Are you a new attorney thinking about going into personal injury practice? Are you a more experienced attorney that might want to take a personal injury claim but you are unsure of the process? Then join highly experienced personal injury attorneys Jason Cohn and Saar Swartzon as they present the anatomy of a handling personal injury case.
This course is geared towards attorneys that are new to personal injury practice and covers five key areas of personal injury cases: liability issues, property damage, injury & medical bills, causation of the injury and collectibility of damages. Mr. Cohn and Mr. Swartzon also specifically address vicarious liability, auto/bicycle/pedestrian cases, premises liability, dog maulings, reviewing insurance estimates, UM/UMI (Uninsured & Underinsured Motorist Coverage), injuries & treatment, medical bills & economic damages, loss of earnings & future loss of earnings, non economic damages, statutory reimbursement liens, prior injuries & claims, structured settlements, medicaid recipients & disqualification and common ethical & malpractice traps in personal injury practice. This course will give you excellent practical advice before you take that first personal injury case.
Jason Cohn began his legal career practicing business litigation and injury defense for a firm in Newport Beach. Since beginning his own solo practice in 2003, Mr. Cohn has represented hundreds of clients in plaintiff personal injury matters including catastrophic injury, wrongful death and victims of crime. In so doing, Mr. Cohn has recovered millions of dollars in compensation for his clients. Saar Swartzon has acted as lead trial counsel on many successful personal injury verdicts and settlements and he recently helped obtain a $36 million jury verdict for an asbestos victim. Mr. Swartzon actively participates as a Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles member, American Association of Trial Lawyers of America active member, as well as other associated Orange County Personal Injury associations and organizations. Admitted in both California and Illinois, Mr. Swartzon is also an adjunct professor at Southwestern University School of Law.