Evidence, Objection Procedures

Texas Appellate Court Rules on Discoverability of Settlement Agreements

Jones Day on 2/27/2018

In In re GreCon, Inc., a Texas appellate court recently addressed when a party must produce settlement agreements. The plaintiff sued multiple defendants in tort after a fire, and settled with all except GreCon. After...more

Butler Quarterly - Winter 2017

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP on 3/3/2017

Two recent federal cases highlight the challenges practitioners face in presenting expert claims handling testimony in bad faith litigation under the Daubert standard. In the first case, a court excluded such expert testimony...more

Quick Trial Checklist

Carlton Fields on 12/20/2016

This chart provides a quick reference regarding motions and objections that may be made immediately prior to, during, and immediately after trial to preserve issues for appellate review. ...more

A Former Appellate Court Judge Offers Tips to Trial Attorneys

Carlton Fields on 9/26/2016

While trial attorneys know they must preserve issues they wish to raise on appeal, they often overlook the basic steps required to help ensure appellate review. During more than 27 years on the bench, former Florida appellate...more

Attention All Co-Defendants: Make Your Own Objections, Don’t Rely on a Co-Defendant

Carlton Fields on 8/26/2015

A recent Pennsylvania case presents the question: can a party rely on its co-defendant’s objections at trial, or must it join in an objection or make its own? In Amato v. Bell & Gossett, 116 A. 3d 607 (Pa. Super 2015),...more

Motions In Limine, Contemporaneous Objections, and the Need to Adequately Preserve the Record

Carlton Fields on 1/7/2015

You have filed your motions in limine and obtained rulings prior to trial. You put the motions in a box in the back of the courtroom and figure all of your objections have been preserved. Wrong! It is always a good...more

Tips For Opening Statements And Closing Arguments

Carlton Fields on 8/14/2013

Jury trials are supposed to be a forum within which the parties, represented by competent, professional and zealous counsel, present their positions in a coherent, thoughtful and respectful manner to their fact-finding peers....more

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