Taking a Personal Injury Case to Trial

A trial involves three parts. 1) opening statement, 2) trial with testimony and facts presented and 3) closing statement. The law is that the opening statement is not evidence but rather simply an outline of the case. The closing statement in law is not evidence but rather a statement of conclusion of the facts presented. That is the law. However the law of reality is that 70 per cent of the time the case is determined by the attorneys outline presented in the opening statement. The opening statement creates the thought process by which a jury relies upon the testimony it will hear. This sets the standard by which a bad case is won by a good attorney and a good case is lost by a bad attorney. The lawyer you chose will be the most important factor in the case in that he/she will properly outline to you how the case proceeds and what to expect from the opposing counsel in a cross examination. Facts are important but reality is presentation controls the result. It is very important to chose an attorney who knows how to work in front of a jury. My moto of simple Justice is when my client wins

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