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Anatomy of a Runaway Verdict: Recognizing the Warning Signs, Understanding How Juries Calculate Damages

Recording of a 90-minute CLE video webinar with Q&A

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Conducted on Tuesday, October 8, 2024

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This CLE webinar will offer attendees a detailed analysis of why juries award runaway verdicts and how juries calculate them. The panel will discuss the impact of the current litigation climate on claims where coverage issues are present and the effect of the current litigation climate on excess and umbrella coverage.

Description

Most lawyers have never seen a so-called "nuclear" verdict, nor do they truly appreciate how one comes into existence. Being able to recognize the types of factors that give birth to nuclear verdicts and recognize the danger before the situation blows up allows counsel and their clients a chance to settle these claims and avoid these verdicts.

Likewise, most attorneys also do not understand the often unprecedented ways that juries actually calculate the dollar amounts awarded and how those methodologies may differ drastically from traditional approaches. This panel will offer insights from actual cases that can help attorneys understand what they are up against.

Listen as this panel provides a detailed analysis of why runaway verdicts occur, how to recognize the symptoms early enough to avoid disaster, and insights into novel ways a jury calculates damages.

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Outline

  1. Increase in runaway verdicts
  2. How runaway verdicts occur
  3. Warning signs of runaway verdicts
  4. Damage calculation methodologies of juries awarding runaway verdicts
  5. Impact on current litigation climate

Benefits

The panel will review these and other key issues:

  • What factors predict an increased likelihood of a "nuclear" verdict and how easy are these factors to spot?
  • Do insurers heed the warning signs of runaway verdicts or downplay the risk?
  • What is important to know regarding how juries who award runaway verdicts calculate damages?

Faculty

Baker, Sarah
Sarah M. Baker
Partner
Kiernan Trebach

Ms. Baker is a partner in the firm’s Philadelphia office. Her practice focuses on medical malpractice, oral and...  |  Read More

Stein Fulton, Wendy
Wendy Stein Fulton
Partner
Kiernan Trebach

Ms. Fulton is an AV-Rated attorney and forensic accountant who manages the firm’s Florida office. Her...  |  Read More

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