Wednesday, February 2 • 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. ET
Brett A. Tarver will be a panelist on the "Cross-Examination of the Sympathetic Plaintiff in a Personal Injury Case: Plaintiff and Defense Strategies," CLE webinar on Wednesday, February 2, 2022, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (EST).
This CLE webinar will equip trial lawyers to handle the challenging task of cross-examining a plaintiff claiming significant injury. Defense counsel is between a rock and a hard place: push too hard in the wrong way and create sympathy for the plaintiff; hold back too much and the defense fails to point out critical flaws in the plaintiff's case. Plaintiff's counsel is always ready to exploit this dilemma.
The panel will review these and other critical issues:
- Whether to make deposition or trial the venue for plaintiff's cross-examination
- Substantive preparation and planning for the plaintiff's deposition
- Strategies for discrediting the plaintiff without provoking anger at the defendant(s)
- Deposition strategies that plaintiffs use for fortifying their case