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The Perils of Picking Damages Out of a Hat: How Random Verdicts Can Reverse Jury Decisions

Jan 23, 2024 10:38:44 AM / by First Court Insights Team
Last summer, the Texas Supreme Court reversed a $15 million jury award because “plaintiffs’ counsel at no point in these proceedings has attempted to proffer a rational argument justifying either the amount sought or the amount awarded. At trial, the only arguments provided to justify an amount of ...
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Remembering the Record North Dakota Nuclear Verdict

Feb 6, 2023 10:40:58 AM / by First Court Insights Team
Bismarck, ND A new chapter began for the families of a June 27, 2015, drunk driving incident that took the lives of two young women and dramatically injured another. Four years and four months later a jury awarded the families a combined $1,157,000,000 in compensatory and punitive damages. The ...
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What Is a Mock Trial?

Oct 18, 2022 9:42:09 AM / by First Court Insights Team
Attorney at Law Magazine’s Recommended Mock Trial Company is First Court, Inc., which begs the question: What is a “Mock Trial?”
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Strategies for Gaining Credibility During Voir Dire

Sep 20, 2022 8:46:25 AM / by First Court Insights Team
The first impression that a trial lawyer gives the jurors in the selection process will last throughout the duration of the trial. What impression are you giving to the jurors as you stand to introduce yourself and your client to the venire? Is that impression the most helpful to your client’s ...
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A Trial Lawyer's Guide to Serving Red Herring

Aug 16, 2022 11:15:06 AM / by First Court Insights Team
We recently conducted a mock trial on a significant case. The jurors were very typical for what we expect to see in a Manhattan jury. After each argument or witness, each juror answered a handful of excellent feedback questions—and all their answers flowed across our monitors, in real time.
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