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1 Trial Lawyer s Series Texas Release No. 9 Everything you need... Medical Preparing Witnesses & Experts Injuries and Damages Checklists New and Updated Statutes & Case Law - - Evidence State & Federal Forms Important & Orders Video Checklists Cost-Saving Ideas A-to-Z Digest of Important Topics RICO Research Taking too Long?

2 SCOPE OF COVERAGE TEXAS DEPOSITIONS Brock C. Akers Volume 1 Trial Lawyer s Series CHAPTER ONE OVERVIEW A. DISCUSSION 1. General Thoughts and Observations About Depositions 2. Rules for Witnesses 3. E-Discovery 4. Telephone Depositions 5. Cost Saving Ideas (a) Ethical Considerations (b) Oral Depositions (c) Written Depositions (d) Perpetuating Testimony (e) Nonstenographic Tape Record (f) Video Depositions (g) Telephone Depositions (h) Satellite Depositions Video Teleconferencing and Video Conferencing 6. Making and Transcribing Depositions (a) In General (b) Court Reporters (i) Reporting Method (ii) Costs (iii) Locating Reporters (c) Before Starting the Deposition (d) Making the Record (e) Correcting the Record B. CHECKLISTS 1. Texas Depositions Checklist (a) Scope of Coverage (b) Arranging Depositions (c) Taking Depositions (d) Returning Depositions (e) Using Depositions 2. Mandatory Disclosure Checklist (a) Scope of Coverage 3. Federal Depositions Checklist (a) Scope of Coverage (b) Arranging Depositions (c) Taking Depositions (d) Returning Depositions (e) Using Depositions 4. Deposition Notice Checklist 5. Tips for a Successful Deposition Checklist 6. Deposition Procedures Checklist KNOWLES PUBLISHING PAGE 1

3 7. Objections (Texas Rules) Checklist 8. Privileges (Texas Rules) Checklist 9. Objections (Federal Rules) Checklist 10. Pretrial Depositions Relating to Oral and Written Depositions Checklist 11. Telephone and Telephone-Video Depositions Checklist CHAPTER TWO STATUTES AND RULES A. DISCUSSION 1. The Meaning of Taking a Deposition Under the Rules (a) Texas Rules (b) Federal Rules 2. Under the Rules Stating Objections to Depositions B. TEXAS RULES AND STATUTES PERTAINING TO DEPOSITIONS 1. Texas Rules of Civil Procedure (Discovery Practice and Procedure) (a) Rule 176 Subpoenas (b) Rule 190 Discovery Limitations (c) Rule 191 Modifying Discovery Procedures and Limitations; Conference Requirement; Signing Disclosures, Discovery Requests, Responses, and Objections; Filing Requirements (d) Rule 192 Permissible Discovery: Forms and Scope; Work Product; Protective Orders; Definitions (e) Rule 193 Written Discovery: Response; Objection; Assertion of Privilege; Supplementation and Amendment; Failure to Timely Respond; Presumption of Authenticity (f) Rule 194 Requests for Disclosure (g) Rule 195 Discovery Regarding Testifying Expert Witnesses (h) Rule 196 Requests for Production and Inspection to Parties; Requests and Motions for Entry Upon Property (i) Rule 197 Interrogatories to Parties (j) Rule 198 Requests for Admissions (k) Rule 199 Depositions Upon Oral Examination (l) Rule 200 Depositions Upon Written Questions (m) Rule 201 Depositions in Foreign Jurisdictions for Use in Texas Proceedings; Depositions in Texas for Use in Foreign Proceedings (n) Rule 202 Depositions Before Suit or to Investigate Claims (o) Rule 203 Signing, Certification, and Use of Oral and Written Depositions (p) Rule 204 Physical and Mental Examinations (q) Rule 205 Discovery from Nonparties (r) Rule 215 Abuse of Discovery; Sanctions 2. Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code (regarding depositions) (a) Chapter 20. Depositions (b) Chapter 21. Interpreters (c) Chapter 22. Witnesses 3. Supreme Court Adopts Definitions of Unprofessional Conduct for Reporters 4. Texas Government Code (a) Expenses of District Court Reporters (b) Expenses of District Court Reporters in Change of Venue Cases (c) Charges for Depositions 5. Texas Health and Safety Code (a) Written Authorization for Disclosure of Health Care Information (b) Disclosure Without Written Authorization KNOWLES PUBLISHING PAGE 2

