Chris Hammons

This one-hour presentation is a deep dive into the Gaines case—a catastrophic wrongful death and civil rights trial arising from a police officer driving nearly 100 miles per hour through a city intersection and killing an 18-year-old girl on her way to re-take the ACT. The session will examine how the case was analyzed, framed, and tried, including the liability themes, witness strategy, course-and-scope proof, civil rights theory, and damages presentation that led to a $126 million verdict.