We faced two Motions for More Definite Statements last week. Defense attorneys file Motions for a More Definite Statement in both state and federal court. When Burger Law files suit on behalf of its clients, we sometimes encounter and respond to these types of motions – and usually win. Other times, we know we will
Cannot get Defendant’s Medical records in Illinois At the end of 2018 the Illinois...
Q: Can a party have multiple experts testify in a medical malpractice trial? A: Sometimes This is the second in a series of advanced trial articles. Last email we discussed multiple verdict directors for one verdict form. Here we show how we successfully struck two of three experts in a medical malpractice case we recently
Hi, I’m Gary Burger of Burger Law. We’ve spent the last week or so...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDJEhMdOGnE Hi! I’m Gary Burger of Burger Law. I’ve had occasions in the past where I’ve been asked and I’ve recently been asked, “What do you if you have an emergency and you have to stop on the highway? What’s the safe way to do so?” Well, that can occur if you have a flat
I’m Gary Burger from Burger Law. I was asked about ten days ago to speak at a continuing legal education (CLE) seminar in St. Louis where I did a mock argument about discovery disputes against another lawyer in front of a former judge. It was a good time. I won most of my
When you have a party whose Facebook information could reveal valuable information which is pertinent to your case, it is important to know whether you can discover this private information or not. Despite being pervasive among adults of all ages, discoverability of social media is still a developing area of law and is likely to
When you have a party whose psychiatric records could reveal valuable information which is pertinent to your case, it is important to know whether you can discover this private information or not. Here is the law in Illinois and Missouri: Under longstanding Illinois law, the statutory privilege which protects mental health records from disclosure is
When you have Defendants or witnesses involved in a work related injury, and their personnel files could reveal valuable information which is pertinent to your case, it is important to know whether you can discover the files or not. Here is the law in Illinois and Missouri: In the State of Illinois, personnel files that are relevant
When you are suing a Defendant business or corporation who has obtained statements from employees in response to your client’s accident or injury, it is important to know the laws of discoverability in both Illinois and Missouri. In Illinois, Defendant must produce statements made by low level employees. Because low level employees give statements which
When you are suing a Defendant business or corporation which has prepared an accident report in response to your client’s injury, it is important to know the laws of discoverability in both Illinois and Missouri. Under Illinois law, the accident reports generated by a business or corporation in response to an injury must typically be
When you are suing a Defendant who has photographs in his or her possession, it is important to know the laws of discoverability in both Illinois and Missouri. According to longstanding Illinois Law, relevant photographs of the scene must be produced by the defendant. “he obligation to produce photographs and statements does not depend on
When you are suing a Defendant who has obtained surveillance video of your client, it is important to know the laws of discoverability in both Illinois and Missouri It is well established in Illinois that video surveillance of the Plaintiff must be produced. Shields v. Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Ry. Co., 353 Ill. App.
It has been recently revealed that State Farm Insurance Company secretly gave at least $2.4 million to an Illinois Supreme Court judicial candidate in exchange for him reversing a $1 billion judgment against State Farm. When Judge Lloyd Karmeier was running for office in 2004, he won the race and the most expensive Supreme Court
