It was a cold Monday morning in January. He sat on the stairs and looked at the adjoining living room to his right. He saw an ornament on the floor where the Christmas tree stood a couple of weeks prior. He could still hear the giggling excitement of his kids opening their gifts...

In Abraham v. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, plaintiff, a surgeon and director of orthopedic surgery, alleged a female junior medical resident and medical student became sexually aggressive without his consent while he was too intoxicated to resist at a 2018 pool party at his home...

On November 30, 2023, a jury in Westchester County, New York awarded plaintiff $120 million in a verdict against Westchester Medical Center in the case of William R. Lee et al. v. Westchester County Health Care Corporation et al. This is the largest medical malpractice verdict in the history of...

When it comes time to pick a jury, it is critical to find jurors who are open-minded towards the corporate defendant and may be less likely to award a Nuclear Verdict®. While any juror can go nuclear if the defense fails to defuse juror anger, there is no doubt some jurors are more prone to...

Recently, a jury in Philadelphia awarded a whopping $976 million dollar verdict against Mitsubishi for its faulty seat belt design. It took jurors only four hours to deliberate, and they awarded $176.5 million in compensatory damages. For punitive damages, jurors deliberated for just thirty...

In the flurry of New Year’s resolutions, people often set themselves on a crash course littered with unattainable goals that do not account for the hours and energy needed to just work, sleep, have any semblance of a personal life...

We recently had the privilege of delivering a webinar to more than 500 attendees on how to stop Nuclear Verdicts® with Taylor Swift lyrics. Just kidding! We wish it was that simple. We did, however, spend two hours diving into the Nuclear Verdicts® Defense Methods through the cat eyes of...

Nuclear Verdicts® continue to climb in severity and frequency, increasing by 27.5% over 10 years. In the trucking industry, the average value of a verdict above $1 million has increased from $2.3 million to $22.3 million between 2010 to 2018. Many businesses and defense attorneys have been left wond

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...

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...

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...

Plaintiffs’ lawyers are driving skyrocketing damages awards in courts all across the country.  Such Nuclear Verdicts® – jury awards in excess of $10 million or that are disproportionate and irrational given the facts of a case...

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...

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...

In a case involving a high school student who was severely burned in a science class experiment gone awry, plaintiff’s counsel portrayed in detail the pain and anguish plaintiff suffered through during his months in hospitals and inpatient care. The jury awarded a record-breaking verdict of...

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.

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.

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.

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®?

CLM Magazine – December 2020

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