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Personal Injury & Negligence

Plaintiff's Guide: North Carolina Personal Injury From Start to Finish

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North Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
North Carolina Continuing Paralegal Education Approved 6 Total
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5 hours 55 minutes
Ellis Drew
Andrew Hanley
With Ellis B. Drew III from Craige Jenkins Liipfert & Walker LLP + 1 other
Recorded September 24, 2025
Product ID 101121

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Overview

Ensure a Favorable Finding for Your Client

An injury can impact the quality of someone's life for years to come - or permanently. Representing an injured party is an enormous responsibility. The techniques you use during a case will impact both your client's future well-being and your viability as a competent practitioner. Do you have the knowledge and skills you need to ensure a favorable outcome? At this information-packed online seminar, you'll identify best practices for assessing a variety of personal injury cases, take a closer look at the statutes that govern liability and damages, and walk through the basics of settlement and litigation procedure. Whether this is your first case, or you just need a refresher, this is the course for you. Register today!

  • Build a solid foundation for your personal injury practice with an incisive overview of its key procedures and tactics.
  • Learn how to assess particular case types, including slip and fall, auto accident, and product liability cases.
  • Get practical tips for conducting thorough investigations and productive interviews.
  • Come away with techniques for taking and defending depositions.
  • Understand the rules of evidence so yours doesn't get thrown out.
  • Find out how to determine when it's best to settle - and get the negotiating techniques you need for a favorable outcome.
  • Get a step-by-step overview of the personal injury trial and learn how to avoid the most common mistakes of new attorneys.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Statutes Which Affect Liability Evaluation
  2. Trial of the Plaintiff's Personal Injury Case
  3. Understanding the Law of Damages
  4. Basics of Civil Practice and Procedure
  5. Personal Injury Settlements
  6. Ethical Considerations for the Plaintiff's Attorney

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Product ID 101121

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Credits Available
Credit Status Total
North Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
North Carolina Continuing Paralegal Education Approved 6 Total
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Agenda

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  1. Statutes Which Affect Liability Evaluation

    1. Statutes of Limitation
    2. Automobile Accident Statutes
    3. Injuries on Recreational Lands
    4. Sovereign Immunity

  2. Trial of the Plaintiff's Personal Injury Case

    1. How to Avoid the Most Common Mistakes Made by New Attorneys
    2. Jury Selection - Voir Dire and Jury Questionnaires
    3. The Basics of an Opening Statement
    4. Presentation of Evidence
    5. Direct and Cross-Examination of Witnesses
    6. Use of Expert at Trial
    7. Proving Economic and Non-Economic Damages
    8. Delivering a Powerful Closing Argument
    9. Post-Trial Relief

  3. Understanding the Law of Damages

    1. Economic Damages
    2. Non-Economic Damages
    3. Wrongful Death and Survival Claims

  4. Basics of Civil Practice and Procedure

    1. Assessment of Particular Case Types - Interviews and Investigation
      1. Automobile Accident Cases
      2. Slip and Fall Cases
      3. Product Liability Cases
      4. Others
    2. Initial Court Filings
    3. The Discovery Process
      1. Written Discovery
      2. Informal Discovery Including Public Sources of Information
      3. Taking and Defending Depositions
      4. Social Media and Discovery
    4. Preparing Evidence Prior to Trial
      1. Understanding the Rules of Evidence
      2. Documentary Evidence
      3. Testamentary Evidence
      4. Demonstrative Evidence

  5. Personal Injury Settlements

    1. Negotiation Techniques
    2. Mediation as a Settlement Tool
    3. Subrogation Interests
    4. Medicare Set-Asides
      1. CMS Update
      2. Recent Case Law
      3. Tips for Communicating with CMS
      4. Speeding up the Approval Process
    5. Structured Settlements
    6. Understanding the Joint Tortfeasor Release and Other Releases

  6. Ethical Considerations for the Plaintiff's Attorney

    1. The Contingent Fee
    2. The Costs of Litigation - What is a Legitimate Cost?
    3. Advertising Legal Services
    4. Candor Toward the Tribunal
    5. Meritorious Claims and Contentions
    6. Conflicts of Interest in Plaintiff Cases
    7. Ethical Dangers of Using Social Media

Who Should Attend

This basic level online seminar will provide plaintiff personal injury attorneys, paralegals, and other practitioners with practical strategies for handing personal injury cases.

Speakers

Ellis B Drew III
Ellis B.
Drew, III
Craige Jenkins Liipfert & Walker LLP
Andrew J Hanley
Andrew J.
Hanley
Crossley McIntosh Collier Hanley & Edes, PLLC
Speaker bio
Ellis B Drew III

Ellis B. Drew, III

Craige Jenkins Liipfert & Walker LLP
Ellis Drew

is a partner in the law firm of Craige Jenkins Liipfert & Walker LLP, where his practice areas include commercial litigation, personal injury, workers' compensation, wrongful death, and nursing home abuse and neglect. Mr. Drew has tried numerous cases to verdict and is routinely associated on personal injury cases. He was a contributing author to Rules of Civil Procedure, published by Law Practice Handbooks, Inc. Mr. Drew is a member of the North Carolina State Bar, South Carolina Bar, Forsyth County Bar Association and the North Carolina Advocates for Justice. He earned his B.A. degree, cum laude, from Wake Forest University and his J.D. degree from Washington and Lee University School of Law.

 

 

 

 

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Andrew J Hanley

Andrew J. Hanley

Crossley McIntosh Collier Hanley & Edes, PLLC
Andrew Hanley

is a partner with the Wilmington law firm of Crossley McIntosh Collier Hanley & Edes, PLLC. Since 1991, he has practiced in the areas of civil litigation, insurance defense, employment law, maritime law, federal workers' compensation, and Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act. Mr. Hanley is a member of the North Carolina Bar Association, State Bar of Texas, Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute, Maritime Law Association and the Defense Research Institute. He is admitted to practice in North Carolina, Texas, U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Western districts of North Carolina, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth and Fifth circuits and the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Hanley earned his B.A. degree from Cornell University and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Tulane University.

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