Evidential essentials: How witnesses can make or break a case
Marcel Strigberger. It was a cold Canadian winter morning. But let me get back to that in a moment. The success of your case often gets down to three things: witnesses, witnesses and witnesses. Good advocacy helps, too, but that generally means marshaling good witnesses. Now, back to that cold Canadian winter morning: I was about to enter a restaurant for an enjoyable breakfast when I slipped and fell on a large patch of ice right at the entrance. As I lay there clutching my shoulder, a gentleman came over and helped me up, saying, “Careful, the walkway is a skating rink.” That sage comment was an understatement. Actually, I would say that was the closest I ever came to participating in the Ice Follies.