Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-2011
Keywords
Civil juries, Jury damage awards, Damages, Jury decision-making
Disciplines
Civil Law | Courts | Torts
Abstract
This article offers a new multistage account of jury damage award decision making. Drawing on psychological and economic research on judgment, decision making, and numeracy, the model posits that jurors first make a categorical gist judgment that money damages are warranted, and then make an ordinal gist judgment ranking the damages deserved as low, medium, or high. They then construct numbers that fit the gist of the appropriate magnitude. The article employs data from jury decision-making research to explore the plausibility of the model.
Recommended Citation
Hans, Valerie P. and Reyna, Valerie F., "To Dollars from Sense: Qualitative to Quantitative Translation in Jury Damage Awards" (2011). Cornell Law Faculty Publications. 638.
https://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/facpub/638
Publication Citation
Published in: Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 8, Special Issue (December 2011).