Opening Statement Part 1, Rules.

We start our opening statements with what the Defendants are required to do in this case. The Rules. The Rules broken by the Defendants. That caused, for instance, their patient’s death. I almost always limit my Rules to 3. 3 Rules. At most 5.

Whether the Defendants are required by the Hospital’s policies and procedures, their own Standards of Care or state and federal laws, we want the jurors to know the rules in our case immediately before they hear the facts. We want the jurors to apply these rules to the facts of our case as we tell our story in our opening.