By Dr. Ken Broda Bahm Earlier this Spring, a courthouse in Jackson Mississippi was actually invaded by snakes. That story might have made some in the plaintiff’s bar smile a bit, since in their view, Reptiles have been invading American courtrooms across the country for a few years now. Reptile: The 2009 Manual of the […]
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By Dr. Ken Broda Bahm: Justice may be blind, but hired experts can see pretty darned well in our litigation system. No, a responsible expert won’t lie in order to support their client. But yes, a knowledge of who the client is can’t help but have at least a subtle influence on the resulting testimony.
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By Dr. Ken Broda Bahm: So you are facing a pro se adversary, and you expect that due to the lack of legal representation, this party is apt to produce briefing that is legally unsophisticated, and perhaps even entertaining, right? Maybe not. Just as pro se litigation has been on the rise, so too has its evil partner, legal
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By: Dr. Ken Broda Bahm – There is a pattern in medical malpractice litigation: people want to trust their doctors. This pattern is something observed in our own experience, in human psychology, and in attitudes toward malpractice trials. Plaintiffs only win when jurors are able to overcome that trust. The best thing that doctor-defendants have
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