What happens when your witness does not show up when he is called to the stand? You might feel that such a situation is rare or unheard but it happens more often than you think, especially in personal injury cases. There can be many reasons for the witness not showing up. For instance, you could have subpoenaed a witness, and the witness might have ignored the subpoena. Maybe the witness has voluntarily agreed to come in and testify, but now he is stuck in traffic. There could be many different reasons for a witness not showing up, despite the fact that he is scheduled to

In a car accident case in New York that goes to trial, will the judge ever give the jury his opinion or belief, about who is entitled to compensation, and if so, how much? The Judge can never Express His Opinion The short answer is no, the judge will never inform the jury what he believes someone is entitled to. Why is that? It is because the judge has nothing to do with deciding who more likely right than wrong is. That is the entire purpose of what the jury is going to do. The jury is there to decide who is more likely right

Victim of a Catastrophic Accident In a catastrophic accident case, the injured victim has suffered severe, horrible, and disabling injuries, where he cannot care for himself. Chances are such victims are in a nursing home, in a rehabilitation facility, or maybe they are at home receiving 24-hour care. Rather than bringing the jury into their homes or into their lives, which is very difficult to do, it is better to make a day in the life video. This day in the life video is designed to give the jury an insight and a look directly into the victim’s life, right from the beginning when he

Course of Trial is a Rollercoaster Ride Let us say, you have filed an accident case or medical malpractice case, or even a wrongful death case, and your case has now gone all the way to trial. During the course of trial, during the cross-examinations of different witnesses, your emotions are going up and down like a roller coaster or a yo-yo. This is happening every day of the trial. There are times you feel elated, you think you have done a marvelous job, and that you have a strong case that is all but bullet proof. Moreover, there are other times, when the defense