It is the question on every litigator’s mind: What impact, if any, will the pandemic have on jury decision-making once trials resume? Will there be
As the country starts to re-open and jury trials resume, it is our job to research and understand what impact the pandemic and the stay-at-home
We have officially entered the eighth week of the stay-at-home order in Washington State. Six days ago, our governor announced there would be no jury
*Previously published our Jury Economics column in the December 2019 issue of the King County Bar Bulletin. By Thomas M. O’Toole, Ph.D. and Kevin R.
*Previously published our Jury Economics column in the January 2020 issue of the King County Bar Bulletin. By Thomas M. O’Toole, Ph.D. and Kevin Boully,
How do you start a blog about what we are all going through right now? Most of us have never experienced anything like this before
Last year, Johnson & Johnson was hit with an $8 billion verdict by a Philadelphia jury, an amount that exceeded the gross domestic product of
If you follow this blog or read our column in the King County Bar Bulletin, you know that I have been working with another well-respected
By Thomas M. O’Toole, Ph.D. and Kevin R. Boully, Ph.D. *A version of this blog was published in the October 2019 issue of the King
Sound Jury Consulting has the ability to make sense of complex issues through custom moving timelines. Here is an example of a visually compelling
By Thomas M. O’Toole, Ph.D. One of the most important sayings in our industry is that a verdict is a product of what jurors choose
By Thomas M. O’Toole, Ph.D. A key milestone in any jury deliberation is the selection of the process for deliberations. At some point early in
By Thomas M. O’Toole, Ph.D. It’s hard being in a place where you don’t speak the same language as those around you. Where everyone dresses
By Thomas M. O’Toole, Ph.D. Why do jurors talk about some testimony in deliberations, but not other testimony? Why do jurors start deliberations by talking
By Thomas M. O’Toole, Ph.D. Next month, the largest jury trial to date against opioid manufacturers, distributers, and sellers will take place in northeastern Ohio.
By Thomas M. O’Toole, Ph.D. Despite what Allen Iverson might say (search “Allen Iverson” and “practice” on YouTube if you do not get this reference),
By Jill D. Schmid, Ph.D. I was recently reading an article that was published a few years ago in our local bar journal about the
By Thomas M. O’Toole, Ph.D. and Scott Herndon, M.A. In 2016, Oxford Dictionaries chose “post-truth” as its word of the year. It defined it as
By Thomas M. O’Toole, Ph.D. Jury selection is difficult. It is impossible to predict exactly how any one individual is going to decide the case.
by Thomas M. O’Toole, Ph.D. Each year in the United States, juries award billions of dollars in damages to plaintiffs. In 2014, a jury in
