Assume that the law office where you have just been hired represents one of the individuals who was injured in the stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair on August 13, 2011. The attorney for whom you work is heading out of town to conduct a deposition in a different case and has asked you to begin working on this case. Complete the following steps:
Locate a news article and read a version of the events as they were reported in the news.
Now assume that your firm has been hired by the defendant that you referred to above, and answer the following questions. (You are not required to prepare an Investigation Plan for the defendant.)
List five substantive questions that you will ask your client, the defendant. What potential problems do you anticipate in interviewing your client, and how will you overcome them?
Select two witnesses that you think could help your client’s case. Identify the witnesses and the information that you hope to gain from them. What potential problems do you anticipate in interviewing these witnesses, and how will you overcome them?
Select an expert witness that you believe could help your client’s case. How will this expert witness help your client’s case? List five questions that you will ask the expert witness.