Litigating Minor Impact Soft Tissue Cases (AAJ Press)

Karen Koehler, Michael D. Freeman

Book with CD-ROM
Copyright: 2005-2007

Last Updated: 11/17/2007

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Provides plaintiff attorneys clear guidance on representing Minor Impact Soft Tissue (MIST) cases, and strategies for winning. Gives an insider’s view of the software used by major auto insurance companies. Combines expert legal and medical guidance and resources you can use to win your MIST cases. Includes step-by-step procedure, references from other medical resources, and a CD-ROM with almost 100 forms.

Features

A trial notebook to organize all case data and prevent missed steps and deadlines is provided
Accompanying CD-ROM provides sample letters, motions, interrogatories, and requests for production
Easily create all your MIST documents from the accompanying template on CD-ROM
Includes nearly 100 forms for every MIST case contingency, in print and on included CD-ROM
Provides an insider's look at insurance company MIST tactics
Gives easy access to the medical literature and tools that can prove your case and counter the opposition's
Includes step-by-step legal, medical, and forensic procedures from yourfirst client contact until you are compensated

Summary Of Contents

Law and Forms
- Part I. The Rise of Mist
  Chapter
  1. The Insurance Industry Takes Aim
  2. Overview of Colossus
  3. The Colossus Bias against Nondemonstrable Injuries
  4. Colossus in Use
  5. The Role of the Adjuster
  6. Restructuring Litigation Management
  7. The Attorney's Mission
  8. Intake Criteria
  9. Initial Client Meeting
  10. Preliminary Insurance Matters
  11. Investigating the Claim
  12. Settlement Overtures
  13. Filing the Lawsuit
  14. Service of Process
  15. Propounding Interrogatories and Requests for Production
  16. Admissions
  17. Conducting and Defending Depositions
- Part II. Defense Medical Examinations
  1. Nothing Independent about It
  2. The Defense Medical Exam
  3. Deconstructing the Defense Medical Examiner
- Part III. Defense Biomechanics
  1. Introduction
  2. Dealing with the Biomechanic
- Part IV. Pretrial Motion Practice
  1. Controlling the Tenor
  2. Developing a Database
- Part V. Thirty Days before Trial
  1. The Trial Notebook
  2. Preparing Witnesses
- Part VI. Trial
  1. Trial Brief
  2. Motions in Limine
  3. Jury Instructions
  4. Voir Dire
  5. Opening Statement
  6. Presenting Plaintiffs Case in Chief
  7. Countering the Defense
  8. Motion for Directed Verdict
  9. Closing Argument
Forensic Medicine
- Part I. Locating Medical Literature Relating to Motor Vehicle Crash Litigation
  Chapter
  1. Introduction to the Biomedical Literature Regarding Motor Vehicle Crash-Related Injuries
  2. How to search the biomedical/engineering literature and obtaining medical literature
  3. Helpful Websites
  4. Refining the Search for Medical Literature
- Part II. Forensic Applications of the Medical Literature in Motor Vehicle Crash Litigation
  1. Introduction
  2. Papers Related to Prognosis
  3. Papers Relating to Diagnosis
  4. Papers Relating to Biomechanics and Engineering
  5. Papers Addressing the Problems with the Literature and Junk Science
  6. Literature Refuting the Validity of Whiplash Injuries
  7. Application of Methods
  8. Cited Articles and Abstracts
Table of Laws and Rules
Table of Cases
Key Number Table
Index
Index to Forms

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