Surely You Can't Be Serious (Injury)
This is the number of ‘serious injury’ categories under NY No Fault Law.
What is 9?
What is authenticated by someone with personal knowledge?
NY: This Affirmative Defense allows a defendant to get an offset for money plaintiff receives from other sources (that plaintiff does not have to pay back) to avoid paintiff getting reimbursed twice?
What is Collateral Source?
Failure to preserve key evidence can result in this type of jury instruction?
What is an adverse inference charge?
It should surprise no one that this Staff Counsel Manager was a dual major in college: theater and political science.
Who is Eric Feldman?
Death, dismemberment, significant disfigurement and this type of injury are among the No Fault serious Injury categories that do not require proof of duration?
What is fracture?
This Federal Case has become synonymous with the rule that an expert may only testify to opinions based on generally accepted standards in the scientific or medical communities.
What is Frye?
In NJ, a defendant found 40% at fault is liable for 100% of economic damages – true or false.
What is False?
This jury charge allows jurors to assume plaintiff was not truthful.
What is Falsus in Uno?
Grease is the word for this AL UM who bought the album as their first.
Who is Dennis Schaff?
Under AICRA, this election limits a plaintiff’s ability to recover for pain and suffering unless they prove a qualifying injury.
What is the Limitation on Lawsuit (“Verbal”) threshold?
This Doctrine named after a 1948 case permits a lower standard of proof when and accident results in an injury that has affected plaintiff’s memory.
What is Noseworthy?
NY: This Affirmative Defense allows a jury to consider that plaintiff did not take the proper steps to care for themselves after they were injured and to adjust damages accordingly.
What is failure to mitigate?
In NY, not calling an expert at trial can result in this.
What is a Missing Witness Charge?
These two jet-setting staff counsel managers have each visited 5 continents (though not the same 5).
Who is Mike M and Nicole L?
These are the 6 injury categories applicable to the verbal threshold currently.
What is Death, Dismemberment, Significant disfigurement/scarring, Displaced fractures; Loss of a fetus; or permanent injury (excluding scarring/disfigurement) that will not heal to function normally with further medical treatment?
An out-of-court statement offered for the truth of the matter asserted is this.
What is hearsay?
In NJ, a violation of a motor vehicle statute is evidence of negligence, but not this.
What is negligence per se?
In NY, this defense theory excuses a defendant driver's negligence if they are faced with an unexpected this that they did not create.
What is the Emergency Doctrine?
This leader really "nailed it" when they became one of the first managers hired into Home Depot's Management Training Program, proving they had the right "tools" for success.
Who is Aimee Mourtzanakis?
This is the medical instrument doctors use to measure range of motion.
What is a goniometer?
Punitive damages in NJ generally require proof of this level of conduct.
What is clear and convincing evidence of actual malice/intent to harm, or wanton and willful disregard for the safety of others?
NY: This Affirmative Defense ensures that a plaintiff’s own wrongdoing gets considered by the jury and that defendant is not held responsible for same.
What is comparative negligence?
In NJ, this doctrine allows a jury to infer negligence when an accident is of a kind that ordinarily does not occur without negligence and the instrumentality was under the defendant’s control.
What is res ipsa loquitur?
Thank goodness there was no Thelma and Louise moment for this SC Manager who was once on a plane with Susan Sarandon.
Who is Annemarie Dempsey?