This is the basic outline for a CLE seminar for lawyers on Motor Vehicle Accidents (MVA).   If this is to be presented as a two hour seminar, the contents should may be tailored for plaintiffs' attorneys or for defendants' attorneys, to discuss the aspects from the point of view of most of the attendees.  The entire subject matter outlined below, if presented as a discussion of relevant factors for both plaintiff and defendant will ordinarily take three hours.

MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT (MVA)  INJURIES - SOME SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE ATTORNEY

A. Insurance Considerations

• (1) Your client=s insurance carrier
• (2) Adverse party=s insurance carrier

B. Ethical Considerations - Conflicts of Interest

• People in the vehicle
• Insured client and his/her insurer

C. MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY PRODUCTS.

• Look at All Factors Before You Sue
• Theories of Liability in Product Law
• Preservation, Spoliation, and Examination of the Vehicle

D. DEFENDING AGAINST THE DEFENSE & OFFENSING THE OFFENSE -- PRETRIAL

• Discovery Disclosure Demands
• Responding to Boiler Plate Pleading
• Responding to Boiler Plate Discovery
• Saving Money on Depositions
• Settle or Trial - It Shapes What You Do?
• Cost Benefit Analysis before starting work
• Emotional Commitment Analysis before starting work
• Risk Benefit Analysis after starting work

E. TRIAL OF THE CASE-- Preparing the Lay Witness - Tips and Strategies for Depositions and Trials.

F. Tips and Strategies on Selected Items for Plaintiff's vs. Defendant's Attorneys.

• Jury or No-jury 
• Getting the Expert Witness
• Preparing the Expert Witness
• Offensing the Other side's Expert Witness
• The Daubert - style motion strategy
• Presentation of Evidence