Anatomy of a Slip and Fall Case
Date: Apr 15, 2025 9:00 a.m. – 12:35 p.m.
Location: New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick,
Member Price: $177.00
Non-Member Price: $209.00
Section Price: $157.00
Areas of Law: Civil
Earn up to 4 credits! (More Information)
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Spend your morning gaining knowledge about one of the most common torts: the premises liability or slip and fall case. Learn how to navigate a variety of slip and fall cases: slippery floors, parking lot potholes and poorly constructed or maintained walkways. Whether you are a civil trial attorney or a general practitioner, you will benefit from this valuable seminar.
Discover effective strategies for representing both plaintiffs and defendants. Explore how to build your case using expert testimony and demonstrative evidence. The program will open with insight from industry experts and move on to a discussion of techniques used by both plaintiffs and defense attorneys in slip and fall cases, with a special segment offering a judicial perspective. This program provides you with an outline for handling the slip and fall case!
Topics include:
- The expert on slips, trips and falls
- Snow and ice and other weather concerns
- Plaintiff concerns in slip and fall cases
- Initial investigation
- What information to ask for and what documents you need.
- Initial document request and inspection. - Discovery issues
- Electronic discovery and the e-world.
- Social media.
- Photos and surveillance.
- Depositions.
- Initial investigation
- Defense perspective
- Initial investigation
- What information to ask for and what documents you need.
- Initial document request and inspection.
- Insurance coverage.
- Possible co-defendants. - Discovery issues
- Electronic discovery and the e-world.
- Use of social media.
- Photos and surveillance.
- Depositions.
- Initial investigation
- Special considerations concerning the Tort Claims Act
- Perspectives from the bench
- Use of the mode of operation charge, and more.
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