num_pages: 300
description: Rick Friedman has been called the insurance industries' worst nightmare. His successful career has been distinguished by multi-million dollar verdicts and precedent-setting case law. Among many of his landmark cases are the $152 million awarded to a State Farm agent in Bellott v. State Farm, $84 million awarded to a disabled doctor in Ceimo v. Paul Revere, and $16.5 million awarded to a disabled worker in Ace v. Aetna Life Insurance Company. His verdicts to date total over $300 million. Friedman is a member of the Inner Circle of Advocates, an invitation-only group that limits its membership to 100 of the leading trial lawyers in the country.Patrick Malone is one of the leading attorneys in the eastern United States who represents victims of serious personal injuries against drug manufacturers, hospitals, and others in the medical industry.  He frequently teaches lawyer groups about cutting edge techniques in trial advocacy.  His verdict in Benedi v. McNeil PPC remains one of the largest collected judgments against a pharmaceutical company.  Malone was an award-winning investigative journalist before attending Yale Law School.  Like Rick Friedman, he is a member of the Inner Circle of Advocates and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America.Now, they share their secrets of trying complex cases to a jury, including bad faith cases.  Friedman and Malone help you consider your theme and strategy for trial using his "Rules of the Road" technique, and then takes you from the pleading through discovery and trial."Rules of the Road does not belong on your bookshelf or your desk; it belongs in your mind. Get it there before you even think about your next trial. It contains two special It teaches something usable on almost every page, and what it teaches is dead-on right." - David Ball, Ph.D., author of David Ball on Damages"
language: English
title: Rules of the Road: A Plaintiff Lawyer's Guide to Proving Liability
titlecomplete: Rules of the Road: A Plaintiff Lawyer's Guide to Proving Liability
genres: Law, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 72
publisher: Trial Guides