Source of article ComCon - Communication Consulting.

Jurors often are presented with some negative outcome (e.g., an injured plaintiff), and are asked to assess whether that outcome was foreseeable or preventable. Jurors frequently are unable to ignore the outcome information when reaching verdicts. Jurors “Monday-morning quarterback” and exhibit “20-20 hindsight.” This “hindsight bias” is especially likely to produce liability judgments…