2017 Tennessee High School Mock Trial Case Materials Copyright 2016, Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyers Division
2017 TENNESSEE STATE HIGH SCHOOL MOCK TRIAL COMPETITION CASE MATERIALS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WESTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE AT SHRADERVILLE STATE OF TENNESSEE, v. HADLEY GRUBER, a child under the age of 18. Case No. 16‐cr‐11117 EXHIBITS The following names are meant for identification purposes only. This list is not a stipulation, and teams still must rely on the rules of evidence to have any proposed exhibit admitted into evidence. EXHIBIT A Yoshinobu Takagi curriculum vitae EXHIBIT B Affidavit of Yoshinobu Takagi EXHIBIT C Hospital Record for Karl Godunov EXHIBIT D Thames Gilyard curriculum vitae EXHIBIT E Thames Gilyard Letter to Court EXHIBIT F Mental Health Assessment of Hadley Gruber EXHIBIT G Mapleleaf Manor Employee Login Catalogue EXHIBIT H Beaverhausen Memorandum re: De’Voreaux Black EXHIBIT I Employee Reprimand EXHIBIT J Termination Letter EXHIBIT K Gennaro Employee Evaluation Yoshinobu Takagi, M.D.
1155 Weston Place Drive, Suite 400
Weston, Tennessee 37881
Ph: (800) DR4CASH
Fax: 955.867.5309
Email: [email protected]
CURRICULUM VITAE
Education:
1980-1984
Dean Vernon Wormer Hospital Internship/Residency
Faber, TX
1976 – 1980
Faber College of Medicine,
Faber, TX
M.D.
1972-1976
Faber College, Faber TX
Bachelor of Science
Board Certifications:
1985
1985
2002
Board Certification in Internal Medicine1
Board Certification in Emergency Medicine2
Board Certification in Family Medicine
Professional Appointments:
2005 – present
Weston Workers’ Compensation,
Medical Impairment
Medical Impairment Rating Examiner
Review Department
2007 – present
Weston Department of Human Disability Examiner
Resources, Division of Disability
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Professional Experience:
1984 – 1995
Faber Medical Center
Emergency Medicine
1995 – 2001
Weston Memorial Hospital
Emergency Medicine
2002 – Present
The Takagi Clinic
Family Medicine
2002 – Present
Takagi Medical Consultants, LLC, Expert Witness
Founder; Principal
2005 – Present
Quick Medical Opinions, LLC,
Founder; Principal
2005 -Present
Takagi Disability Exams For Less, LLC, Expert Witness
Founder; Principal
2006 – Present
Takagi Defense Medical Examiners, LLC
Witness
Founder; Principal
Expert Witness
Expert
Medical Licensure:
1980
State of Texas, Physician License No. K513453
1995
State of Tennessee, Physician License No. T1005
Publications:
1996
Record
How to Survive Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Through Medical
1998
How to Deter Medical Malpractice Lawsuits by Sheltering
Assets,
Defense Doctors Quarterly, 25 Ed.
Alteration, Journal of Effective Tort Reform, 10th Ed.
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2003
Medicolegal Considerations In Geriatric Patients: The TheyWould’ve-died-Anyway Defense, Journal of Defense Doctors,
14th Ed.
2006
Effective Advertising for Insurance Defense Exams and
Guardianship Testimony Opportunities, Weston Medical Journal,
Dec. 2006 Ed.
2007
Medicare: How to Make the Most Profitable Diagnosis,
Weston Medical Journal, Oct. 2007 Ed.
Speaking Engagements:
2008
Minimize Treatment While Maximizing Profit: How to Convert
Your Practice to Focus On Testimonial Opportunities,
Weston Family Medicine Forum, Oct. 31, 2008
2010
Medicolegal Opportunities: Expert Testimony – A Cash Business,
Weston Medical Consultants Forum, June 2010
2012
How to Outsmart the Greedy Trial Lawyer in Depositions,
Weston Insurance Defense Seminar, March 2012
2013
Are You Charging Enough for Your “Expert” Opinion?
Weston Medical Examiners Seminar, July, 2013
Expert Witness Experience:
x Deposition Testimony Provided in 65 personal injury and workers
compensation cases;
x Live In-Person Testimony at Trial in 32 personal injury and workers
compensation cases;
x Over 500 Written Reports Provided In Disability, Conservatorship,
Commitment And Guardianship Proceedings
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