4 C. FEDERAL RULES AND STATUTES PERTAINING TO DEPOSITIONS 1. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Discovery Practice and Procedure) (a) Rule 26. General Provisions Governing Discovery; Duty of Disclosure (b) Rule 27. Depositions to Perpetuate Testimony (c) Rule 28. Persons Before Whom Depositions May Be Taken (d) Rule 29. Stipulations About Discovery Procedure (e) Rule 30. Depositions by Oral Examination (f) Rule 31. Depositions by Written Questions (g) Rule 32. Using Depositions in Court Proceedings (h) Rule 33. Interrogatories To Parties (i) Rule 34. Producing Documents, Electronically Stored Information, and Tangible Things, or Entering Onto Land, for Inspection and Other Purposes (j) Rule 35. Physical and Mental Examinations (k) Rule 36. Requests for Admission (l) Rule 37. Failure to Make Disclosures or to Cooperate in Discovery; Sanctions 2. Federal Statutes (28 U.S.C.) (a) 1821 Per Diem and Mileage Generally; Subsistence (b) 1826 Recalcitrant Witnesses (c) 1920 Taxation of Costs CHAPTER THREE DIGEST B. TOPICS 1. Adjournment or Completion of Depositions 2. Agreements 3. Attorney as Witness 4. Audio (Tape Recorder) Depositions 5. Certifying Questions 6. Confidentiality 7. Contempt 8. Corporate Depositions 9. Corrections to Deposition 10. Cost of Depositions 11. Court Reporters 12. Customary Practices 13. Defending Depositions 14. Deposition Procedures 15. Deposition as Substitute for Other Discovery Requests 16. Deposition as Summary Judgment Evidence 17. Deposition Summaries 18. Deposition to Perpetuate Testimony 19. Deposition on Written Questions (Written Deposition) 20. Discovery Plans 21. Ethical Consideration 22. Exhibits to Depositions 23. Expenses of Attending Depositions 24. Expert s Deposition 25. Failure to Attend Depositions 26. Filing of Depositions 27. Foreign Depositions 28. Interpreters 29. Jurisdiction Over the Deposition KNOWLES PUBLISHING PAGE 3

5 30. Making the Record 31. Modifying Deposition Procedures 32. Motion to Compel Answers 33. Nonstenographic Recordings 34. Notice of Depositions 35. Number of Depositions 36. Objections 37. Out-of-State Depositions 38. Parties Joined After the Deposition 39. Persons to Be Deposed 40. Persons to Be Present at Deposition 41. Place or Location of Depositions 42. Private Conference With Witnesses 43. Privileged Information 44. Production of Documents 45. Protective Orders 46. Public Access to Court Records 47. Purpose of a Deposition 48. Questions and Answers 49. Sanctions 50. Scheduling Depositions 51. Scope of Discovery 52. Signature of Witness 53. Stipulations 54. Subpoena 55. Supplemental Depositions 56. Supplementing Deposition Responses 57. Taking a Deposition Under the Rules 58. Telephone Depositions 59. Time Limitations on Depositions 60. Time of Taking Deposition 61. Types of Depositions 62. Unresponsive Answers 63. Use of Depositions at Trial 64. Use of Depositions on File 65. Video Depositions 66. Weekend Depositions 67. Witnesses C. SUPPLEMENTAL REFERENCES 1. Texas Lawyer s Creed A Mandate for Professionalism 2. Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct A. INTRODUCTION B. STATE COURT FORMS 1. Notices of Depositions CHAPTER FOUR FORMS AND MOTIONS (a) Notice of Oral Deposition Party (Multiple Witnesses) Application: Multiple Parties; Multiple Witnesses (Parties); Notice Duces Tecum KNOWLES PUBLISHING PAGE 4

