The plaintiffs bar is obtaining nuclear settlements through skillful manipulation of juries, said Robert Tyson, who has sought to rally the defense bar against rising verdicts and settlements.

Since most cases settle rather than go to trial, plaintiffs lawyers have become adept at leveraging nuclear verdicts to obtain nuclear settlements, said Tyson, a trial lawyer-turned-strategic managing partner at Tyson & Mendes in San Diego, California.

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