lawyer Best Law Firm
Nashville Trial Lawyer/Trial Consultant Phillip H. Miller at the Miller Law Offices has been awarded a Tier 1 ranking in the U.S. News – Best Lawyers and the Miller Law Offices received a Tier 1 ranking in the U.S. News – Best Lawyer Best Law Firm in Nashville in the category of personal injury Read More
AAJ Advanced Deposition College January New Orleans
This is the time! Come to our American Association For Justice (AAJ) Advanced Deposition College January 17-20, 2020 in New Orleans. Strengthen your deposition skills with top-notch AAJ faculty in New Orleans at AAJ’s Advanced Depositions College. This program provides the strategies and techniques to enhance the performance of even the most experienced plaintiff trial lawyer at the deposition table. Read More
Evasive Witness Part 4: Witnesses Who Refuse To Give An Opinion
Evasive Witness Part 4: Witnesses Who Refuse To Give An Opinion This category describes a witness who will no give any opinions, claiming, “I’m only a fact witness.” In this situation, be prepared to have case law available to cite that lay opinion is different than expert opinion, and also that opinion testimony is discoverable Read More
Evasive Witnesses Part Three – The Evasive Expert Witness
Part Three Category 2: The Evasive Expert Witness This is the third Blog in a series covering how we deal with evasive witnesses. You can see those Blogs here. The examination of experts or other evasive witnesses in a deposition often is reduced to one of two things: 1. An extended argument or harangue of Read More