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OBSERVATIONS ABOUT CROSS EXAMINATION

Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

The organization should be such that you can re arrange them or even omit a topic if you decide to shorten the cross examination. In addition to this preparation, you need to be prepared to deal with issues that come up during direct examination you are not prepared for. Cross examination is a continuation of your case story.

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Sanderson v. Paltrow: Examining Cross-Examination

Evidence at Trial

But in this he-said-she-said ski collision case, where the jury must accept one party’s version of events and reject the other, the skill of the examiner is important. The Paltrow case is an easy case to examine because of its simplicity. Two examples stood out in Mr. Sanderson’s direct examination.