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NORTH DAKOTA ATTORNEY AUTHORS PARALEGAL TEXTBOOK
By Jean Hannig
You Need to Get
TorTs and
the Money You De- TorTs and
Personal Injury law
Personal Injury law
for the Paralegal
for the Paralegal
serve.” This book is
intended as a guide
to assist consumers
with the medical
and legal challenges
of a personal injury
Richard N. Jeffries
lawsuit. The book is
available for distribution this fall after
November 1.
Jeffries continues to teach law at Minnesota State University Moorhead. He is
co-teaching the Personal Injvury class with
his former long-time paralegal, Terri Bourcy
Smith.
develoPIng workPlace skIlls
Richard N. Jeffries
This book presents a unique blend of traditional coverage of the law of Torts with a
practical skill development approach. The goal of this text is to provide a framework for
the paralegal graduate to “hit the ground running” in a Tort law practice from day one
on the job.
Coverage and Features:
• Comprehensive Tort Law coverage: All areas of “Tort Law” as recommended by
AAfPE for a model Torts course are addressed with special emphasis on those torts that
are most prevalent in a modern personal injury practice.
• Thorough discussions of medical and insurance issues provide a foundation of
practical knowledge necessary to a Tort/personal injury law practice.
• Workplace Skills Tips appear throughout the text to provide practical observations
and suggestions to the student based on the author’s many years of torts and personal
injury experience.
• Hypothetical Case: Developing Workplace Skills exercises are placed at the
conclusion of each chapter. Students work on a hypothetical case typically arising
out of a law firm setting with the supervising attorney sending a memo or e-mail to
the paralegal requesting the performance of a task essential to the case. All of these
exercises are based on real-world cases.
• Extensive Appendices contain actual documents the student will encounter on the
job, such as retainer agreements, client questionnaires, HIPAA compliant medcal
authorizations, sample letters, medical diagrams, medical terminology, medical
abbreviations, first-party and third-party insurance documents, and an actual
automobile insurance policy.
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-291984-5
ISBN-10:
0-13-291984-2
www.pearsonhighered.com
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TorTs and Personal Injury law for the Paralegal develoPIng workPlace skIlls
Innovation.
Jeffries received his B.A. in Business
Administration from MSUM in 1965 and
his Juris Doctorate with distinction from
the University of North Dakota. He spent 37
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