Proving Damages to the Jury - 2018

Preliminary Sections

• Preliminary Sections
• About the authors

Part 1: How to create the story for damages

• Why jurors assess big damages
• Credibility is vital for maximizing damages
• How to frame the damages story
• Delving into the story

Part 2: How to build the right damage model

• Client interview and investigation
• Valuations and damage models
• Damage experts and daubert/frye issues
• Working with damages experts
• Valuation of intangible damages

Part 3: How to prepare the damage case for trial

• Discovery tactics to maximize damages
• Developing your visual strategy
• Testing damages before trial

Part 4: How to prove damages in trial

• Group formation with the jury
• Voir dire
• Opening statement
• Direct examination
• Cross examination
• Closing argument

Part 5: How to handle unique issues in damage cases

• Punitive damages
• Confronting difficult fact issues
• Scientific proof of brain injury
• Economic loss rule
• Other legal battles on damages
• Bibliography
• Table of statutes
• Table of cases
• Index

Appendices

• The Language Keys to Communicating Damages
• Client interview and investigation
• Working with damages experts
• Discovery tactics to maximize damages
• Testing damages before trial
• Handling Evidentiary Issues
• Voir dire
• Direct examination
• Punitive damages