An injury can impact the quality of someone's life for years to come - or permanently. Representing an injured party is an enormous responsibility. The techniques you use during a case will impact both your client's future well-being and your viability as a competent practitioner. Do you have the knowledge you need to ensure a favorable outcome?

Build your skills from the convenience of your desk! You'll learn best practices for assessing a variety of personal injury cases. Take a closer look at the statutes that affect liability evaluation, as well as the laws of damages. Walk through the basics of civil practice and procedure, so you'll know what to do. Discover when it's in your client's best interest to settle, and when you'll need to go to trial. Order today!

1. Statutes Which Affect Liability Evaluation
2. Understanding the Law of Damages
3. Basics of Civil Practice and Procedure
4. Ethical Considerations for the Plaintiff's Attorney
5. Personal Injury Settlements
6. Trial of the Plaintiff's Personal Injury Case

1. STATUTES WHICH AFFECT LIABILITY EVALUATION
   8:30 - 9:45, Tim Dalton Dunn
   1. Statutes of Limitation
   2. Automobile Accident Statutes
   3. Injuries on Recreational Lands
   4. Sovereign Immunity
2. UNDERSTANDING THE LAW OF DAMAGES
   9:45 - 10:55, Leonard E. McGee
   1. Economic Damages
   2. Non-Economic Damages
   3. Wrongful Death and Survival Claims
3. BASICS OF CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
   11:10 - 12:40, Jeffrey D. Gooch
   1. Assessment of Particular Case Types - Interviews and Investigation
      1. Automobile Accident Cases
      2. Slip and Fall Cases
      3. Product Liability Cases
      4. Others
   2. The Discovery Process
      1. Written Discovery
      2. Informal Discovery Including Public Sources of Information
      3. Taking and Defending Depositions
   3. Initial Court Filings
   4. Preparing Evidence Prior to Trial
      1. Understanding the Rules of Evidence
      2. Documentary Evidence
      3. Testamentary Evidence
      4. Demonstrative Evidence
4. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEY
   1:40 - 2:40, John A. Snow
   1. The Contingent Fee
   2. The Costs of Litigation - What is a Legitimate Cost?
   3. Advertising Legal Services
   4. Candor Toward the Tribunal
   5. Meritorious Claims and Contentions
5. PERSONAL INJURY SETTLEMENTS
   2:55 - 3:35, Susan Black Dunn
   1. Negotiation Techniques
   2. Mediation as a Settlement Tool
   3. Subrogation Interests
   4. Structured Settlements
   5. Understanding the Joint Tortfeasor Release and Other Releases
6. TRIAL OF THE PLAINTIFF'S PERSONAL INJURY CASE
   3:35 - 4:40, Leonard E. McGee
   1. How to Avoid the Most Common Mistakes Made by New Attorneys
   2. Jury Selection - Voir Dire and Jury Questionnaires
   3. The Basics of an Opening Statement
   4. Presentation of Evidence
   5. Direct and Cross-Examination of Witnesses
   6. Proving Economic and Non-Economic Damages
   7. Delivering a Powerful Closing Argument
   8. Post-Trial Relief

SUSAN BLACK DUNN is an exceptional trial lawyer with expertise in all aspects of employment, workers' compensation, personal injury and wrongful death claims. She has been the lead counsel in many hearings before the Utah Labor Commission, and has argued workers' compensation cases on appeal. Ms. Black Dunn is experienced in products liability, medical malpractice, railroad and aviation claims as well as vehicular and other accident law. She graduated from the University of Utah with a B.A. degree in political science and earned her J.D. degree from the University of Utah. Ms. Black Dunn is very active in the community and nonprofit organizations. She is on the Board of Directors for the Friends of Multiple Sclerosis and is an advocate for the University of Utah health sciences as well as a member of the Sierra Club. Ms. Black Dunn lends her support to the University of Utah Hospital Foundation that helps provide medical care and treatment for the underserved members of the Salt Lake community.

TIM DALTON DUNN  is the senior partner and trial lawyer in the law firm of Dunn & Dunn, P.C., where he handles both plaintiff and defense cases. His areas of practice include tort law, copyright law, insurance law and trial practice. Mr. Dunn was awarded the 2004 Utah Trial Lawyer of the year. He has been nominated by his peers for the past few years as among the Utah Legal Elite. Mr. Dunn has received 178 jury verdicts in civil jury trials. He has written numerous papers on tort law, insurance law and court procedure, and has drafted a significant number of Utah's insurance and tort laws. Mr. Dunn also has spoken for various business and professional groups on trial related issues. He was a member of the 2006 U.S./Latvian Trial Demonstration team. Mr. Dunn is a former director of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), and has been awarded Diplomat status, ABOTA's highest rank achievable. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Hawaii State Bar Association, the District of Columbia Bar, the Utah State Bar, the Defense Research Institute, the American Defense Trial Lawyers Association and the American Insurance Attorney's Association. Mr. Dunn earned his B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Utah.

JEFFREY D. GOOCH is the principal in The Gooch Firm in Salt Lake City. He practices civil trial work, focusing on medical negligence, catastrophic injury, products liability and wrongful death. Mr. Gooch is a member of the American Association of Justice, where he is an associate of the National College of Advocacy. He also is a member of the Order of Barristers and has served on the Board of Governors for the Utah Trial Lawyers since 1999. Mr. Gooch is a graduate of the Trial Lawyers College. He earned his B.A. and J.D. degrees from Brigham Young University.

LEONARD E. MCGEE is the managing attorney in law office of Robert J. DeBry & Associates, where he practices in the area of personal injury litigation. He has spoken for various professional groups on his area of practice and has written "Crime Victim Compensation," Journal of Contemporary Law, Winter 1979. Mr. McGee is a past assistant attorney general in the Utah State Attorney General's Office. He earned his B.S. degree from the University of Utah and his J.D. degree from the University of Utah College of Law. Mr. McGee is a member of the Utah State Bar (member, Committees on: Fee Arbitration, 1992 and Alternative Dispute Resolution, 1992) and the Federal Bar Association.

JOHN A. SNOW is a shareholder at Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy, with offices in Utah and Nevada. His practice consists of general civil litigation, including general commercial and business litigation, construction, insurance, professional malpractice and personal injury. Mr. Snow was named in The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of legal malpractice, construction and commercial litigation. He also is designated in Utah Business magazine's Utah Legal Elite in the specialty of civil litigation and as "Super Lawyer" in the Mountain States in Super Lawyers magazine. Mr. Snow speaks extensively in Utah and Nevada for various business and professional groups on his areas of practice. He is a member of the Utah State Bar, the State Bar of Nevada and the American Bar Association. Mr. Snow earned his B.A. degree from Brigham Young University and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Arizona State University.

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