I am about to start a jury trial involving a collision in which the driver, whose family we represent, was burned to death in a fire that started from the collision. I don’t know about you, but I like to have a one sheet list of the issues and the main theme or points as well as a one sheet reminder. I keep both handy and in front of me to remind me to stay in control and to make things short…
I’ve published a basic outline for argument before, but, as to damages, how do we evaluate what is full money justice in such cases? It can only be done by balancing the extent of the harm done against a dollar amount which equals that harm. The verdict should be a perfectly balanced scale with money on one side and the harm on the other. When the scale between these two essential parts of a tort trial is perfectly balanced there…
The Sunday New York Times published an interview with David Rock by reporter Adam Bryant. Rock is the director of the Neuroleadership Institute. http://www.neuroleadership.org/index.shtml Rock has developed an acronym SCARF to better explain people’s behavior. It stands for: status, certainty, autonomy, relatedness and fairness. Rock says that it is a summary of what motivates us, the things we feel passionately about and that are driving behavior. He says that the brain divides everything into one of two categories: threat or…