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…
Sometimes it’s important to go back to basics and remember we are not just involved in some high stakes game, but are representing people. People who are entitled to justice. “Money makes the world go around,the world go around, the world go around,Money makes the world go around, it makes the world go around” From the musical Cabaret “The best things in life are free, but you can keep them for the birds and bees Now give me the money,…
I don’t know if you "blackboard" your damages for argument or not. I do. I like to break them down between past and future as well as by elements and assign a dollar value to each. I’m reproducing an outline from an Idaho case I tried. The case involved birth injuries to a child as well as parental claims. The first outline is that for the child using Idaho elements of damage that were the law when I tried the case. The second…