Common drivers include injury severity, liability clarity, venue, plaintiff presentation, medical specials, and available limits. Their relative weight varies by case type.
Identifying drivers focuses defense investment.
Alternative Names:
Value Drivers|Case Value Factors
Why it Matters?
Concentrating effort on the two or three factors actually driving value outperforms uniform investment across every issue, since most cases turn on a small number of determinants while consuming resources on the remainder. Medical specials frequently drive non-economic damages as a multiple, which makes billing challenges disproportionately valuable. Venue is unchangeable but shapes how the other drivers should be weighted.
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Why concentrate on a few drivers?
Which driver has multiplied effect?
