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1 HELMS & GREENE, LLC Introduction Kirk Willis Member HELMS & GREENE, LLC When it’s all on the line Using discovery tools to prove damages from auto accidents

2 HELMS & GREENE, LLC Sanford & Son Hypothetical #1

3 HELMS & GREENE, LLC Hypothetical #2 Chico and the Man

4 HELMS & GREENE, LLC Amos & Andy Best of Friends! New Hypothetical #3

5 HELMS & GREENE, LLC Amos & Andy Best of Friends! New Hypothetical #2

6 HELMS & GREENE, LLC Economic Damages Medical Care Loss of Earning Capacity Property Loss

7 HELMS & GREENE, LLC Property Loss Plaintiff may testify to value Advisable mechanic, adjuster, or expert

8 HELMS & GREENE, LLC Medical Care Reasonable and Necessary Past and Future Expert Testimony Needed Demonstrative Evidence Accepted

9 HELMS & GREENE, LLC Loss of Earning Capacity Recovery for Impaired Ability to Earn Testimony by a Physician Testimony by Employer PROOF

10 HELMS & GREENE, LLC Household Services The performance of household and domestic duties by a spouse.

11 HELMS & GREENE, LLC “Soft” Damages Physical Pain and Suffering Past Future

12 HELMS & GREENE, LLC Closed Head Injuries Physical Damages Psychological Damages

13 HELMS & GREENE, LLC Trial Evidence Family Members and Friends Co-Workers Expert Testimony

14 HELMS & GREENE, LLC Children Minors and Adoptees Illegitimate Children Adult Children

15 HELMS & GREENE, LLC Parents Natural? Adopted? Stepparents? Foster Parents? Managing Conservator?

16 HELMS & GREENE, LLC Family Members Who Do Not Recover Brother Sister Aunts Uncles Close Cousins Great Friends Mother-in-Law

17 HELMS & GREENE, LLC Exemplary Damages Limits to Recovery Spouse “Heirs of the Body” Parents Do Not Take

18 HELMS & GREENE, LLC Evidence Needed to Carry Burden No speculation No Passion, Bias or Prejudice

19 HELMS & GREENE, LLC Bias Sympathy Prejudice Evidence Law

20 HELMS & GREENE, LLC Defenses Legal Shoes Parental Immunity Statute of Limitations

21 HELMS & GREENE, LLC Bonnie and Clyde

22 HELMS & GREENE, LLC Defenses Legal Shoes Parental Immunity Statute of Limitations

23 HELMS & GREENE, LLC i Survival Claim Wrongful Death Damages Bystander Claim

24 HELMS & GREENE, LLC Pecuniary Loss Care Maintenance Support Service Advice Counsel

25 HELMS & GREENE, LLC Loss of Companionship and Society Relationship Living Arrangement Absence Harmony of Family Common Interest

26 HELMS & GREENE, LLC Loss of Inheritance Beneficiaries may recover the present value that the deceased would have added to the estate Apartments Stocks Profit Sharing

27 HELMS & GREENE, LLC Jury Consideration Relationship between parties Living arrangement Any absence for long period of time Harmony of family unit Common interests and activities Letters Photos Videotapes Audiotapes Movies

28 HELMS & GREENE, LLC Bias Sympathy Prejudice Evidence Law

29 HELMS & GREENE, LLC Jury Consideration Relationship between parties Living arrangement Any absence for long period of time Harmony of family unit Common interests and activities Letters Photos Videotapes Audiotapes Movies

30 HELMS & GREENE, LLC Next Speaker

31 HELMS & GREENE, LLC Property Loss Surviving Spouse Children Parents


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