6 (b) Notice of Oral Deposition (Nonparty) Application: Multiple witnesses; Subpoena Duces Tecum Notice (c) Notice of Corporate Deposition When Corporation is a Party Application: Official Corporate Answers; Notice Duces Tecum (d) Notice of Oral Deposition (Nonparty) Application: Single Witness; Subpoena Duces Tecum Notice (e) Notice of Intention to Take Oral Deposition Application: Expert Witness; Subpoena Duces Tecum Notice (f) Notice of Oral Deposition Videotape Application: Single Witness; Videotape (g) Motion and Order or Stipulation for Telephone Depositions (h) Notice of Oral Deposition of an Organization (Nonparty) Application: Nonparty Corporation, Association, etc. to Designate Witness (i) (j) Notice of Deposition by Written Questions (Written Deposition) Application: Custodian of Hospital Records Short Form Cross-Questions to Custodian of Records of Hospital Application: Proving Up Hospital Records as Business Records (k) Notice of Deposition by Written Questions Application: Custodian of Hospital Records Long Form (l) Notice of Deposition by Written Questions Application:Treating Physician Short Form; Subpoena Duces Tecum (m) Notice of Deposition by Written Questions (Written Deposition) Application: Treating Physician Long Form; Prove up Diagnosis, Prognosis, Medical Bill, etc. (n) Notice of Written Questions (Written Deposition) Application: Custodian of Medical Records (o) Notice of Deposition by Written Questions (Written Deposition) Application: Custodian of Personnel Records 2. Depositions to Perpetuate Testimony (a) Petition to Perpetuate Testimony Application: Petition to Take Deposition Before Suit is Instituted 3. Motions and Orders (a) Motion For Audio Recording in Lieu of Stenographic Recording of Deposition Application: Use of Tape Recorder (Audio) in Lieu of Court Reporter (b) Order Authorizing Audio Recording in Lieu of Stenographic Recording of Deposition Application: Use with Motion for Audio Recording (c) Motion and Order or Stipulation for Telephone Depositions (d) Motion to Shorten Time for Taking Video Deposition Application: Take Video Deposition with Less than Five Days Notice KNOWLES PUBLISHING PAGE 5

7 (e) Notice of Oral Deposition Videotape (Nonparty) Application: Attachment to Motion to Shorten Time for Taking Video Deposition; Single Witness; Subpoena Duces Tecum (f) Order Shortening Time for Deposition Notice Application: Use with Motion to Shorten Time for Taking Deposition (g) Motion for Protective Order Expert Fees Application: Require Party Requesting Deposition to Pay Expert Fees (h) Motion for Protective Order Witness Ill Application: Postpone Deposition Because Witness Ill (i) (j) Motion for Protective Order (Alternative) Application: General Format Order Granting Relief in Response to Motion for Protective Order Application: Order Granting Relief in Response to Motion for Protective Order (k) Motion to Quash Subpoena Application: Prevent Taking of Nonparty s Deposition (l) Defendant s Motion to Quash Notice of Deposition (m) Motion to Quash Subpoena or in the Alternative for Protection (n) Order Quashing Subpoena Application: Prevent Taking of Nonparty s Deposition (o) Motion to Suppress Deposition (p) Order on Motion to Suppress Deposition 4. Refusal of Witness to Answer Questions Oral or Written (a) Motion to Compel Witness to Answer Deposition Questions (b) Court Reporter s Letter Certifying Unanswered Deposition Questions Application: Exhibit Attached to Motion (c) Order Compelling Answers to Certified Questions Application: Use with Motion to Compel Witness to Answer Deposition Questions 5. Refusal of Witness to Appear for Deposition (a) Motion to Order Appearance Application: Less Severe Means to Compel Attendance than Motion for Contempt (b) Order to Appear for Deposition (c) Motion for Contempt Witness Fails to Appear at Deposition Application: Compel Attendance of Witness at Deposition by Attachment by Sheriff (d) Judgment of Contempt Failure of Witness to Appear for Deposition. Also, Witness Fails to Attend Contempt Hearing Though Duly Notified Application: Secure Contempt Order and Have Sheriff Attach Witness to Bring to Deposition 6. Stipulations (a) Stipulations for Taking Depositions Under State Rules KNOWLES PUBLISHING PAGE 6

8 7. Miscellaneous Forms (a) Letter to Client Regarding Deposition (b) Letter to Client Regarding Deposition (Alternative) (c) Letter to Opposing Counsel Confirming Deposition Arrangements (d) Deposition Cover Page Telephone Deposition (e) Deposition Summary Very General (page reference only; topical headings) (f) Deposition Summary Very General (page reference only; topical headings) (g) Deposition Summary Extremely Abbreviated (page and line references) (h) Deposition Summary Extremely Abbreviated (page and line references) (i) (j) Waiver of Twenty-Day Notice for Written Questions Objections to Deposition (k) Deposition Scheduling Form (l) Deposition Scheduling Form Alternative Application: Person Scheduling the Deposition is Unfamiliar with the Case File (m) Information for Court Reporter C. FEDERAL COURT FORMS 1. Reports (a) Report of the Parties Planning Meeting (Federal Court) Application: Filed with the Court within Fourteen Days of the Rule 26(f) Meeting 2. Notices of Depositions (a) Notice of Oral Deposition (Party) Application: Single Witness; Duces Tecum Notice (b) Notice of Oral Deposition (Nonparty) Application: Single Witness; Subpoena Duces Tecum Notice (c) Notice of Oral Deposition Organization (Nonparty) Application: Rule 30(b)(6) Deposition of Organization to Designate Witness; Single Witness; Subpoena Duces Tecum (d) Notice of Oral Deposition (Party) Videotape Application: Single Witness: Duces Tecum Notice; Videotaped (e) Notice of Written Deposition Application: Federal Notice Form to be Used with Written Questions from State Court Forms KNOWLES PUBLISHING PAGE 7

