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Segal McCambridge

The Future of Litigation: Adapting to the Era of Nuclear Verdicts

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In this episode of TortsCenter, hosts Carla Varriale-Barker and Courtney Dunn sit down with Segal McCambridge Shareholder Paul Motz to discuss the escalating trend of nuclear and thermonuclear verdicts—and how defense...more

IMS Legal Strategies

What Is Causing Today’s Massive Verdicts—and What Can We Do About It?

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Data compiled by the American Transportation Research Institute shows that lawsuits targeting the trucking industry have increased at an exponential pace, seen in both the volume of cases and the size of verdict awards. When...more

Tyson & Mendes LLP

What to Watch Out For: Plaintiffs Can Recover for Decedents’ Pain and Suffering

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Throughout California and the United States, there is a rising trend of Nuclear Verdicts™, defined as jury verdicts in excess of $10 million or that are wildly disproportionate to the injuries in the case.  A new Senate Bill...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

Employers Beware: California Jury Verdicts Continue to Skyrocket!

Very few companies doing business in California missed the news recently that a San Francisco jury ordered Tesla, the electric car manufacturer, to pay $137 million to a Black former elevator operator who had worked at the...more

Tyson & Mendes LLP

Stop Nuclear Verdicts: Compensate Like Plaintiff Lawyers

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Here is a question for insurers: You are in the business of managing risk, but what have you and your defense counsel done differently in the last decade to manage or stop nuclear verdicts? The risk is real. Jury verdicts...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Record-Breaking Personal Injury Award Highlights Tools for Defendants Facing Excessive Verdicts

A recent personal injury verdict in Brooklyn is one of the largest ever awarded to a single plaintiff in New York state.  The verdict highlights the utility of two procedural tools available to defendants facing excessive...more

Carlton Fields

Preserving Premature Rulings

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The jury was still deliberating over the personal injury case in Showan v. Pressdee, No. 1:16-cv-00468-ODE (N.D. Ga.), when the senior U.S. district judge decided to “get the ball rolling” on an expected motion for damages...more

Holland & Hart - Your Trial Message

Normalize Your Damages: Five Ways

When civil litigation is being discussed by those outside the courtroom and outside the legal field, what stands out is often the perception, at least, of very high damages. The high-dollar figure being awarded, based on a...more

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