Throughout most of the trial, John F. Daugherty was more than confident. He and law partner Robert J. McCune of Greer, Klosik, Daugherty, Swank and McCune represented a man suing four truckers and their employers for severe injuries he suffered in a multi-vehicle highway accident, and the trial was going well.

“We killed the defense on cross-examination, and we just knew we were going to get a big verdict.”