Prove A Hurricane Hit?......How?

No, nothing we did was found to be "improper" or the job would not have passed both the city and mfg. warranty inspection, believe me. What we were up against was a biased judge and a stupid jury, plain and simple. Also I believe my attorney was not up to the task, it was his FIRST jury trial. He went for the soft, "please like me" approach instead of cold hard facts that even a stupid jury could understand and make an informed decision. "Splitting the baby" is very common in these types of cases or so I'm told. The jury wants to make both sides as happy as possible but in this case it was black and white. When this last attorney insisted on our hiring an "expert" to present our side of the case I strongly objected to the tactic. I felt the facts were so strong on our side that all we needed was to present them and take our chances that the jury would be smart enough to figure it out. Now I know how it's done and we'll go back in (provided we win on appeal) with an attorney who only does construction litigation. My Dad was a judge and I have a law enforcement degree. After sitting through countless trials, mostly criminal cases, I found one important thing always prevailed........the attorney who presented the facts the best and wasn't afraid to take some heat from the judge to get his way. This trial was WAY too "touchy-feely" IMO. A lawsuit is like a prize fight and I've never seen a "nice" fighter win. I have a hurricane expert ready to go should we prevail on appeal so that base is covered. We'll also run the next trial completely different from the first one, believe me. I know now how this game is played and won't get fooled again into trusting people to represent me.

JET