In the 1990's, Americans who were unfamiliar with civil wrongful death cases were confronted with one of the most high-profile lawsuits in American History. Following the Los Angeles County jury's acquittal of OJ Simpson for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, the Goldman family sued OJ for wrongful death.

As a result, many learned the difference between the "beyond a reasonable doubt" burden in criminal cases and the "more likely than not" burden in civil cases and saw that a civil jury held OJ accountable where the Criminal Jury did not.

Jim also describes the types of "damages" available to a family that has lost a loved one due to wrongful conduct.