Trial-Practice Don'ts: Don't Promise the Jury More Than You Deliver, Don't Make Inflammatory Arguments, Don't Compromise Your Credibility, And Don't Forget to Preserve Your Record for Appeal

The plaintiff's expert, sat with his hands folded in front of him. It had been the better part of the morning since he had taken the stand. The doctor had taken the jury methodically through the evidence that the plaintiff had sustained severe trauma to his brain stem, which had resulted in various neurological impairments and left him confined to a wheelchair. Over the course of the morning, the doctor had presented a dizzying array of charts and diagrams describing the plaintiff's medical condition.