ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Why reject a $750,000 offer and trust a jury with a difficult brain injury case?
In the second half of the Hickey v. Harrington conversation, Miles Cooper asks Michael Stephenson, Lucy Allen, and Blake Bostwick of Bay Area Bicycle Law how they chose a jury, handled a sympathetic driver, and tested potential jurors' views of preexisting conditions and large awards.
Missed Part 1 (about the collision, the before-and-after witnesses, and the DTI evidence)? Stream it here:
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- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3H1a6i0LC9E1uENmZgb6G4
They discuss a defense expert's concession about the client's ability to work, the limits of a short neuropsychological test in a quiet setting, and why the client's testimony and photographs carried weight. Finally, Michael explains why the team left the damages figure blank in closing and gave jurors a way to calculate it themselves. The jury awarded more than $12 million.
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Produced by Mauro Serra | Kenji Productions
Recorded & Co-produced by Zach Morvant | www.zmorvant.com
Music by The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble
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