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Jim M. Perdue, author
Hard copy book specifications:
- 1 hardcover book
- 436 pages
- 7.25″ x 10.25″ x 1″
ISBN: 978-0-938160-54-0 © 1989
Every trial lawyer will be entertained and enlightened by Who Will Speak for the Victim? A Practical Treatise on Plaintiff’s Jury Argument. Chapters address methods of arguing liability and damages in various types of personal injury cases, emphasizing effective approaches to relating the evidence and argument to the specific questions the jury must answer. Written by a personal injury plaintiff’s lawyer from that perspective, defense counsel and lawyers engaged in business, corporate, and family law litigation will find that many of the concepts and principles this book discusses apply equally to their diverse specialties.
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Jim M. Perdue, author
Hard copy book specifications:
ISBN: 978-0-938160-54-0 © 1989
1. Interrelation of Argument and the Case
2. Preparing the Argument
3. Levels of Communication—Verbal, Vocal, and Physical
4. Subliminal Persuasion
5. Technique Versus Style
6. The Trial Lawyer’s Appearance
7. Posture, Gestures, and Movement
8. Demeanor
9. Mechanics of Speech
10. Selection and Use of Words
11. Use of Anecdotes and Poetry
12. Use of Similes, Metaphors, and Analogies
13. Use of Rhetorical Questions and Embedded Commands
14. Content of Argument
15. How Juries Deliberate
16. Arguing Liability—Generally
17. Workers’ Compensation
18. Automobile Cases
19. Premises Injuries
20. Product Liability
21. Medical Malpractice
22. Arguing Damages—Generally
23. Physical Pain
24. Mental Anguish
25. Future Damages
26. Loss of Earning Capacity
27. Death
28. The Case of the Redundant Oxygen—A Product Liability Argument
29. The Case of the Nurse Who Wasn’t Borrowed—A Hospital Liability Argument
30. The Case of the Unknown Future—An Automobile Injury Argument
31. The case of the Errant Surgeon—A Surgical Malpractice Argument
Bibliography
Index