Spoliation of Evidence in Personal Injury Claims: Mitigation and Prevention
Identifying and Responding to Potential Evidence Spoliation and Drafting Spoliation Letters
Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will discuss spoliation of evidence, one of the most serious threats to a plaintiff’s personal injury claim. Our panel will explain how to keep evidence spoliation from derailing an otherwise airtight case and offer practical approaches to deal with adjusters and defense counsel tactics.
Outline
- Impact of spoliation on personal injury claims
- How spoliation impacts claims
- Slip and fall cases
- Automobile negligence cases
- Trucking cases
- Product liability cases
- Identifying potential spoliation issues
- Trucking claims
- Slip and fall claims
- Auto accident claims
- Surveillance and security camera footage
- Destructive testing
- Spoliation letters: What to include and how to effect delivery
- Basics and outcomes of a proper spoliation letter
- Unique uses of spoliation letters
- Alternative methods to protect evidence from spoliation
Benefits
Our panel will review these and other key issues:
- How to identify and respond to potential spoliation of evidence before it threatens a claim
- How to draft spoliation letters, what they must include, and the best ways to deliver them to the defense
- How to protect your client’s claims from defense tactics designed to destroy your case
Faculty
Russ Kendzior
Expert Witness
Traction Experts
Mr. Kendzior is one of the nation's leading slip, trip, and fall experts and has been retained in more than 450... | Read More
Mr. Kendzior is one of the nation's leading slip, trip, and fall experts and has been retained in more than 450 lawsuits representing both Plaintiffs and Defendants. He has written a wide range of articles for various professional, trade, and safety publications and is the author of two books entitled "Slip-and-Fall Prevention Made Easy" and "Falls Aren't Funny." He has more than 20 years of experience in slip-and-fall accident prevention and applies his real-world experience to his work as an expert witness.
CloseRena M. Leizerman
Of Counsel
E.J. Leizerman & Associates
Ms. Leizerman concentrates her practice in the area of serious personal injury and wrongful death involving truck... | Read More
Ms. Leizerman concentrates her practice in the area of serious personal injury and wrongful death involving truck accidents, with experience in trial and appellate advocacy. She litigated numerous issues of first impression in federal and state courts across the country. She has published numerous articles on legal procedure and commercial law, and recently co-authored a treatise on the liability of brokers and shippers in truck collision cases. She teaches an advanced law school course in motor vehicle collision law, focusing on the regulations and cases addressing commercial motor vehicles and trucking litigation.
CloseBruce E. Newman, Esq.
Brown Paindiris & Scott
Mr. Newman concentrates his practice in the areas of personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, product... | Read More
Mr. Newman concentrates his practice in the areas of personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, product liability, and worker's compensation. He also represents plaintiffs in class action litigation. He is a Lifetime Member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, composed of lawyers who have achieved million dollar verdicts and settlements in personal injury and wrongful death cases. In addition to Connecticut, he has successfully tried cases in New York and California.
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