Michigan CLE - Personal Injury Courses
This is a listing of Personal Injury CLE Courses for Michigan. Please make your selection below of Michigan CLE courses. Click "Add To Cart" to purchase Individual CLE Courses. For more information about a particular CLE course, click on the "More Info" link. Click the "Preview" button to view a short preview of the course.
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Litigating a Failure to Warn Claim in a Products Liability and Personal Injury Case
The failure to warn claim is standard in most product liability and/or personal injury lawsuits in the United States. As a result, a complex system and strategy of product warning and safety communications has developed. This CLE course, led by renowned author and internationally acclaimed expert Dr. Gerald Goldhaber, will review the development of these claims from the turn of the century until today, including recent codes, standards and regulations, government agencies that govern decisions,... More Info
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Cross-Examination of the Negative Defense Medical Examination
Personal injury cases produce no shortage of experts, primarily medical experts, who are ready, trained and available to deliver testimony on the injuries of the plaintiff. Typically recruited by the medical insurance companies to perform an Insurance Medical Examination (IME), these medical experts, all of whom are paid for their testimonies, will submit that there were no damages suffered by the plaintiff and no sustained injuries. The medical experts enlisted are typically quite skilled, co... More Info
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Anatomy of a Car Accident Case
There are more than 6 million car accidents per year in the United States and more than 300,000 in New York alone. An understanding of how to successfully navigate a car accident case, particularly in New York, is an essential part of an attorney’s repertoire. This CLE course will cover the issue from beginning to end, including meeting with the client, getting the necessary information to submit a Personal Injury Protection claim and initiating a lawsuit. The course is comprehensive, addressing... More Info
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Truck Accident Litigation In a Nutshell
Truck accident litigation is an important and complex area of law. This CLE course will provide a complete overview of the issue including those covered by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, liabilities, statutory employment, and potential defenses in accidents that involve: Trucking company conduct Driver conduct Loading and unloading Intermodal transportation Underride collisions Forklift operations Driver fatigue FAAAA preemption Commercial motor vehicle insurance L... More Info
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The Uses of an Economist to Prove and Rebut Proof of Economic Damages in a Personal Injury Case or Wrongful Death Case
This practice-oriented CLE course, designed especially for attorneys litigating death and/or personal injury cases, offers practical information on the retention of an economist. The course is applicable regardless of jurisdiction or whether an attorney is for the defendant or plaintiff, and will address finding and retaining economists, the information, factual or otherwise, that an economist will require, work product and direct examination. Comprehensive in scope, the course will pr... More Info
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The Deposition Whisperer: How to be the Alpha and Control the Room
Hone your deposition skills in this CLE workshop designed to smooth client relationships and provide you with greater control over witness and adversary outcomes. Using the proven strategies presented in this CLE course, you will achieve an insight into how leading professional conduct depositions for more consistently positive outcomes. By drawing your attention to opportunities often wasted in discovery and learning to capitalize on them as well as integrating controlling law, practical and e... More Info
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Securing Social Security Disability Benefits
As technology advances, everyone must adjust and that includes attorneys. With the Social Security Administration shifting services to the internet, including those that enable securing benefits, attorneys are now able to represent clients across the country. This CLE course will review the current process for securing Social Security benefits and explore what makes a successful case. More Info
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Maritime Law: Personal Injury and Property Damage in Small Boat Cases
Maritime law is a wide and complex subject area. This CLE course will assist non-maritime lawyers grasp the legal issues so as to properly advise clients. The course will assess property damage cases, such as when a towboat hits a pier, and personal injury cases, such as when someone was standing on the pier when the tugboat hit, within the context of maritime law. The course will address underlying theories related to comparative fault, liability, personification of the vessel and in rem liab... More Info
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Litigating the Failure to Warn Claim: Plaintiff and Defense Courtroom Strategies
The growing complexity of warning labels make it even more critical that litigators in failure to warn cases understand the specific nuances involved. This CLE course will offer a comprehensive review of failure to warn actions and, using relevant examples from recent cases, how to build a case from the ground up. The course will explain warning claims, data gathering and trial preparation, paying particular attention to warnings experts and how and when to utilize them during litigation. The co... More Info
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Litigating the Failure to Warn Claim: Theory, History, Codes and Standards and Research Findings
It seems that ever since the McDonald’s coffee case, wherein the company was sued for failure to warn a customer that her coffee was hot, product warning labels have gone to extremes. From their inception as aural and visual signs, such as the Stop, Look and Listen traffic signals, to the government-mandated warnings on products such as cigarettes, we have now reached a stage where every potential hazard from the likely to the absurd is spelled out on increasingly long warning labels. This CLE c... More Info
$552General Credits
