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Course Information
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    On-Demand

  • signal_cellular_alt Difficulty Level

    Intermediate

  • work Practice Area

    Insurance

Date & Time
  • event Date

    Tuesday, October 8, 2024

  • schedule Time

    1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT

  • timer Program Length

    90 minutes

Credit Information

  • This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.

$297.00
CLE
ALL

This CLE webinar will offer attendees a detailed analysis of why juries award runaway verdicts and how juries calculate them. The panel will discuss the impact of the current litigation climate on claims where coverage issues are present and the effect of the current litigation climate on excess and umbrella coverage.

Faculty

Sarah M. Baker
Partner
Kiernan Trebach

Ms. Baker is a partner in the firm’s Philadelphia office. Her practice focuses on medical malpractice, oral and maxillofacial surgery and dental malpractice, professional licensing and premises liability defense. She also has experience in transportation and appellate work, has developed and presented continuing medical education (CME) materials for medical practitioners, and has been honored to be a speaker at professional conferences.  

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Wendy Stein Fulton
Partner
Kiernan Trebach

Ms. Fulton is an AV-Rated attorney and forensic accountant who manages the firm’s Florida office. Her national practice of more than 23 years focuses on bad faith/insurance coverage litigation, commercial litigation, construction litigation, professional malpractice defense (including the defense of lawyers, medical professionals, medical device manufacturers, and construction professionals), and class action defense. Ms. Fulton litigates in both trial court and appellate courts.

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Description

Most lawyers have never seen a so-called "nuclear" verdict, nor do they truly appreciate how one comes into existence. Being able to recognize the types of factors that give birth to nuclear verdicts and recognize the danger before the situation blows up allows counsel and their clients a chance to settle these claims and avoid these verdicts.

Likewise, most attorneys also do not understand the often unprecedented ways that juries actually calculate the dollar amounts awarded and how those methodologies may differ drastically from traditional approaches. This panel will offer insights from actual cases that can help attorneys understand what they are up against.

Listen as this panel provides a detailed analysis of why runaway verdicts occur, how to recognize the symptoms early enough to avoid disaster, and insights into novel ways a jury calculates damages.

Outline

  1. Increase in runaway verdicts
  2. How runaway verdicts occur
  3. Warning signs of runaway verdicts
  4. Damage calculation methodologies of juries awarding runaway verdicts
  5. Impact on current litigation climate

Benefits

The panel will review these and other key issues:

  • What factors predict an increased likelihood of a "nuclear" verdict and how easy are these factors to spot?
  • Do insurers heed the warning signs of runaway verdicts or downplay the risk?
  • What is important to know regarding how juries who award runaway verdicts calculate damages?