Trial Advocacy College: Advanced Litigating Truck Collision Cases

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Trial Advocacy College: Advanced Litigating Truck Collision Cases 

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October 9, 2009 - October 12, 2009
Hotel Palomar Atlanta-Midtown
Atlanta, GA

33.25 hours total CLE Credits (includes 1 hour of ethics)

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2009 Agenda
FRIDAY, October 9, 2009

• Truck/Bus Case Evaluation
Joseph A. Fried, GA

• Discovery
 Michael J. Leizerman, OH

• Truck/Bus Cases ARE Different—Intake to Trial (Equipment; Evidence;   
   Reconstruction; Spoliation/TRO; Experts and Rules)
Kenneth L. Shigley, GA

• Deposing the Records Custodian & Truck/Bus Company Safety Director (Demonstration)
Morgan G. Adams, TN

• Panel:  The Mom & Pop or the Behemoth Trucking Company—Different but the Same—FMCSR’s/Rules
All Speakers

• Reversing the Defenses & Defense Experts 
Frank Costilla, Jr., TX

• Deposing the Defendant Truck/Bus Driver (Demonstration)
Joseph A. Fried, GA

  Workshop: Deposing the Defendant Driver/Safety Director—Generic/Specific

Saturday, October 10, 2009

• Jury De-Selection
Robert L. Collins, TX
Richard A. Jenson, TX


• Developing the Rules in a Trucking Case
Jeffrey A. Burns, MO

• Developing Themes in Commercial Transportation Cases
Gregory S. Cusimano , AL

• How to Turn the Rules into Conscious Disregard
Jeffrey A. Burns, MO

• Panel: “Roping, Saddling & Riding the Wild Reptile”
All Speakers

• Referrals and Ethics—Sign up to Settlements
Morgan G. Adams, TN

 Workshop: Crafting the Rules and Themes

Sunday, October 11, 2009

• Panel: Rules; Take-Aways; Defenses; Top 3 Problems and Solutions
All Speakers

• Truck Company Operations—order intake to crash—Inside the Company 
John W. Moore, AZ

 • Data—What’s There, Where it is and What to do with it; And Inside the Bus Operation
Roger C. Allen, TX

• CSA/SafeStat Issues
Michael J. Leizerman, OH

• Selection, Preparation & Direct Examination of the Accident Reconstruction Expert (Demonstration)
Jeffrey A. Burns, MO

• Panel Discussion—Rules/Experts/Defenses/Polarizing the Case 
All Speakers

 Workshop: Jury De-Selection & Challenges for Cause

• Panel: Rules & Jurors
All Speakers

Monday, October 12, 2009

• Cross-Examining the DME (Demonstration)
Robert L. Collins, TX

• Opening Statement—Rules; Themes; Polarize (Demonstration)
Frank Costilla, Jr., TX

• Closing Argument (Demonstration)
Marion K. Munley, PA

  Workshop: Using the Rules in Opening

     


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