9 3. Motions and Orders (a) Motion to Take Telephone Depositions Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(b)(4) (b) Order Granting Motion to Take Telephone Depositions (c) Motion for Protective Order (d) Order Granting Relief Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c) 4. Stipulations (a) Stipulations for Taking Depositions Under the Federal Rules (b) Stipulations for Taking Telephone Depositions 5. Foreign Depositions (a) Fed. R. Civ. P. 28(b); Notice of Foreign Oral Deposition (b) Fed. R. Civ. P. 28(b); Petition for Commission to Take Written Deposition in Foreign Country (c) Fed. R. Civ. P. 28(b); Order for Commission to Take Foreign Written Deposition (d) Commission to Take Foreign Written Deposition Application: Attachment to Order for Commission to Take A Foreign Written Deposition (e) Fed. R. Civ. P. 28(b); Petition for Commission to Take Oral Deposition in Foreign Country (f) Order to Issue Commission for Foreign Oral Deposition (g) Commission to Take Foreign Oral Deposition Application: Attachment to Order for Commission to Take Foreign Oral Deposition (h) Fed. R. Civ. P. 28(b); Petition for Letter Rogatory for Foreign Deposition (i) (j) Order to Issue Letter Rogatory for Foreign Deposition Letter Rogatory (k) Letter of Request CHAPTER FIVE PRACTICE AIDS A. MEDICAL AIDS 1. Medicine-Related Internet Sites 2. Code for Physicians and Attorneys of Texas 3. Medical Abbreviations 4. Medical Terminology: Prefixes, Stems, and Suffixes 5. Introduction to Medical Illustrations (a) Pelvis, Lumbar Vertebrae, and Nerve Roots (b) Lumbar Vertebra (c) Vertebral Ligaments (d) Vertebral Column (e) Dermatomes (f) Hand and Wrist (g) Foot (h) Bones of the Knee Anterior (i) Bones of the Knee Posterior KNOWLES PUBLISHING PAGE 8

10 (j) Ligaments of the Knee Anterior (k) Ligaments of the Knee Posterior (l) Muscles Anterior (m) Muscles Posterior (n) Muscles Neck (o) Muscles Arm & Shoulder (p) Muscles Abdomen (q) Venous System (r) Arterial System (s) Nerves 6. Orthopedic Tests 7. The Neurological Examination B. GENERAL AIDS 1. Perpetual Calendar (a) Table of Years (b) Table of Months (c) Table of Days 2. Leap Years 3. Life Expectancy Table 4. Land Acreage, Distances, and Measurements 5. Weights and Measures 6. Metric Conversion 7. Accident Reconstruction (a) Accident Reports (b) Definitions (c) Abbreviations (d) Formulas (e) Coefficient of Friction Values (f) Approximate Stopping Distances (g) Conversion of MPH to FPS Traveled (h) Calculations (i) Bibliography 8. The Internet: Information Available CHAPTER SIX WITNESSES B. PREPARING FOR THE DEPOSITION 1. Preparing the Client/Witness for Deposition 2. Client/Witness Deposition Preparation Checklist 3. Expert Witnesses Fees and Expenses 4. Expert Witness Deposition Preparation Checklist C. CONDUCTING THE DEPOSITION 1. Standard Introductory Comments Checklist 2. Standard Preliminary Questions for the Witness Checklist 3. Basic Checklist for Expert s Deposition 4. Universal Checklist for Cross-Examining Opposing Expert D. ADMISSIBILITY OF EXPERT S SCIENTIFIC TESTIMONY A Note on Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals KNOWLES PUBLISHING PAGE 9

