Expert Witness Depositions in Nursing Home Injury Cases: Selecting, Preparing, Questioning, Defending
A live 90-minute CLE video webinar with interactive Q&A
This CLE course will guide attorneys representing plaintiffs or defendants in nursing home injury cases to take or defend the depositions of expert witnesses. The panel will discuss best practices for selecting the right experts for the case, preparing your expert for deposition, effectively questioning the opposing party's expert, raising or defending objections, and planning ahead to leverage testimony during trial or settlement negotiations.
Outline
- Selecting the right expert for the case
- Professional competence
- Ability to convey the client's story/defense
- Preparing your expert for deposition
- Deposing the opponent's expert
- Topics to cover
- Critical documents
- Dealing with obstructionist/evasive answers
- Raising and defending objections
- Deciding not to depose opposing experts
- Post-deposition strategies: using deposition information
Benefits
The panel will drill into these and other essential aspects:
- Who are the key experts to depose for the most common types of nursing home injury cases?
- What options exist for dealing with obstructionist conduct and evasive answers?
- What are the pivotal topics for plaintiffs and defendants in expert depositions?
- How can counsel prevent the expert from being portrayed as a villain?
- What are the most important documents for depositions of experts?
Faculty
Kimberley M. Kohn
Partner
Kohn Law
Ms. Kohn started off her career as an Assistant Public Defender in Tampa. Since 1999, she has been focused on bringing... | Read More
Ms. Kohn started off her career as an Assistant Public Defender in Tampa. Since 1999, she has been focused on bringing justice to those harmed by others. Ms. Kohn represents clients victimized by other individuals, unscrupulous insurance companies, institutions, and Nursing Homes.
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Kimberly Parson
Partner
Rebar Kelly
Ms. Parson is the managing partner of the firm’s New Jersey office. She has experience representing clients in... | Read More
Ms. Parson is the managing partner of the firm’s New Jersey office. She has experience representing clients in complex commercial litigation, focusing on insurance coverage, litigation general commercial litigation, personal injury liability, products liability, environmental liability, mass torts, professional negligence, medical malpractice, and employment liability; as well as in New Jersey’s Municipal Court. Ms. Parson also has experience in providing coverage opinions and advice to insurance carriers concerning their coverage obligations under various types of insurance policies including, comprehensive general liability, group property and casualty lines, public entity insurance, specialty and professional risk, excess, contractors, automobile liability, and workers’ compensation and/or employer’s liability coverage. In addition, she represents clients with municipal court liability and is a former New Jersey Municipal Court Prosecutor.
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