No Apologies: A Deep Dive Into a $26 Million Trucking Verdict with Clancy Boylan

Just Verdicts

We’ve heard for a while now that the “piss-off factor”–getting the jury angry, is probably the single biggest factor in driving verdicts in most cases. But what is the biggest driver of the “piss-off factor”? Defendant’s refusal to accept responsibility when there’s clear liability.

On this episode of Just Verdicts (formerly Trial & Medical Error), host and med mal litigator Brendan Lupetin, is joined by trial lawyer Clancy Boylan, the managing partner of the New Jersey and Philadelphia offices of Morgan & Morgan. Clancy comes on the show to share the secrets to success that helped him and his partner obtain a $26M verdict on a trucking case ($25M of which was for punitives!)

Tune in to hear how Clancy motivated the jury to award $25M in punitive damages, how he leveraged the defendant’s refusal to accept responsibility, and how this case has changed his strategy moving forward on trucking cases.

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Episode Preview

• Getting to know Clancy Boylan
• The single biggest driver of verdicts in trucking cases
• Background of the Clemmons case
• How the defense refused to accept responsibility despite liability being clear
• How Clancy framed punitive damages for the jury
• Breaking down the verdict
• The power of a missing apology
• Trial transcripts! Openings, Closings, and Punitives

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