A Landmark $30.5 Million-Dollar Verdict Against the City of Seattle for a Wrongful Death
A peaceful protester was left to bleed out in Seattle after paramedics fled the scene. Evan Oshan asked for $100 million and won $30.5 million against the city — without ever identifying the shooter. ...
29 Touko 42min
The Wall Came Tumbling Down: $15 Million Wrongful Death Verdict
“Walking into Ozaukee County and telling the jury that it was worth $40 million was completely unheard of. I mean, people thought I was crazy.” In this conversation with host Dan Ambrose, Al Foeckler ...
28 Touko 41min
82 Million Dollar Verdict Largest Amputation Verdict in History
"Insurance bad faith cases provide an opportunity for those attorneys to get seven- or potentially eight- or even nine-figure results on cases that would otherwise be perceived as low-limit cases," sa...
27 Touko 48min
Joe Fried: Breaking the Paradigm of Case Values in Conservative Venues
Joe Fried has a theory about why verdict values stay low in conservative states. “If there are cases where somebody's asking for $30, $50 million, and they're not getting it, I may need to listen to t...
22 Touko 54min
Sach Oliver - The Magic of Dressed Rehearsals: Preparing to Win & Processing Loss
After Sach Oliver got the defense verdict, he also got the worried calls. “Oh! Oh! Oh!” His response? “I’d go do it again.” The case is under appeal, but in this conversation with host Dan Ambrose, Sa...
20 Touko 44min
John Demas’s $32,000,000 One Day Wrongful Death Speed Trial
Two big-data studies predicted a verdict between $13 and $16 million. John Demas trusted his instincts and walked out of a Sacramento courtroom with $32 million. The case: An on-duty city detective sw...
18 Touko 1h 18min
Humanity, Habitability, and Heart: How Eric Castelblanco Battles Slumlords for Million-Dollar Verdicts
Eric Castelblanco was helping a client navigate the immigration system when she told him about her neighbor’s slip-and-fall in their apartment building. Would he help her? Of course he would. Not only...
15 Touko 54min
Outlaw Roots, Record Verdict: The Road to $126,000,000, The Chris Hammons Journey
At age 37, Chris Hammons made it all the way to the jury level of the hit reality show “Survivor.” The jury voted him off. But more recently, two juries in a courtroom – not on an island – have voted ...
13 Touko 1h 20min
