Should a Lawyer Tell the Jury What the Case is Worth in his Opening Remarks
Your personal injury case has gone to trial, and your attorney is in the middle of giving his opening remarks. You are thinking at the back of your mind, should your attorney be telling the jury at the end of his remarks, how much money you are seeking as compensation for your injuries. Mentioning the Value of the Case at the Outset At the end of opening remarks, some attorneys will ask the jury to award a verdict in his or her client. They do this because they want to put a seed in the juror’s mind that all the testimonies the jury is going