WHAT’S IN A NAME? “PAYOUTS”, “WINS” AND THE SERIOUSLY INJURED CLAIMANT

As lawyers we know, or should know, the dangers of putting pejorative labels on things.  In litigation we are fortunate in that an attempt to label parties, or issues, pejoratively, often backfires. However we often see the pejorative labelling of personal injury claimants in the media. In Correa &a...