In the Daily Journal article “Playboy sues lawyers after $6M verdict” Managing Partner Randall Miller comments on the case stating that Sheppard did the “frankly prudent” thing by conducting mock trials before going before the jury. “The issue would come down to whether it was foreseeably over insurance limits”, said Mr. Miller. But the mere fact that the verdict was much higher than any other case of its type is not necessarily enough to defeat Playboy’s claim, he noted.
