Scales of justice weighted against plus-size clients

More than half of Americans are either overweight or obese, but that doesn’t make jurors sympathetic toward plaintiffs packing extra pounds. Jurors have preconceived, negative perceptions about overweight and obese plaintiffs, said Amy Pardieck, a trial consultant with MetaSystems in Canton, Mich. And those prejudices can cost plaintiffs verdicts and decrease damages in personal-injury cases. “Generally, there’s ...

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Scales of justice weighted against plus-size clients

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