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Runaway Verdicts: Reversing The Trend

Author: Bob Tyson

Property Casualty 360 – July 7, 2022

What happens when you mix major damages, a large corporation, a denial (or half acceptance) of fault, and an angry jury that wants to send a strong message? In the courtroom, the result just might be a colossal verdict...

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I Registered the Term Nuclear Verdicts®. Here’s Why.

Author: Bob Tyson

Carrier Management – August 10, 2022

Plaintiffs’ California dreamin’ became a reality when a Los Angeles jury went nuclear with a verdict of $464.6 million after an eight-week trial in June. The verdict included $24.6 million in compensatory damages and a staggering $440 million in...

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Viewpoint: Jury Blasts Defense with a $464.5 Million Nuclear Verdict®

Author: Bob Tyson

Claims Journal – August 1, 2022

Plaintiffs’ California dreamin’ became a reality when a Los Angeles jury went nuclear with a verdict of $464.6 million after an eight-week trial in June. The verdict included $24.6 million in compensatory damages and a staggering $440 million in...

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Insurers: Hire More Trial Lawyers Now

Author: Bob Tyson

Carrier Management – May 13, 2022

As the pandemic continues to wind down, and with jurors finally starting to return to large metropolitan courthouses across the country, it is becoming increasingly clear that insurance carriers are not ready to handle the impending wave of...

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Teach Defense Lawyers How to Humanize Your Insureds

Author: Bob Tyson

Carrier Management – April 22, 2022

Insurance carriers, are you and your defense counsel ready for the “perfect storm” of litigation that is coming once the pandemic is over? Are your teams trained to defend against the increasing wave of nuclear verdicts—jury verdicts of...

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Trucking Lawyers Should Share Defense Strategies, Author and Noted Attorney Says

Author: Bob Tyson

Transport Topics – June 23, 2021

For more than a year, prominent San Diego defense attorney Robert Tyson has been scolding his colleagues for not sharing trial defense strategies to beat plaintiff attorneys in the nation’s courtrooms.

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Talc-ing Nuclear Verdicts®

Author: Bob Tyson

The CLM – July 01, 2021

Pharmaceutical and products giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) received devastating news on June 1, 2021, when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the company’s appeal of a $2.2 billion verdict in its ongoing baby powder battle.

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Stop Saying, “Safety is our Top Priority”

Author: Bob Tyson

Hotels Magazine – May 18, 2021

In the hotel business, creating a welcoming, home away from home is key to customer loyalty. Naturally, making sure guests are safe is a bedrock of the hospitality industry.

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Stop Nuclear Verdicts®: Compensate Like Plaintiff Lawyers

Author: Bob Tyson

Advisen – March 22, 2021

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®?

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Personalizing Corporate Defendants

Author: Bob Tyson

CLM Magazine – December 2020

How to Tell a Human Story About Your Client’s Company

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