ComCon KATHY KELLERMANN COMMUNICATION CONSULTING

Research shows that judges do not fully understand the Daubert factors, admit evidence that is scientifically flawed and exclude evidence that is scientifically valid.

Per diem requests of $1,000 per day yield larger awards for pain and suffering than per diem requests of $100 or $200 per day.

Reasonable doubt instructions are the cornerstone of decision-making in criminal cases. Jurors do not understand reasonable doubt jury instructions particularly well, and the instructions can lead jurors to make mistakes.

Accents often make it hard for jurors to understand what witnesses, attorneys, and judges are saying. Difficulty in understanding non-native speakers of English affects jurors' assessment of those speakers' credibility.

ComCon announces today the provision of a free webpage repository of video and graphical tests and demonstrations for attorneys to use in court to show that witnesses have limits to what they can observe, judge, attend to, remember and perceive.