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The Litigation Psychology Podcast #44 - Healthcare Litigation
Jason Long, Attorney with London | Amburn Attorneys at Law joins the podcast to discuss several healthcare litigation topics. Jason and Dr. Bill Kanasky talk about what the impacts of Covid-19 have been - both good and bad - on witness training [1] , depositions, and some lessons learned thus far....
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— November 2020 — 134 views Anti-reptile COVID-19 Depositions Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Med Mal Reptile Research Trial consulting Witness training


The Litigation Psychology Podcast #41 - Nuclear Verdicts
In this special edition of The Litigation Psychology Podcast, Trucking Litigation Attorney Doug Marcello interviews Dr. Bill Kanasky on the subject of nuclear verdicts. They discuss the definition of a nuclear verdict [1] and what causes a nuclear verdict to occur, including the impact of Reptile ...
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— October 2020 — 330 views Anti-reptile COVID-19 Jurors Jury consulting Nuclear verdicts Reptile Research Scientific method Trial consulting Trucking Witness training


The Litigation Psychology Podcast #39 - Voir Dire
Demographics (age, gender, political affiliation, occupation, etc.) are not predictive of juror behavior and decision-making. Instead, juror attitudes, beliefs, experiences, and personality traits are what most influence how jurors will evaluate a case. Understanding these deeper characteristics r...
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— October 2020 — 334 views COVID-19 Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology


6 communication priorities for schools
In the era of the coronavirus pandemic, reopening plans for private schools have become even more complex. Parents, students, teachers, staff, and the broader community have questions and concerns that must be addressed before, during, and after reopening. It is critical that schools understand ea...
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— September 2020 — 343 views Communications COVID-19 Crisis Planning Social media


The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 36
The guest for this episode of The Litigation Psychology Podcast is Georgianne Walker, Partner at May Oberfell Lorber. Georgianne talks to us about the challenges of preparing foreign-born physician witnesses for testimony and the concerns and anxieties of some foreign-born physicians. She also dis...
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— September 2020 — 550 views Anti-reptile COVID-19 Depositions Jury consulting Litigation psychology Med Mal Reptile Trial consulting Witness training


The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 35
Dr. Bill Kanasky interviews St. Louis defense attorney Tad Eckenrode, Partner at Eckenrode-Maupin, about medical malpractice litigation, preparing doctors, physicians and healthcare professionals for testimony, and juror perceptions of healthcare workers in the COVID-19 era. ...
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— August 2020 — 537 views COVID-19 Depositions Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Med Mal Trial consulting Witness training


Communications preparation key to successful school reopenings
As summer wanes, states are finalizing and implementing plans for the most complicated school reopenings ever. In trying to keep students, educators and staff safe from coronavirus, school districts have adopted recommendations regarding facilities, classroom layouts, scheduling and student behavi...
Jennifer Eidson
— August 2020 — 594 views Communications COVID-19 Crisis Planning Social media


The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 30
Mike Bassett, Senior Partner, The Bassett Firm in Dallas, TX joins The Litigation Psychology Podcast to discuss a number of topics in trucking litigation including the challenges with preparing truck drivers for testimony [1] , how to manage the relationship with drivers and the on-going problem o...
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— July 2020 — 701 views Anti-reptile COVID-19 Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Mock trials Nuclear verdicts Reptile Trial consulting Trucking Witness training


The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 29
Trucking Attorney Mark Perkins of Perkins and Associates joins the podcast to discuss jury selection for trucking defense in light of catastrophic events in Louisiana such Hurricanes Katrina and Hurricane Rita, the BP Oil Spill and now COVID-19! ...
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— July 2020 — 828 views COVID-19 Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Nuclear verdicts Trial consulting Trucking


The politicization of the trucking industry
I previously wrote a blog post [1] that discussed the results of a survey [2] we conducted at Courtroom Sciences, Inc. on juror perceptions in the wake of COVID-19. More specifically, the blog post discussed jurors’ perceptions of the trucking industry in light of the coronavirus pandemic. In that ...
Steve Wood, Ph.D. - Litigation Psychology
— July 2020 — 874 views COVID-19 Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Trucking


