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How the Defense Values a Case
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Personal Injury Practice in 2020 - What you Need to Know to be Prepared for the Future
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Masters in Trial®: A Trial Demonstration from Opening Statement through Jury Deliberation
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Discovery in a Commercial Trucking Case
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Free Legislative Webinar RE: Net Worth (SB735), 8/24/15
August 24, Noon: TTLA President Bryan O. Blevins will discuss the changes to discovery of net worth of a party passed last session (1-hr CLE). Learn the impetus behind the bill and the story of the negotiations leading to the enacted version. Before the bill's effective date of September 1, 2015, He will take you through the legislative history of the bill ' from an outright ban on discovery of net worth to a new discovery procedure ' and share with you strategies for how to comply with this new area of discovery practice. Click on the headline to register.

Free Legislative Webinar RE: Forum Non Conveniens (HB 1692), 8/25/15
August 25, Noon: Join TTLA's Vice President for Communications Laura Tamez for a webinar (1-hr CLE) on the changes to the Forum Non Conveniens statute, Chapter 71 CPRC. Laura will discuss the In Re Ford case, which led to the filing of the bill and the negotiations which crafted the final language passed into law. Laura will discuss the changes to the safe harbor aspect of the statute and the changes to the definitions in the statute ' the elimination of the definition of 'legal resident' and the changes to the definition of 'plaintiff.' The changes to this statute are effective now, so if you have a case with FNC implications, you need to listen to this webinar. Click on the headline to register.

Laws/Cases

Second I-75 Crash Victim Files Suit Against Driver
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A second lawsuit has been filed against the semi-truck driver who caused a seven-car, fatal accident on Interstate 75 in in Chattanooga, Tennessee earlier this summer. The 39-year-old truck driver crashed into seven vehicles, killing six people in the accident that took place in June. The most recent lawsuit has been filed by one of the crash victims and his wife. The lawsuit names as defendants the driver and his employers, the owners of Cool Runnings Express, Inc. and seeks $2,500,000 in compensatory damages and $10,000,000 in punitive damages. On Monday, the driver was indicted on six counts of vehicular homicide, four counts of reckless aggravated assault, driving under the influence of narcotics, speeding and making false reports about his duty status.
Kendi Anderson, Chattanooga Times Free Press 08/05/2015 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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