Three key areas can make or break your personal injury case – liability, damages & collectability. Understanding how to assess these three key areas of your case can have a significant affect on the results that you obtain for your clients and can save you a lot of time, effort and resources.
In this follow up course to Personal Injury: Liability, Damages and Collectibility, trial attorney Dan Gilleon thoroughly analyzes these three key areas when handling a personal injury case. The main topics discussed include the importance of jury instructions, using experts to establish liability & damages and how to leverage liability & damages to maximize recovery for your client. Further subjects covered include learning to rely & build your case on jury instructions, the basic duty of care, presumption of negligence per se, causation/substantial factor, reliance on the good conduct of others, failing to properly prepare your experts, accident reconstructionists, safety experts, biomechanic experts, human factors experts, lighting experts, helmet experts, expert issues with written discovery & depositions, insurance, past medical expenses, general damages, pre-existing conditions, the eggshell plaintiff, damages experts, settlement offers, underinsured motorist coverage, bifurcation and maintaining your professionalism.
Daniel M. Gilleon has spent more than a decade at the forefront of San Diego personal injury and civil rights litigation. Known as a tenacious litigator, his outstanding track record makes him a distinguished legal voice in the local and national media. Mr. Gilleon practices in the areas of personal injury, employment law and civil rights.