In the United States, we are living in a time of political polarization, stark inequality among social classes and a culture of the individual prioritizing oneself and one's own interests without having regard for others. We're seeing the effects of this in the legal world, especially when nuclear verdicts have become so commonplace that the public has become desensitized to them.

Appealing a jury's verdict has become the critical failsafe to prevent corporate defendants from going bankrupt as a result of juries handing down verdicts totaling hundreds of millions of dollars, if not more.