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The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 22
In this episode of The Litigation Psychology Podcast, Dr. Bill Kanasky provides an introduction to the Reptile Theory and Reptile Attack. Dr. Kanasky shares background on where and how the Reptile Theory began, why its been so incredibly successful, and gives multiple examples of how witnesses fal...
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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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Impact of the COVID-19 crisis on jurors' attitudes & decisions
In part 1 of this topic , we discussed the concept of polarization and mortality salience and in None 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 decision-m...
Lorie Sicafuse, Ph.D. - Litigation Psychology
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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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Impact of the COVID-19 crisis on jurors' attitudes & decisions
In part 1 of this topic , 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 Asian-b...
Lorie Sicafuse, Ph.D. - Litigation Psychology
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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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The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 18
This episode of The Litigation Psychology Podcast features Tim Yeary, Transportation Producer, with an insurance agency that specializes in the trucking industry. Tim discusses his thoughts on COVID-19 safety rule changes, nuclear verdicts in the trucking and transportation industry and the impact...
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Impact of the COVID-19 crisis on jurors' attitudes & decisions
The COVID-19 crisis has significantly impacted all our lives, and there is no telling if we will ever fully return to “normal.” Though some individuals have been less affected than others, most Americans have experienced increased stress, with many others experiencing decreased well-being and othe...
Lorie Sicafuse, Ph.D. - Litigation Psychology
— June 2020 — 1875 views COVID-19 Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Research Trial consulting


The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 17
This episode of The Litigation Psychology Podcast features CSI Litigation Consultant Dr. Steve Wood discussing his experiences with preparing trucking and transportation industry witnesses and the dangers of reptile attacks in trucking witness preparation. Dr. Wood also offers his insights on how ...
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The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 16
This episode of The Litigation Psychology Podcast is all about the art and science of jury selection. CSI Jury and Litigation Consulting experts Dr. Bill Kanasky and Dr. George Speckart discuss how rules for jury selection are drastically different across not just venues but across judges and how ...
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The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 14
This Litigation Psychology Podcast video episode features Dr. Bill Kanasky and Dr. George Speckart discussing the potentially far-reaching impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on jurors and jury panels. Dr. Kanasky and Dr. Speckart compare this pandemic to other 'black swan' events from the past, talk...
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The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 11
In this episode of The Litigation Psychology Podcast, CSI Litigation Consultants Dr. Steve Wood and Dr. Lorie Sicafuse discuss what the research says about how jurors' attitudes, behaviors, beliefs, and decision-making might be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. They discuss how thought processes ...
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The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 10
In this video episode of The Litigation Psychology Podcast, the President of DRI discusses how DRI is handling the pandemic response for their membership, as well as insights on nuclear verdicts, the challenges with battling third-party funding of plaintiff's litigation, the value of preparing wit...
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Webinar: Effects of the COVID-19 crisis on jurors
T he effects of the COVID-19 crisis on jurors' attitudes and decision-making * * June 10, 2020 *   * register today! This presentation will explore the likely effects of the COVID-19 crisis on civil jurors’ attitudes, beliefs, and decision-making processes from an evidence-based perspective. In...
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The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 9
John Nunnally, Partner at Ragsdale Liggett, joins Dr. Bill Kanasky to discuss litigation in the trucking and transportation industry in the era of COVID-19. Bill and John talk about how recent good PR for the trucking industry might impact juror perceptions, the challenges with preparing truck dri...
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— May 2020 — 1837 views COVID-19 Depositions Jurors Litigation psychology Reptile Trucking & transportation Witness training


Transportation and trucking litigation
The transportation and trucking industry has historically been an easy target for litigation. So, how can trucking and transportation companies better prepare to defend themselves for inevitable litigation? Our multi-part series on the trucking and transportation industry explains how companies ca...
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The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 7
The Litigation Psychology Podcast, presented by Courtroom Sciences, Inc. (CSI) presents a new episode on litigation in the trucking and transportation industry.  In this episode, Dr. Bill Kanasky, CSI Litigation Consultant, is joined by 30-year veteran litigation attorney Mike Bassett. Mike  and Bil...
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The impact of the pandemic on the trucking industry
CSI Litigation Consultant, Dr. Bill Kanasky, Jr., was interviewed by Douglas B. Marcello, Esq. of Marcello & Kivisto, LLC regarding the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on juries and overall litigation in the trucking and transportation industry. Watch their short discussion in the video belo...
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The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 6
The Litigation Psychology Podcast, presented by Courtroom Sciences, Inc. (CSI) presents Episode 6! Today's episode is all about the myths of litigation psychology and litigation consulting. Dr. Bill Kanasky is joined by Dr. Steve Wood and together they discuss and address a number of commonly held...
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The Litigation Psychology Podcast - Episode 4
The  Litigation Psychology Podcast , presented by Courtroom Sciences, Inc. (CSI) is pleased to share Episode 4! This episode continues our series of podcasts on nuclear verdicts. In this episode, Dr. Bill Kanasky, CSI Litigation Consultant is joined by defense attorney and author Robert R. Tyson, ...
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