A 'Selfie Injury' Case Pits Bull vs. His Client
What to do when you and your client don't see eye to eye on trial strategy? Grit your teeth and figure it out. The most recent episode of CBS's…
December 05, 2019 at 04:12 PM
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What to do when you and your client don't see eye to eye on trial strategy? Grit your teeth and figure it out.
The most recent episode of CBS's "Bull" involves the "selfie injury" of a teenager, James Donovan, who was attempting to capture a selfie while sitting on the rooftop sign of a pizza restaurant. The sign breaks, the boy falls to the pavement, and is now a paraplegic. The restaurant is naturally sued, and its insurance company hires Bull's team to handle the defense.
Next thing we know, there's a settlement conference with Bull, Benny Colón, the plaintiff's attorney, and Avery Kress, the senior VP of claims with Immunity Insurance, the carrier that's defending the claims against the pizza restaurant. The settlement conference takes place at Bull's consulting office (don't get me started), and it becomes painfully clear that Kress is the only person in the room who cannot appreciate the challenges an insurance company will have defending a case with a tween boy in a wheelchair.
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