Some factors that drove growth in verdict amounts include jurors' corporate mistrust, social pessimism, erosion of tort reform and public desensitization to large numbers. Credit: BrAt82/Stock.adobe.com
Runaway verdicts — judgments over $10 million — against corporate defendants have increased by nearly 30% in the last year and state governors have had an outsized role in the results, according to a report from public relations firm Marathon Strategies.
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Michael A. Mora
Michael was born and raised in South Florida. He went to undergrad at Florida Atlantic University and earned his master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is a litigation reporter for the Daily Business Review, as well as an editor for ALM Global. You can email him at [email protected].
