Proposal Allowing Lawyers to Give Specific Noneconomic Damages Numbers at Trial Divides Pa. Bar

"[T]his tactic forces defendants into a no-win situation: to counter the anchoring effect of the plaintiff’s number, they must offer a figure of their own—despite maintaining that there’s no liability and the proper amount is zero," defense attorney Maureen M. McBride, co-chair of Lamb McErlane's appellate department, said.