Valuing The Incredibly Precious Human Experience: Helping A Jury Value General Damages

Recorded on September 27, 2024
Presented by:  Karen Koehler,
1 Law & Legal

There is no more sacred part of a trial – than the presentation and acknowledgment of the magnitude of loss suffered by the plaintiff.   There is no magic formula – no calculation that can capture the true value of human pain, suffering, disability, disfigurement, loss of consortium, loss of life.  But neither is our personhood incapable of being quantified monetarily.  Which is all that our system of civil justice allows.  Join Karen for this lesson on how to talk about and secure general damages for your clients.

What You Will Learn:

  • Introducing numbers and money into the trial
  • How to build a general damages case that resonates on a deeper level
  • Accessing the symbolism of money damages
  • Pulling the concepts and values together in closing.
Presented by:  Karen Koehler,
Karen Koehler
Karen Koehler, Senior Managing Partner