One problem trial lawyers face is how to convince the jury that the defendant's damages really are $x. How do you value the loss of a job, or your reputation, or your life? Are old people worth less than a young person with a great future ahead of them? Is the loss of an arm worth more than the loss of leg? What if the person that lost the leg was an NFL kicker? Is that worth more than it would be if the person was a 65 year old man, dying from lung cancer? I know one lawyer that would ask the jury "how much would someone have to pay you to let them cut off your arm? (in a safe surgical procedure of course) He would say, "how about $25,000?-$50,000?-$100,000? When he starting getting up in the high 6 figures, he could tell the jurors were starting to think-"maybe". It's an interesting exercise to do this in your own mind. You might say to yourself, "I could do a lot of things with $2 million-do I really need that arm? After all, I do have another one". What do you think- is this a sick technique, or would it make sense to you as a juror?

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