Ep. 273 - Non-Economic Damages Made Easy With Christy Crowe Childers

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Dec 13, 2024

Christy Crowe Childers, a leading expert in trucking law and soon-to-be-published author, shares her innovative 'Damages House' strategy to help jurors analyze non-economic damages. She reveals how this visual framework simplifies the complex task of assigning value to emotional pain in trials. The discussion also emphasizes storytelling and understanding juror psychology, focusing on how metaphorical language can create impactful connections. With expert insights on trial techniques, Childers is ready to change the game in legal presentations!

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ANECDOTE

Valuing Life

Christy Crowe Childers asked family members to put a dollar figure on her life.
Responses ranged from refusal to "all the money in the world," highlighting jurors' difficulties valuing non-economic damages.

INSIGHT

Juror Challenges

Jurors struggle to value non-economic damages due to lack of logical basis or difficulty with abstract concepts.
A framework is needed to concretize these principles, making the task feel doable.

ADVICE

Damages Specialist

Dedicate a specialist to damages, separate from liability, to gather client stories and prepare witnesses.
This allows for deeper exploration of non-economic damages and strengthens the case.

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❗NEWSFLASH – instructing the jurors to put a value on non-economic damages is like asking someone to build a piece of IKEA furniture without the instruction manual.

Jurors are practically BEGGING you for a formula, and without guidance, they often feel resigned to the task well before deliberation even begins.

**THE DAMAGES HOUSE HAS ENTERED THE CHAT**

🏠 The Damages House is a powerful visual approach that organizes each of your state’s jury charges into “rooms” in a house, providing jurors with a clear and logical foundation for your non-economic damages ask.

🤔 AND WHO, you ask, is the MASTERMIND behind this strategy?

My brilliant friend, coach here at H2H, a leading lady in trucking law, and soon-to-be published author, it’s none other than…

CHRISTY CROWE CHILDERS

Ready to discover the game-changing strategy that will give you the upper hand?

Tune in and start building YOUR Damages House! 🛠

Xo, Sari

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“By giving them this framework, we're creating juror epiphanies within themselves. So, I'm going to give them a house and put each category of non-economic damages in the same size rooms and then let the jurors decide which rooms are supposed to be bigger. And so, they're using it as language to trade and make rooms bigger or smaller, and of course that correlates with dollars.”

– Christy Crowe Childers

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