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TBI Essentials

By Sean Claggett / March 29, 2023 / Comments Off on TBI Essentials

We all know traumatic brain injury cases are often the most valuable cases we will have at our firms. It is also a fact that many of our traumatic brain injury cases are not the type that are obvious on first blush. So how do we prove our traumatic brain injury cases? The first thing…

Pain Management Winning Visuals

By Sean Claggett / March 2, 2023 / Comments Off on Pain Management Winning Visuals

It is easy to read the medical records of our clients and lose track of how much treatment they have actually received as a result of being hurt. Years ago, I had a case in which my client had received several injections, and when reading the records, it looked like there were eight days in which he had injections from his pain management doctor.

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)

By FG / January 25, 2023 / Comments Off on Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a broad term describing excessive and prolonged pain and inflammation that follows an injury to, or surgery on, an extremity. It is a neurological condition that has both acute and chronic forms. The exact cause of CRPS isn’t well understood but may involve abnormal inflammation or nerve dysfunction and…

What Does the Jury Want to See?

By Sean Claggett / January 31, 2021 / Comments Off on What Does the Jury Want to See?

One of the great mysteries with every case is what piece or pieces of evidence will really get the jury motivated to return a verdict in your favor, and just as important, what piece or pieces of evidence will motivate the jury to return a large verdict in your client’s favor. I learned a long time ago…

Demonstratives Can Get You to a Larger Settlement Faster

By Sean Claggett / November 30, 2020 / Comments Off on Demonstratives Can Get You to a Larger Settlement Faster

In these pandemic times, where trials are few and far between, the defense often believes they have the upper hand because they can simply starve you out. They figure that eventually you and your client will cave and accept an unfair low settlement offer. Now more than ever, you must resist taking unfair settlement offers,…

How much should I budget on case costs?

By Sean Claggett / April 20, 2020 / Comments Off on How much should I budget on case costs?

By Sean Claggett Sean Claggett, founding partner of Claggett & Sykes Law Firm, is one of the most successful trial attorneys in the country. A 2003 graduate of UNLV’s William S. Boyd School of Law, Sean was honored as Alumni of the Year by the Boyd School of Law in 2010; has been recognized by Legal…

Best Time To Get Animations and Illustrations For Your Case

By Sean Claggett / March 25, 2020 / Comments Off on Best Time To Get Animations and Illustrations For Your Case

By Sean Claggett Sean Claggett, founding partner of Claggett & Sykes Law Firm, is one of the most successful trial attorneys in the country. A 2003 graduate of UNLV’s William S. Boyd School of Law, Sean was honored as Alumni of the Year by the Boyd School of Law in 2010; has been recognized by Legal…

Why should you focus group your demonstratives?

By Sean Claggett / February 5, 2020 / Comments Off on Why should you focus group your demonstratives?

Imagine this…you were at a conference or got an email from a company that showed you the incredible graphics that they have done for other clients, resulting in 7 and 8+ figure settlements and verdicts. You get excited seeing how you can enhance your case to help your client, and you pull the trigger on…