11 B. APPLICABLE RULES CHAPTER SEVEN VIDEO DEPOSITIONS C. PROCEDURE, TECHNIQUE, AND TECHNICAL MATTERS 1. Preparing the Witness 2. Preparing the Camera Operator (Video Technician) 3. Preparing the Attorney/Interrogator D. PRESENTING THE VIDEO DEPOSITION AT TRIAL 1. Handling Objections 2. Equipment for Presenting Video Deposition E. VIDEO DEPOSITIONS BY COURT ORDER F. CASE LAW G. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF VIDEO DEPOSITIONS 1. Advantages 2. Disadvantages H. TAKING VIDEO DEPOSITIONS CHECKLIST 1. Operator 2. Witness 3. Court Reporter (Federal Court Depositions) 4. Attorneys CHAPTER EIGHT FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS B. FOREIGN DEPOSITIONS 1. Federal Practice 2. Taking Depositions in Japan 3. Practical Considerations 4. Case Law The Hague Evidence Convention C. FEDERAL STATUES AND TREATIES 1. The Hague Convention U.S.C Transmittal of letter rogatory or request U.S.C Assistance to foreign and international tribunals and to litigants before such tribunals U.S.C Subpoena of person in foreign country U.S.C Contempt D. TEXAS PRACTICE 1. Texas Rules of Civil Procedure 201. Depositions in Foreign Jurisdictions for Use in Texas Proceedings; Depositions in Texas for Use in Foreign Proceedings 2. Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code Persons Who May Take a Deposition 3. Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code Testimony Required by Foreign Jurisdiction KNOWLES PUBLISHING PAGE 10

12 Volume 1A Trial Lawyer s Series CHAPTER NINE AUTOMOBILES/RAILROADS A. AUTOMOBILES 2. Potential Witnesses 3. Potential Documents 4. Checklists (a) Opposing Driver (b) Police Officer (c) Accident Reconstruction Expert (d) Ambulance Attendant (e) Plaintiff (f) Drinking Driver (g) Truck Driver B. RAILROADS 2. Potential Witnesses 3. Potential Documents 4. Checklist (a) Train Crew Member 5. Legal Citations (a) Federal (b) Texas D. CHECKLISTS 1. Plaintiff (Defamation) 2. Defendant (Defamation) 1. Supreme Court 2. Federal 3. Texas A. DIVORCE/ANNULMENT 2. Potential Witnesses 3. Potential Documents 4. Checklists (a) Spouse (b) Character Witnesses 5. Legal Citations CHAPTER TEN DEFAMATION/LIBEL/SLANDER CHAPTER ELEVEN DOMESTIC RELATIONS KNOWLES PUBLISHING PAGE 11

13 B. CHILD CUSTODY/VISITATION/SUPPORT 2. Potential Witnesses 3. Potential Documents 4. Checklists (a) Former Spouse (b) Character Witnesses (c) Psychologist/Psychiatrist 5. Legal Citations C. PATERNITY 2. Potential Witnesses 3. Potential Documents 4. Checklists (a) Mother (b) Accused Father 5. Legal Citations D. CONTEMPT 2. Potential Witnesses 3. Potential Documents 4. Checklists (a) Clerk or Deputy Clerk of the Court (b) Spouse of Former Spouse (c) Movant 5. Legal Citations E. PROPERTY DIVISION 2. Potential Witnesses 3. Potential Documents 4. Checklist (a) Spouse 5. Legal Citations B. POTENTIAL DEFENDANTS C. POTENTIAL WITNESSES D. POTENTIAL DOCUMENTS E. CHECKLISTS 1. Companions 2. Defendant 3. Eyewitness 4. Intoxicated Tortfeasor (AB) 5. Jailer 6. Plaintiff 7. Paramedic 8. Police Officer CHAPTER TWELVE DRAM SHOP KNOWLES PUBLISHING PAGE 12

14 F. LEGAL CITATIONS 1. Liability for selling or furnishing alcoholic beverages 2. Sale to third party 3. Common law liability 4. General 5. Texas Cases Involving the Dram Shop Act G. TEXAS STATUTES CHAPTER THIRTEEN ECONOMISTS DEPOSITIONS A. A PRIMER ON ECONOMIC TESTIMONY IN LITIGATION 1. Lost Wages or Lost Wage-Earning Capacity 2. Discount Rates 3. Growth Rates 4. Fringe Benefits 5. Loss of Household Services 6. Future Medical Expenses B. STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS OF ECONOMIC TESTIMONY C. CHECKLISTS 1. Economist 2. Opposing Economist D. LEGAL CITATIONS E. TABLES 1. Bond Yields and Interest Rates 2. Ratios for Life Expectancy, Active Life Expectancy, and Inactive Life Expectancy, Comparing Higher to Lower Status Respondents, by Sex and Selected Ages 3. Worklife Expectancies in Years by Age and Gender 4. Worklife Expectancies in Years for Men by Race 5. Worklife Expectancies in Years for Women by Age and Educational Level CHAPTER FOURTEEN FIRE INSURANCE D. CHECKLISTS 1. Insured 2. Fire Insurance Company Representative 3. Arson Expert 4. Firefighter CHAPTER FIFTEEN INJURIES AND DAMAGES KNOWLES PUBLISHING PAGE 13

