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- KonMari Method Your Cases: Neutralizing Junk Science
Defenses in Design Defect Cases - Warshauer Woodward Atkins: Referral Relationships (Verdict – The Journal of Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Spring 2019)
- Understanding The Mental Health Privilege (Verdict – The Journal Of The Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Spring 2015)
- Truck Safety Alert: The Rising Danger from Trucks, and How to Stop it (February 2013 AAJ Report)
- 2012 SOFA (“Switching Operations Fatality Analysis”) First Quarter Report – Railroad accident reports on many fatalities, and summaries of the 540 fatalities since 1975 and the thousands of severe injuries in recent years.
- Identifying Product Liability Cases in the Workplace – A Webinar by Michael Warshauer
- “Insurers are NOT Your Friends” Informational Videos:
- A Spouses’ Guide to the Federal Employers’ Liability Act – What To Do When Tragedy Strikes, A booklet by Michael Warshauer
- More About the McDonald’s Coffee Lawsuit
- How to Protect Your Rights When Injured on the Job (Publication of the United Transportation Union)
- They Knew and Failed To … True Stories of Corporations that Knew Their Products Were Dangerous, Sometimes Deadly (Publication of the American Association for Justice)
- Playing with Safety: Dangerous Toys and the Role of America’s Civil Justice System – the American Association of Justice’s report on unforeseen hazards in toys.
- Preparing Experts to Minimize the Risks of a Successful Challenge by Lyle G. Warshauer
- Prepping Your Expert by Lyle G. Warshauer and Michael Warshauer
- High Tech Testing by Michael Warshauer & Trent Shuping
- An Inaugural Message from Michael Warshauer
- Civil Justice is a CONSERVATIVE Value by Michael Warshauer
- Being a Trial Lawyer is Not for the Faint of Heart
- Are You a Real Lawyer
- Applying New Plausibility Standards for Plaintiffs
- Procedural Hurdles for Expert Testimony
- THE TRAIN USUALLY WINS, THE CREW TOO OFTEN LOSES – A Multi-Pronged Approach to Recovery for Crew Injuries Caused By Grade Crossing Collisions
- DAUBERT, JOINER, KUMHO TIRE, and WEISGRAM – What These Cases Stand For
- JURY CHARGES – THE BEGINNING AND END OF ALL TRIALS
- ARE YOU THE STEAM ROLLER OR THE PAVEMENT? FIVE THINGS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE
- O.C.G.A. 34-9-11.1 IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
- DEMONSTRATIVE EVIDENCE IN RAILROAD CASES FROM CHEAP TO EXPENSIVE
- DEMONSTRATIVE EVIDENCE: EXHIBITS FOR THE RICH AND THE POOR
- CROSS EXAMINATION OF DEFENDANT AND DEFENDANT’S EXPERT
- DIRECT AND CROSS EXAMINATION AT TRIAL
- DIRECT EXAMINATION OF EXPERT WITNESSES
- Don’t Get Railroaded When Conducting a Site Inspection
- CAN THE CARRIER REDUCE ITS DAMAGES BY DISMISSING THE EMPLOYEE FROM SERVICE?
- EFFECTIVE USE OF DO IT YOURSELF FOCUS GROUPS
- BEATING THE STATUTE OF REPOSE NEW IDEAS FOR OLD PRODUCTS
- OPENING ARGUMENT
- TRIAL EXHIBITS AND DEMONSTRATIVE EVIDENCE
- Combating the Intervening Negligence Defense in Product Liability Cases
- LIAR, LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE – IMPEACHMENT BY CROSS EXAMINATION
- Novel Yet Unconventional Trial Tactics that Worked
- MEDIATION OF A MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE CASE FROM THE PLAINTIFF’S PERSPECTIVE
- PROPER PLEADINGS PREVENT PREEMPTION PROBLEMS
- AN OVERVIEW OF GEORGIA PRODUCT LIABILITY LAW
- POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
- SUING RAILROADS: The Train May Win the Battle, But You Can Win The War
- STRATEGIES AND USES OF ADR FROM THE PLAINTIFF’S PERSPECTIVE
- EVIDENTIARY AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF TECHNOLOGICALLY PRESENTED EVIDENCE
- TRIAL PREPARATION
- TRIAL THEMES: A Trial Without a Theme is a Trial Without a Purpose and
- MY TOP TEN TIPS ON PRESENTING EVIDENCE AT TRIAL
- What Every Plaintiff Lawyer Needs to Know About Daubert: Your Expert May Have a Daubert Problem You Don’t Know About
- IDENTIFYING VALID CLAIMS IT TAKES ALL THREE LEGS FOR THE STOOL TO STAND
- DEATH CLAIMS IN GEORGIA Who has the claims for what damages?
- THE CURIOUS WORK OF DEPOSITIONS
- Frequently Asked Questions on Employee Protections on Reporting Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses on the Railroad Industry
- Consistent Evidence Involving Engineering Issues Railroading ABC: the FELA Claim
- Daubert: A Double Edged Sword
- Preserving Issues for Appeal
- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE IN THE ERA OF MANAGED CARE
- Consistent Evidence Involving Engineering Issues
- CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES TO SB3
- Daubert: A Practical Guide to Navigating the New Playing Field for Expert Testimony in Georgia
- Update on Daubert: What Has It Done to Affect the Right to Jury Trial?
- HOSPITAL LIABILITY
- Jury Charges and Preserving Objections
- Newborn Metabolic Screening – Adequate Medical Care Begins Here
- Legal Ethics for Legal Assistants
- Preemption: The Pendulum Swings Yet Again
- A Primer On Medical Malpractice Law
- BASICS OF PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE
- An Overview of Current Subrogation Issues
- TRIAL PREPARATION: File and Work Flow Organization
- POLITICS MATTER
- Procedural Hurdles for Expert Testimony
- Paying Out the Settlement: Resolving Liens and Reimbursement Rights
- GETTING THE SMALL CAR WRECK CASE TO TRIAL IN AN EFFICIENT MANNER – OR – JUST SAY NO TO SMALL OFFERS
- Subrogation Update