Litigation Strategy and Case Evaluation
Exposure and Valuation
The projection estimates fees and expenses through pleadings, discovery, expert work, dispositive motions, and trial. It informs early resolution decisions and budget approval.
Discovery and expert costs dominate most projections.
Alternative Names:
Defense Cost Projection|Cost to Defend
Why it Matters?
Comparing projected defense cost against expected exposure produces the economic case for early resolution, and matters where defense cost approaches or exceeds the expected verdict warrant resolution regardless of merit. That analysis is frequently omitted, producing spending disproportionate to what the claim could ever cost. Stage-based projection also identifies the decision points where resolution is cheapest.
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What does the comparison produce?
What does stage-based projection add?
