Timothy R Capowski John F Watkins

March 04, 2022 | New York Law Journal

The Snake Attack Phenomenon: The Courts Must Stop Overlooking and Facilitating the Continued Poisoning of Our Jury System

This boundary-pushing has an erosive and corrosive effect.

By Timothy R. Capowski, John F. Watkins and Sofya Uvaydov

27 minute read

July 27, 2020 | New York Law Journal

Ahead to the Past (Part III of III): The Evolution of New Rules of Engagement in the Age of Social Inflation and Nuclear Verdicts

The first two parts of this series discussed the role of certain tactics and improper summation techniques and what the defense bar and the judiciary can and should do to curb these abuses and restore sane, predictable, compensatory justice to the tort system. This third and last part turns outside the courtroom itself to the broader culture that enables these abuses.

By Timothy R. Capowski, John F. Watkins, and Jonathan P. Shaub

13 minute read

July 13, 2020 | New York Law Journal

Ahead to the Past: The Evolution of New Rules of Engagement in the Age of Social Inflation and Nuclear Verdicts

Part one in a three-part series discussing the different angles of the nuclear verdict/social inflation dilemma in New York.

By Timothy R. Capowski, John F. Watkins, and Jonathan P. Shaub.

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