Harry Plotkin
REPLAY - TLU Live Vegas 2022 - How to make every verdict a punitive: Nuclear verdict in Voir Dire Part 1 & 2
April 4, 2023 5:30 PM||TLU n Demand
Registering for this webinar will give you access to Parts 1 and 2. Use the same zoom link for Part 1 to view Part 2 on April 4th.
Every jury’s verdict is punitive—“how much does this defendant deserve to have to pay?” is part of every jury’s calculation, so how you frame the damages in voir dire has a huge influence on the size of their verdict. In this program, Harry will teach you how he had his clients frame damages in voir dire in each of the six 9-figure verdicts he selected in the past year. The words you use and the way you explain damages to your jurors during jury selection matters immensely, so make sure you’re doing it the right way. In this lecture, you will learn:
- The way that you can explain damages to your jury while still asking questions in voir dire
- Why it’s so important to explain damages in the best possible light… and which words and phrases will paint a negative picture of damages
- How to identify jurors with negative views of damages during voir dire, while still painting damages in a positive way
- How to frame compensatory damages in a way that triggers the instinct of jurors to punish
- How to handle damage voir dire against corporations versus individual defendants
