The power lies with the jury.
We tried a complex personal injury case involving a plaintiff with several million dollars in economic damages, including lost wages, medical expenses, and future medical costs.
Although we thought we had a strong liability case and damages case, the defendant never made a serious offer to settle.
That is, until the jury spoke up.
As jurors deliberate, it’s not unusual for jurors to ask the judge questions or ask for clarification about things that came up at trial.
This jury asked the judge to read back the amounts that the plaintiff was seeking for economic losses.
It was a good question for the plaintiff’s side of the courtroom, and the defendant’s side knew it.
The defendants scrambled, making several settlement offers.
We rejected all of them, confident that we had a strong sense of the jury’s direction.
We were right.
Twenty minutes later, the jury returned a verdict of $8.2 million in favor of the plaintiff.
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