A potential client walks into your office. She was walking to her doctor’s appointment down the street from her condo when she got her toe caught in the uneven sidewalk and fell hard on her chest. Because her arms were outstretched as she fell, when she hit the cement her breast implants ruptured. Does she have a claim against the city?
Brett Schreiber tried this exact case. His client, the wife of the former mayor, was awarded $85,000 in damages against the city. In this CLE course Brett will mainly address how to bring tort claims against a government entity and the fine points of litigating the case, jury instructions, strategic considerations. He also discusses filing your governmental claim, minors & incompetents, what the claim must state, pleading with particularity, accrual, identifying statutory grounds, additional elements, pitfalls, investigation, using Google Street View to find to access pictures of past conditions, establishing notice of the dangerous conditions and voir dire.
Brett Schreiber’s practice includes mass torts, personal injury, medical malpractice and condemnation law. Brett is a young lawyer who has begun to distinguish himself as one of the next generation of legal leaders. In 2009 he earned recognition as one of San Diego’s Top Attorneys, perhaps the youngest person to do so. He is slated to be the youngest President in the history of the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego.