What happens when a hospital creates a culture where sexual assault by male nurses on female patients is allowed, then defends the action as unpreventable? A jury tells them otherwise to the tune of $25 million (with no punitive damages!).
Massive congrats to attorneys Eric Rosen and Gregory Roe for obtaining a verdict that not only told the hospital that they were wrong but, more importantly, told a client with the most horrific pre-existing history of sexual abuse I’ve ever seen that she’s valuable. They deserve the praise.
Jennifer LaRue (my colleague and another wonderful consultant) and I ran a mock trial and big data study on the case and selected the jury together last week.
The second photo is our post-jury selection strategy dinner, which I promised to post as a victory photo once they won. Our smiles were due to the knowledge we gained from mock trials and data studies that this case was a winner and the fun was just beginning.
The license plate photo tells you all you need to know about Gregory Roe. Before we went in for jury selection, I asked Greg “what does FYHY on your license plate mean?” He looked me straight in the eye and said “F*ck Yeah, Hell Yeah!” If that’s not the attitude of a plaintiff’s attorney, I don’t know what is. I think it’s my new motto.
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This was an amazing case to have the opportunity to work on. Eric and Greg rocked it and listened to the info gained from the focus groups and big data. It all came together! If only we could have had punitives!!!