15 D. CHECKLISTS 1. Injured Party 2. Medical Doctor/Osteopath 3. Chiropractor 4. Employment Expert 5. Fellow Employee 6. Spouse 7. Before-and-After Witness 8. Employer/Supervisor of Injured Party 9. Biomechanical Engineer 10. Neurologist (Quadriplegic Injury) 11. Rehabilitation Consultant 12. Vocational and Career Counselor (Assessment of Competitive Disadvantage Resulting from Amputation) 13. Vocational Evaluator (Orthopedic Injury Case) 14. Vocational Rehabilitation Consultant (Spinal Cord Injury Case) 15. Payroll/Personnel Clerk 16. Decedent s Friend/Relative D. CHECKLISTS 1. Employer 2. Employee 1. Premises Liability 2. Civil Rights 3. Common Carriers and Other Drivers 4. Fellow Employees 5. Hospital 6. Negligent Hiring 7. Governmental Tort Immunity CHAPTER SIXTEEN NEGLIGENT HIRING CHAPTER SEVENTEEN PREMISES LIABILITY D. CHECKLISTS 1. Owner or Lessee 2. Plaintiff 3. Human Factors Engineer 4. Biomechanical Engineer 5. Owner of Dog (Animals) KNOWLES PUBLISHING PAGE 14

16 6. Bartender (Dram Shop) 7. Intoxicated Tortfeasor (AB) (Dram Shop) 8. Witness to Construction Hazard (Highway Defect) 9. Architect/Architectural Engineer (Parking Areas) 10. Security Manager CHAPTER EIGHTEEN PROBATE D. CHECKLISTS 1. Attorney Drafting Will 2. Friend of Decedent 3. Handwriting Expert (Forensic Document Examiner) CHAPTER NINETEEN PRODUCTS LIABILITY D. CHECKLISTS 1. Plaintiff 2. Manufacturer s Representative 3. Design Engineer 4. Design Engineer Expanded Checklist 5. Human Factors Psychologist Warnings Expert 1. Destructive Testing 2. Punitive Damages 3. Issues on the Scope of Discovery 4. Defenses 5. Good Cause CHAPTER TWENTY PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY A. MEDICAL MALPRACTICE 2. Potential Witnesses 3. Potential Documents 4. Depositions in Medical Negligence Cases 5. Checklists (a) Defendant Doctor (b) Hospital Records Custodian (c) Hospital (d) Hospital Code Standards KNOWLES PUBLISHING PAGE 15

17 B. LEGAL MALPRACTICE 2. Potential Witnesses 3. Potential Documents 4. Checklists (a) Defendant Attorney (General) (b) Defendant Trial Attorney (Attorneys) (c) Expert Witness (Attorneys) C. ACCOUNTANT MALPRACTICE 2. Potential Defendants 3. Potential Witnesses 4. Potential Documents 5. Checklists (a) Plaintiff (b) Defendant (Accountant) (c) Expert Witness (Accountant) D. LEGAL CITATIONS D. COMPONENTS OF RICO ACTION E. RICO CHECKLIST CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE RICO F. CLASSIC SCHEMES AND ARTIFICES TO DEFRAUD 1. Advance Fee Schemes 2. Pyramid Schemes 3. Chain Referral Schemes 4. Ponzi Schemes 5. Business Opportunity Schemes 6. Planned Bankruptcy Schemes ( Bust-Outs ) 7. Mortgage Loan Schemes 8. Fraud Against the Government (Qui Tam) 9. Bid Rigging 10. Commercial Bribery 11. Copyright G. LEGAL CITATIONS H. RICO STATUTE CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO UNFAIR BUSINESS ACTS OR PRACTICES KNOWLES PUBLISHING PAGE 16

18 D. UNFAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES CHECKLIST CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE UNLAWFUL DETENTION D. CHECKLISTS 1. Plaintiff 2. Defendant 3. Police Officer F. TEXAS STATUTES CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR WORKERS COMPENSATION D. PLAINTIFF CHECKLIST INDEX KNOWLES PUBLISHING PAGE 17