At your “Discovery Deposition” you will be asked questions under oath. A Court Reporter will be writing down every single thing you say, and an Insurance Defense Lawyer will ask a lot of really nosy questions! “It’s like an oral colonoscopy,” notes Herndon Injury Lawyer Doug Landau. Insurance Defense lawyers will ask about nearly every…
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Why doesn’t the defendant get to present a medical expert at trial? The short answer is the insurance company’s defense lawyers are always allowed to have a medical expert examine an injured Plaintiff once the lawsuit has been filed. They can also have a doctor do what is called a “medical records review” to rebut…
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What are typical case costs in Worker’s Compensation claims? How are they paid? Will I be given advance notice? Does the insurance company have to pay my expenses? How about my attorneys fees? These are important questions that injured workers ask every day. While every Workers’ Compensation case is different, there are certain costs that…
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Doug Landau traveled down to Georgia in order to visit the Defendant’s headquarters and take depositions on behalf of a Truck Driver who was crushed in a workplace accident. The ABRAMS LANDAU team associated with local counsel for both the workers compensation and the third party liability (negligence) cases. With the help of Atlanta trial…
Continue readingIn this day and age where the court reporters tape record (and may even videotape) a deposition, it seems that their transcripts will be extremely accurate. Furthermore, Court Reporters ask for spellings and corrections during the proceedings if they are unsure what they heard, wrote down or repeated into their recording devices. So, while the…
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