A picture may be worth a thousand words, to cite the quaint expression, but video is often worth millions of dollars — if it results in a big decision or settlement in court, as it increasingly does. Today on LTN‘s website, we’re featuring the current issue’s “Paradigm Shift” article, “Prime Time: ‘Day in the Life’ Videos Sway Jurors.” Part of the issue’s extensive coverage of video, it discusses how video storytelling has become integral to personal injury cases.
DITL video has been admissable in court since at least 1972, but has reached broadcast quality at reasonable cost only recently. For as little as a few thousand dollars, often using in-house staff, and with no need for unwieldy equipment in the courtroom, counsel can show a video via laptop or tablet that has greater impact on a jury than static exhibits and expert testimony. “It’s one thing to say someone is catastrophically injured; it is quite another to watch what it takes for his wife to care for him,” Kelly Carroll, executive producer at Verdict Videos, told our writer, Robyn Weisman.
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