Jury Selection in Insurance Litigation: Practical Guidance for Bad Faith and Coverage Cases

This CLE course will provide attorneys litigating bad faith or coverage issues with practical guidance for jury selection. The panel will discuss preparing for voir dire, the practical usefulness of social media and questionnaires, juror profiles, dealing with tainted jurors, and avoiding common mistakes during voir dire.

Jury selection is a critical element to winning a bad faith or coverage case. Counsel must uncover jurors with biases against his or her client on key issues, such as liability or damages. Prospective juror attitudes are usually based on their own experiences regarding such things as personal responsibility, what counts as fair or unfair conduct, or even broken promises.

Time-tested jury selection techniques help litigators develop insights into the attitudes of potential jurors and thus identify those they do not want to serve. Ongoing jury science into how jurors decide cases and what attitudes are most impactful builds on those techniques.

Listen as our authoritative panel discusses successful techniques in preparing for voir dire, eliciting potential biases among prospective jurors, and selecting a jury that will be most open to supporting a client's position in bad faith or coverage case.