San Diego, CA, May 5, 2025 — National insurance defense firm Tyson & Mendes, LLP announced today another trial victory in a personal injury case involving a vehicle collision. Due to the defense’s use of the firm’s proven Apex method the jury found the plaintiff 70 percent at fault and ultimately awarded $0 in damages.

Northern California Managing Partner James Sell successfully defended the firm’s client, who had pulled out in front of the plaintiff, causing the subject accident. The plaintiff alleged ongoing pain stemming from the collision and sought $150,000 in damages.

“Despite plaintiff’s counsel’s aggressive claims, the jury ultimately deliberated the case using their common sense, which resulted in a just and appropriate verdict,” said Sell. We thank the jury for their careful and reasonable consideration of the evidence in this case.”

Alongside Senior Counsel Saleem Belbahri, Sell leveraged Tyson & Mendes’ proven method to prevent Nuclear Verdicts®. The method, called “The Apex,” embraces reasonableness, responsibility, common sense, and caring to empower jurors to reject plaintiffs’ lawyers emotional pleas and instead focus on the evidence, the law, and determining an equitable and just outcome. Critical to the method and to Sell’s success was the use of a counter anchor; he urged jurors toto award no more than $25,000 if they felt compelled to award anything at all. He also deployed the firm’s signature use of “Silent Witnesses”—highlighting critical gaps and contradictions in the plaintiff’s evidence through compelling demonstratives, rather than relying solely on cross-examination or expert testimony.

The firm’s unique and winning approach has resulted in ongoing success and unprecedented growth.

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About Tyson & Mendes LLP

Tyson & Mendes LLP is a nationwide, AV-rated litigation and trial firm specializing in insurance defense and protecting its clients from Nuclear Verdicts®. Founded in 2002 by Robert Tyson and Patrick Mendes, the firm has experienced tremendous growth, with offices across the United States. Tyson & Mendes is known for its expertise in defending corporations, insurance companies, and their clients against Nuclear Verdicts®.

Serving 22 states nationwide, Tyson & Mendes is one of the fastest-growing civil defense firms in the U.S. and is proud to offer one of the fastest and clearest paths to partnership for its attorneys of any mid-sized law firm in the U.S. The firm is honored to be recognized as a 2024 Best Law Firm by Best Lawyers, named a 2024 Best Company to Work For: Law Firms edition by U.S. News & World Report, awarded the 2023 Liberty Mutual Insurance External Law Firm Partner of the Year Award, awarded the No. 1 “Ceiling Smasher” in Law360’s 2022 Glass Ceiling Report for female equity partnership, and shortlisted for Financial Times’ 2022 Innovative Lawyers North America Award.

For more information, visit www.tysonmendes.com.

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