Pre-Existing Injuries and Conditions Make Your Cases MORE Valuable

Don’t let the insurance company defense industry convince you that your client’s pre-existing injuries and conditions make your case less valuable (or valueless). In fact, they make your case MORE valuable. The law protects everyone equally, but it has certain special protections for those who are vulnerable. That’s what a pre-existing injury or condition is – a vulnerability. In this workshop, we discuss how to take what has been traditionally considered a weakness and turn it into a strength. Topics will include:

• Preparing your client from written discovery responses to testifying at trial
• Cross-examining the defense medical expert
• Voir dire on pre-existing injuries and conditions 
• Opening Statements and putting prior medical history into context
• Closing Arguments and jury instructions that full proof your case