The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 27
A very special guest joins The Litigation Psychology Podcast - DeMaurice Smith, Executive Director of the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA). De Smith discusses how NFL players are coping with COVID-19, his extensive experience as a trial attorney including the art of storytellin...
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— July 2020 — 963 views COVID-19 Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Mock trials Trial consulting Witness training


The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 25
This video episode of The Litigation Psychology Podcast features an interview with Doug Marcello, Trial Attorney, Marcello & Kivisto. Doug and Dr. Bill Kanasky discuss numerous topics around trucking and transportation litigation including the challenges of preparing witnesses for testimony [1] , ...
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— June 2020 — 1058 views Anti-reptile COVID-19 Depositions Litigation psychology Reptile Trial consulting Trucking Witness training


The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 24
This video episode of The Litigation Psychology Podcast features an interview with Liz Skane, Partner with Skane Wilcox. Liz and Dr. Bill Kanasky discuss the impact of COVID-19 on litigation and juries and the continued presence of reptile in litigation and its effect on nuclear verdicts. Liz and ...
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— June 2020 — 1025 views Anti-reptile COVID-19 Jurors Jury consulting Reptile Trial consulting


Survey: Juror attitudes & decisions in the wake of COVID-19
We are living in unprecedented times. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the world in ways that few have ever seen, nor could they have imagined. The novel coronavirus has impacted almost every facet of our lives. It has led to changes in the way we perform our job functions, the way we shop, and ...
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— June 2020 — 1240 views COVID-19 Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Research Trial consulting


Impact of the COVID-19 crisis on jurors' attitudes & decisions
In part 1 of this topic [1] , we discussed the concept of polarization and mortality salience, in part 2 [2] we examined ingroup favoritism and outgroup bias, and in part 3 [3] , we focused how crisis situations create an increased reliance on intuition, emotion, and heuristics in attitudes and de...
Lorie Sicafuse, Ph.D. - Litigation Psychology
— June 2020 — 1039 views Anti-reptile COVID-19 Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Reptile Research Trial consulting


The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 21
This video episode of The Litigation Psychology Podcast features two guests: Matthew Moffett, Partner with Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, LLP and Dr. Lorie Sicafuse, CSI Litigation Consultant. Matt and Lorie join Dr. Bill Kanasky to discuss virtual depositions, the exposure that is bein...
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— June 2020 — 1101 views Confirmatory research COVID-19 Exploratory research Focus groups Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Mock trials Reptile Research Scientific method Trial consulting Witness training


Impact of the COVID-19 crisis on jurors' attitudes & decisions
In part 1 of this topic [1] , we discussed the concept of polarization and mortality salience and in None [2] part 2 we examined ingroup favoritism and outgroup bias . Today we focus on how crisis situations create an increased reliance on intuition, emotion, and heuristics in attitudes and deci...
Lorie Sicafuse, Ph.D. - Litigation Psychology
— June 2020 — 978 views COVID-19 Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Research Trial consulting


The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 20
This video episode of The Litigation Psychology Podcast features Dr. Bill Kanasky interviewing Kurt Spengler, Partner at Wicker Smith, on topics in the trucking industry including the increase of technology in the industry and the increase in nuclear verdicts.They also discuss the lack of communic...
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— June 2020 — 1088 views Anti-reptile COVID-19 Litigation psychology Reptile Trucking Witness training


Impact of the COVID-19 crisis on jurors' attitudes & decisions
In part 1 of this topic [1] , we discussed the concept of polarization and mortality salience. In part 2 we examine ingroup favoritism and outgroup bias. * Ingroup Favoritism and Outgroup Bias * *   * Though it is challenging to precisely measure the extent of bias against Asian-Americans and Asia...
Lorie Sicafuse, Ph.D. - Litigation Psychology
— June 2020 — 1021 views COVID-19 Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Research Trial consulting


Webinar: Preventing nuclear verdicts in trucking and transportation cases
The trucking and transportation industry has been disproportionately affected by nuclear verdicts and settlements over the last decade. While the plaintiff reptile methodology is partly responsible for some of these enormous verdicts, several other key factors are clearly driving the increased fre...
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— June 2020 — 1257 views Anti-reptile COVID-19 Depositions Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Nuclear verdicts Reptile Trial consulting Trucking Witness training