Proving Damages to the Jury

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By Jim Wren

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Jim Wren

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James Publishing

Release

16 March 2023

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National Litigation Practice Guide
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REVISION 5 HIGHLIGHTS

With this new edition of Proving Damages to the Jury, authors Jim Wren and Laura Brown have updated the book with new and expanded coverage of a broad range of substantive topics, including:

Why Jurors Assess Big Damages

  • Articulate the relevance of post-occurrence conduct to avoid erroneous exclusion of evidence as a "subsequent remedial measure"
  • The direct liability of the organization, in failing to put the safety systems in place that could have averted the accident, can be a more persuasive damages argument than the negligence of an individual defendant

    Valuations And Damage Models

  • Updated tables re: computing lost earnings and earning capacity in personal injury/wrongful death cases

    Damage Experts and Daubert/Frye Issuesul>

  • Grounds for Frye challenges to expert testimony
  • Daubert relevance and reliability objections
  • Anticipated Revisions to FRE 702
  • Cases re admissibility of expert testimony by life care planners; vocational experts

    Discovery Tactics To Maximize Damages

  • Plaintiff's treating doctor as a key witness

    Testing Damages Before Trial

  • Inherent group limitations
  • Virtual testing—screening applicants
  • When to use a concept focus group; a structured focus group; a mock trial

    Witness Examination

  • How and when to use day-in-the-life videos on direct
  • New tip for handling an evasive or unresponsive witness on cross

    Preparing For Common Legal And Factual Issues

  • Tax effects arguments in physical injury and other types of cases
  • Collateral source evidence
  • Loss of consortium
  • Wealth of the parties

    Economic Loss Rule

  • Origin of the "limits on negligence" rationale
  • Updates to Restatement (Third) of Torts: Liability for Economic Harm

    And More!

    • Format

    ebook

    Author

    Jim Wren

    Publisher

    James Publishing

    Release

    16 March 2023

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    Subjects

    National Litigation Practice Guide
    Proving Damages to the Jury