Bob Tyson is the strategic managing partner for California-based Tyson & Mendes. He has authored a book entitled: Nuclear Verdicts: Defending Justice for All, and over his 30-year career, he has successfully resolved a variety of cases including complex products liability, commercial and general civil litigation, professional malpractice, environmental and employment law. Tyson delivered the Day 2 closing keynote at the ALM Complex Claims and Litigation Forum and shared some of the issues surrounding nuclear verdicts.

He identified several types of cases that have the most likely to result in nuclear verdicts: student-involved shootings with multiple victims, medical malpractice claims, incidents involving commercial trucking companies and employment disputes.

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