Bean Counters Sharpen Your Pencils

In the movie Class Action the accountant who calculated the cost of not recalling a defective product was referred to as a bean counter. Accountants and Actuaries carry this title often as well. It is time to recalculate if you are employed by an insurance company to calculate what a jury might award an injured plaintiff if it is determined he/she was injured in a car accident, by a defective product, as a result of malpractice, etc. Wise old trial lawyers always try to avoid having angry men and women on their juries. They tend to take out there anger at their own personal circumstances by awarding an injured person more in dollars than a content juror. Given the mood of this country one should expect jury verdicts to increase substantially along with more findings against insurance companies,manufacturers, and companies. If you are being sued expect if you lose to pay more, a lot more, than anytime in recent history.