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Litigating MIST Claims: Turning Low Impact Into High Value

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1 hours 30 minutes
Donald Burns
With Donald M. Burns from Dos Perros Consulting, LLC

Fri, Oct 02, 00:00 AM – 00:00 PM

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Overview

Plaintiff Strategies From Intake to Trial

Minor Impact Soft Tissue (MIST) cases remain among the most aggressively defended personal injury claims. Insurance carriers routinely characterize these claims as low-value, low-risk files, relying on minimal property damage photographs, delayed treatment arguments, gaps in care, and biomechanical defenses to challenge causation and damages. Yet properly developed MIST cases can yield substantial settlements and verdicts when plaintiff's counsel understands how to build credibility, frame the injury narrative, and strategically counter defense tactics. This concise program provides a practical roadmap for litigating MIST claims from intake through trial. Learn how to identify high-value opportunities in low-impact collisions, develop persuasive medical and damages evidence, handle difficult causation issues, and overcome common insurance defense strategies. Register today!

  • Identify the intake factors that separate weak MIST claims from potentially high-value cases.
  • Build stronger medical causation arguments in cases involving minimal property damage.
  • Counter common adjuster arguments involving gaps in treatment, low vehicle damage, and preexisting conditions.
  • Learn how to present strong MIST cases at trial.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Intake and Early Evaluation: Separating Weak MIST Claims vs. High-Value Cases
  2. Building Medical Causation and Damages Development in MIST Cases
  3. How Insurers Evaluate and Devalue MIST Claims
  4. Tips for Countering Adjuster Arguments and Defense Strategies
  5. Deposing and Cross-Examining Defense Experts: Tips and Must-Ask Questions
  6. Negotiating MIST Claims Into Six-Figure Settlements
  7. Jury Selection Strategy and Voir Dire Questions That Uncover Skepticism
  8. Opening Statement Themes and Closing Argument Tips
  9. Presenting Medical Evidence Effectively

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Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Alaska CLE Reciprocity 1.5 Total
Alabama CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 1.5 Total
California CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 2 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Florida CLE Approved 2 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Iowa CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Kansas CLE Upon Request 1.5 Total
Louisiana CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Maine CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 1.8 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Montana CLE Pending 1.5 Total
North Carolina CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 1.5 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 1.5 Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 1.8 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 1.5 Total
New York CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 2 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Rhode Island CLE Upon Request 1.5 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Texas CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Utah CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Virginia CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Washington CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 1.5 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 1.8 Total
Wyoming CLE Approved 1.5 Total
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  1. Litigating MIST Claims: Turning Low Impact Into High Value

    1. Intake and Early Evaluation: Separating Weak MIST Claims vs. High-Value Cases
    2. Building Medical Causation and Damages Development in MIST Cases
    3. How Insurers Evaluate and Devalue MIST Claims
    4. Tips for Countering Adjuster Arguments and Defense Strategies
    5. Deposing and Cross-Examining Defense Experts: Tips and Must-Ask Questions
    6. Negotiating MIST Claims Into Six-Figure Settlements
    7. Jury Selection Strategy and Voir Dire Questions That Uncover Skepticism
    8. Opening Statement Themes and Closing Argument Tips
    9. Presenting Medical Evidence Effectively

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for attorneys. Paralegals may also benefit.

Speakers

Donald M Burns
Donald M.
Burns
Dos Perros Consulting, LLC
Speaker bio
Donald M Burns

Donald M. Burns

Dos Perros Consulting, LLC
Donald Burns

is the founder of Dos Perros Consulting, LLC, where he provides specialized consulting services to help clients maximize their settlements in personal injury cases, with a focus on loss of use, diminished value, and select injury claims. With over 30 years of experience in the personal injury field, he takes a personalized and consultative approach, working closely with clients to understand and effectively present their losses. Mr. Burns is a licensed legal paraprofessional (LP) and an associate member of the State Bar of Arizona, where he maintains a trust account similar to that of a law firm. He is admitted to practice as a Licensed Legal Paraprofessional in the State of Arizona. Mr. Burns earned his law degree from Phoenix School of Law.

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