Research Catalog

Title

Litigating the aviation case : from pretrial to closing argument / Juanita M. Madole, editor.

Publication

[Chicago, Ill.] : American Bar Association, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, c1987.

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Additional Authors

• American Bar Association. Tort and Insurance Practice Section.
• Madole, Juanita M.
• National Institute on Litigation in Aviation (6th : 1987 : Los Angeles, Calif.)

Description

vii, 240 p. : ill.; 28 cm.

Subject

• Aeronautics, Commercial > Law and legislation > United States > Congresses
• Liability for aircraft accidents > United States > Congresses
• Liability for aircraft accidents > United States > Trial practice
• Trial practice > United States

Genre/Form

• Conference papers and proceedings
• Conference papers and proceedings.

Note

• "Prepared for the Sixth National Institute on Litigation in Aviation, May 1987"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographies.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Threshold decisions in general aviation litigation / Charles F. Krause -- The evaluation of an aviation case from the standpoint of the plaintiff / John J. Kennelly -- Liability evaluation with multiple defendants : practical aspects / L.S. Carsey -- Liabilities as between manufacturers and users of aircraft / Frank A. Silane -- Representing the United States as a defendant / Cecile S. Hatfield -- Airframe icing : its causes and legal consequences / Gary W. Westerberg and Michael A. Meyer -- Proof and defense of an aviation weather case / Kathlynn G. Fadely and Nan R. Hooven -- Sources of information in aircraft crash cases / Tom H. Davis -- Discovery from the standpoint of defendants / Desmond T. Barry, Jr. -- Discovery against the United States / Michael J. Pangia -- Discovery and admissibility of government records and deposition of personnel in aircraft accident cases / John W. Norman and Wendy L. Rome --^
• The Freedom of Information Act : a viable alternative to the federal rules? / Jacques E. Soiret -- Post discovery evaluation of aviation cases / Marshall S. Turner -- The effective use of air traffic control tapes in accident reconstruction / Frank M. McDermott -- The use of computer technology in accident reconstruction / James L. Harris -- Preparation of an aviation damages trial / Nicholas Gilman -- Effective opening and closing statements in air crash litigation / Leonard M. Ring -- Demonstrative evidence and its effective use in aviation litigation / Mark A. Dombroff -- Trial strategy : site visitation a gamble? / Jan K. von Flatern -- Cross-examining air traffic controllers / Marc S. Moller -- Preparing and presenting expert witnesses in aviation litigation / Mark A. Dombroff -- The improbable expert / Lloyd B. Ericsson -- Expert testimony under Federal Rules of Evidence 702 and 703 / Winstol D. Carter, Jr. --^
• Locating effective expert and technical assistance in aviation cases / Larry C. Hart -- The realistic role of an expert witness : selection and preparation / Michael M. Marron -- Damages : the trial of a wrongful death damage case from the standpoint of the plaintiff / John J. Kennelly -- Maximizing damages relating to the death of a breadwinner / Richard A. Sayles -- How technical should experts get? / Howard E. Barwick -- Minimizing damages in a burn personal injury case / Paul W. Engstrom.

ISBN

0897072960

LCCN

^^^87070657^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library