There are various potential grounds for appeal and ways to preserve issues for appeal, including dispositive motions,
motions in limine,* jury instructions, and post-trial motions.
Strategically crafted
motions in limine and a full week of 402 hearings resulted in all neurological, neurobehavioral and psychological claims being dismissed by the Court.
Wohlgelernter's presentation focused on
motions in limine, providing insight into the handling of these motions from both the plaintiff's and defense perspectives.
Based on those opinions, all plaintiffs filed
motions in limine to exclude Nurse Hambrick's and Dr.
Last year, the Illinois Supreme Court held that absent extraordinary circumstances, trial judges should rule on
motions in limine in criminal cases before the trial begins and not defer ruling until after the defendants testify.
The new "Traumatic Brain Injuries" litigation packet from the AAJ Exchange explores case investigation, filing, discovery, common defenses,
motions in limine, the science of TBI, testing, experts, and trial.
This is why practitioners sterilize the "truth" from criminal trials through implementation of
motions in limine.
Content includes coverage of the whole range of issues related to personal injury cases including: developing a strategy; trial presentation; dealing with witnesses in and out of court; obtaining, admitting and using demonstrative evidence; using live and internet focus groups; opening statements; conducting cross-examinations; pretrial
motions in limine and to strike; objections to proceedings; trial motions; jury instructions, and closing arguments.
There will also be additional attorneys' fees for the time frame before the trial, preparation of
motions in limine, jury instructions and deposition abstracts.
The hospital filed
motions in limine on December 23, 2003, which sought to exclude the plaintiff's witness, Dr.
Order granting and denying parties'
motions in limine, entered on March 25, 2009;
Fish won the case using a strategy that involved a series of pre-trial motions, including
motions in limine to exclude certain evidence at trial.
