Noneconomic Damage Amounts in Personal Injury Cases: Linking the Value to Injury Following Recent Decisions
Recording of a 90-minute CLE video webinar with Q&A
This CLE webinar will offer guidance on how plaintiffs can prove or defendants can challenge the amount of noneconomic damages. The panel will discuss new and clarified burdens of proof, plausible strategies for connecting amounts sought with the evidence, discovery strategies, and the types of arguments and techniques that get verdicts reversed on appeal.
Outline
- Strategies for valuing noneconomic damages
- Types of evidence that may be used
- Discovery strategies
- Use of experts
- Recent cases
- Standards of review on appeal
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- What are some methodologies that may be used to calculate the amount of pain and suffering damages?
- What types of arguments are prohibited?
- What is unsubstantiated anchoring and how is it detected?
Faculty
Joshua C. Offenhartz
Partner
Koeller, Nebeker, Carlson, & Haluck
Mr. Offenhartz is a business attorney who represents clients in the finance, medical, construction, real estate, and... | Read More
Mr. Offenhartz is a business attorney who represents clients in the finance, medical, construction, real estate, and culinary industries. He has significant experience managing all phases of litigation, including preliminary investigations, discovery, depositions, settlement negotiations, mediation, motions for summary judgment, trial and appeals. Additionally, Mr. Offenhartz serves as outside counsel for several small, medium, and growing businesses that need day-to-day legal advice for their growing companies. His practice areas include construction claims and litigation, catastrophic injury and accident litigation, product liability, commercial trucking and transportation litigation, premises liability and hospitality claims litigation, and insurance coverage and related matters.
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Margaret Elizabeth (Maggy) Randels
Attorney
Randels Injury Law
Prior to founding Randels Injury Law, Ms. Randels worked at two prominent Atlanta area injury firms for the better part... | Read More
Prior to founding Randels Injury Law, Ms. Randels worked at two prominent Atlanta area injury firms for the better part of a decade. Since 2020, she has been recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star, an honor given to only 2.5% of the lawyers in Georgia. 2024 marks her fifth year being recognized. Ms. Randels has also been recognized as one of Georgia Trend's Legal Elite, named in Best Lawyers in America -- Ones to Watch, and is a member of the National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40. Since 2020, Ms. Randels has been a member of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association's Executive Committee, serving as chair of the New Lawyers Division, the Communications Committee, and the Women's Caucus.
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