Csi Litig. Cutting the Reptile Off at the Knees with a Protective Order Posted: April 16, 2019 by Jason C. Greaves A troubling and growing trend in the plaintiff’s bar is the use of the Reptile Theory of litigation, espoused by David Ball and Don Keenan in their step-by-step guide, REPTILE: The 2009 Manual of the Plaintiff’s Revolution . 2 : Debunking and Redefining the Plaintiff Reptile Theory . The reptile attorney will attempt to lead the defendant into an admission that a safety rule … As . The Reverse Reptile - Turning the Tables on Plaintiff’s Counsel. Development and Sequencing of Safety Rule Questions Whether it be plaintiff or defense counsel, an effective Reptile attack requires painstaking effort to both construct and order the questions in a manner which fully capitalizes on the natural biases and flaws of the witness’s brain (Kanasky 2014, Derail). Derailing the Reptile Attack at Deposition: Rebuilding Cognitive Schemas The foundation of the Reptile attack during testimony is to take advantage of the defendant witness’ distorted cognitive schema related to safety and danger issues. As a young associate, I have learned from the wealth of experienced trial attorneys at Luther-Anderson, PLLP how to recognize and combat the reptile theory in a personal injury case from the beginning in order to limit a Plaintiff’s attempts to increase damages based on vague ideals of safety that are irrelevant to the matter at hand. Debunking and Redefining the Plaintiff Reptile Theory [For the Defense] Preventing Amygdala Hijack During Witness Testimony [For the Defense[Rehabilitating the Defendant in the Reptilian Era. your client barks over the phone. By Bill Kanasky 3 : Derailing the Reptile Safety Rule Attack: A Neurocognitive Analysis and Solution : By Bill Kanasky 4 . Debunking and Redefining the Plaintiff Reptile Theory [For the Defense] Derailing the Reptile Safety Rule Attack. Preventing Amygdala Hijack During Witness Testimony [For the Defense [. Too Late: Everything You Needed to Know About Reptile at Trial, but Didn’t Kanasky 7 For The Defense April 2014 15 tiles is a Bad Idea.” First, the authors im-mediately attack the reptile theory, stating that Ball and Keenan’s neuroanatomical as - Derailing the Reptile Safety Rule Attack: A Neurocognitive Analysis and Solution Bill Kanasky Jr., Ph.D. and Ryan A. Malphurs, Ph.D. and Introduction What happened? See, e.g., Kanasky and Malphurs, “Derailing the Reptile Safety Rule Attack: A Neurocognitive Analysis and Solution (www.courtroomsciences.com). Rehabilitating the Defendant in the Reptilian Era. Successfully Battling the Reptile: Identifying and Responding to “Reptile” Issues . 2018) case opinion from the Northern District of Texas US Federal District Court CSI Litigation Psychology LLC v. DecisionQuest Inc, No. danger within the community.” By Tiffaney A. Norton, Esq. Psychology, LLC v. Decisionquest, Inc. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS DALLAS DIVISION (19 Jan, 2018) 19 Jan, 2018 The Reverse Reptile - Turning the Tables on Plaintiff’s Counsel. Rehabilitating the Defendant in the Reptilian Era Ball and Keenan relying on two basic principles: (1) “[t]he Reptile is about community (and thus her own) safety,” and (2) “the courtroom is a safety arena.” …Reptile-trained attorneys attempt to tell the jury that “safety” is “the purpose of the civil justice system,” and “fair compensation can diminish . The reptile attorney must establish with the witness that there was a “safety rule” in place to protect the community from the danger the particular defendant(s) posed, regardless of any codified or common-law rule. See also, Crawford and Johnson, “Outsmarting the Lizard: Strategies for Responding to Reptile Theory Questions, For The Defense (December, 2015).
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