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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

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