Replay – Anatomy of a Slip-and-Fall Case
Date: Oct 6, 2024 9:00 a.m. – 12:35 p.m.
Location: Online
Member Price: $199.00
Non-Member Price: $250.00
Section Price: $0.00
Areas of Law: Civil, Civil Trial Bar, For All Attorneys, Young Lawyers Division
Earn up to 4 credits! (More Information)
Keynote
Moderator
- Shawn C. Huber, Esq.
- Certified By the Supreme Court of New Jersey As a Civil Trial Attorney
Brown & Connery, LLP
Presenters
- Hon. Owen C. McCarthy, P.J.Cv.
- Monmouth County Courthouse
- Thomas M. Else
- Senior Forensic Meteorologist AMS Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM)
Weather Works, LLC, Hackettstown - Tracey C. Hinson, Esq.
- Hinson Snipes, LLP, Princeton
- Scott D. Moore, PE CSP CSMTT
- President, Moore Engineering Services, Voorhees
- Laura Nicolette, Esq.
- Zarwin Baum DeVito Kaplan Schaer Toddy P.C., Jersey City
- Jeffrey J. Zenna, Esq.
- Certified By the Supreme Court of New Jersey As a Civil Trial Attorney
Blume Forte Fried Zerres & Molinari, PC
Best of NJICLE Replay
Don't miss this opportunity to catch up on the Anatomy of a Slip-and-Fall Case seminar you missed!
NOTE: This is a previously recorded seminar and does not count as "live" credits.
Presented in cooperation with the NJSBA Certified Attorney and Civil Trial Bar Sections
One of the most common torts is the premises liability or slip-and-fall accident. Slippery floors, parking lot potholes and poorly-constructed or maintained walkways often give rise to premises liability cases. Whether you are a trial attorney or general practitioner, you are likely to deal with this type of case in your career.
This convenient, half-day program provides an outline for handling slip-and-fall cases. You’ll learn effective strategies for representing plaintiffs and defendants and explore how to build your case by using demonstrative evidence and expert testimony. 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.
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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