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Successful personal injury investigation: Master the techniques of finding the facts that win cases for plaintiff attorneys

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As a licensed private investigator, I can personally attest that Francis D. "Frank" Ritter, CLI, CII has gone to great lengths to compose an up-to-date, informative, educational, and comprehensive text. This is easily the most comprehensive (emphasis added) text on the topic of legal (civil) investigations in existence.

Mr. Ritter's text is very detailed and includes helpful diagrams and photos. The text also covers certain types of civil investigations that aren't (to the best of my knowledge) covered anywhere else. Another advantage of this text is that many of the techniques described in the book transcend to other aspects of private investigation (i.e. interviews and statements, report writing, photography, evidence collection and storage, etc.). Once again, this is the most comprehensive book in existence that pertains to legal (civil) investigations - period.

I would also like to personally thank Mr. Ritter for taking the time to sign my book at this year's FALI Annual Conference, where Mr. Ritter gave a wonderful presentation regarding report writing.

If you are interested in other texts regarding legal (civil) investigations, I would highly (emphasis added) recommend both "Techniques Of Legal Investigation" by Anthony M. Golec (ISBN: 0398065152) and "Complex Legal Investigations: The Ultimate Guide For Conducting Better Personal Injury Investigations" by James W. Harbert CLI, FCI (ISBN: 1891247557). Both are excellent texts that are well worth the price. With all three (3) of the aforementioned texts, your legal (civil) investigations library will be complete.

As always, check with your local library or bookstore to see if you can read/review this or any title before deciding to make a purchase. This method has effectively allowed me to make the most of my investigative library budget.

I hope you found this review helpful. If I can be of further assistance, please feel free to contact me via email at MichaelBeltz@FALI.com. Respectfully submitted, MB.

I have been in the investigative field for over 28 years. During that time I have accumulated a very extensive library of books, videos and CD's covering a wide range of investigative information and techniques. If I was only able to keep one book, it would have to be Frank Ritter's "Successful Personal Injury Investigation." Frank has done a superior job of explaining, step by step and by check lists, all of the important aspects of personal injury investigation; and he does it in a very professional yet easy to understand format. This book is a "must have" for every investigator, attorney and paralegal.---Keith R. Steele, CLI, CFE, FCI, CCDI, STEELE INVESTIGATION AGENCY, Bradenton, Florida

I am a student in the Associate of Science in Private Investigation Services Program. I have enjoyed reading Successful Personal Injury Investigation. My instructor Mr. Michael Beltz sometimes will refer to some text books that are really boring like "eating oatmeal, three times a day for 3 months," your book is not like that. I actually laugh sometimes when I read your book. It is if you are trying to speak right to me. I am learning a lot from your book. I hope that City College continues to use your book, so other students can benefit. You may post my comments, [since] people need to know that your book is worth buying.
Kelly C. Virgadamo
City College, Casselberry Campus
Casselberry, FL

I've really enjoyed reading this book on personal injury investigation and think its well worth investing in. Not only is there a large volume of information covered in the book, its well put together and broken down into reader friendly chapters and subsections. It's also loaded with many practical and easy to tear out forms and checklists in the back of the book. As a licensed private investigator I'm always looking to continue my education in the investigative field from a variety of sources and highly recommend this book.

This book is a virtual library of information for any PI. It is nice to know it is there when the case of a new type comes in to refresh your memory.

First of all, this isn't one of those textbooks that you'll be wanting to re-sell. This one is a keeper.

The only thing that would have helped would have been a PDF or CD ROM edition [to ease with searches].
But only the book was available when I bought it, over a year ago.

Recently, I visited Francis Ritter's website and they now offer BOTH the book and a CD ROM [the same data, in searchable text format]. I think it was [...]

I believe this is the first book that costs at or about $100 that I ever found good enough to give 5 stars.

I bought mine via a [...], but still the price was just under $100.
Worth the price.

Initially disappointed as the version I received had no CD, so you must virtually destroy the book to use the forms. IAW, tear out the pages!