{"podcast":{"title":"Trial Lawyers University","slug":"trial-lawyers-university-6449144","podcast_index_feed_id":6449144,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/tlu/","website_url":"https://tlu.captivate.fm/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/8be73f8f-09bc-4292-b1de-d037d8526d6a/TLU-Cover-Art-Captivate.jpg","author":"Dan Ambrose, Trial Lawyers University","episode_count":124,"summary":"Satisfied with being an average trial attorney? This isn't the podcast for you. Welcome to Trial Lawyers University (TLU), the ultimate playbook for lawyers that want to achieve trial immortality. Hosted by TLU founder and veteran trial attorney Dan Ambrose, this power-packed podcast features in-depth interviews with Top Ranked Trial Lawyers, including Brian Panish, Keith Mitnik, Joe Fried, Zoe Littlepage, Rex Parris, John Romano, Sach Oliver, Jakob Norman, Dino Colombo, Lloyd Bell, Chris Finney, David Christensen, and more. In each episode, you’ll gain invaluable trial insights, strategies, and tactics directly from the titans of trial. Ready to join the group that continues to dominate the trial world? Register for our live conferences and boot camps at triallawyersuniversity.com. And while you are waiting for the main event, jumpstart your journey to victory now by going to TLUonDemand.com for instant access to live lectures, case analysis, skills training videos, expert depositions, jury selection, transcripts, pleadings, and more strategic insight to apply to every stage of litigation! Access is limited to attorneys for plaintiffs and criminal defendants. To begin your journe…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T16:18:22.446951+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trial-lawyers-university-6449144"},"episode":{"title":"Massive TBI Verdict Against Topgolf! with Chris Hammons & Anne Foster","slug":"anne-foster-on-the-topgolf-case-building-confidence-and-trying-50-cases","published_at":"2026-06-05T18:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trial-lawyers-university-6449144/anne-foster-on-the-topgolf-case-building-confidence-and-trying-50-cases","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trial-lawyers-university-6449144","url":"https://tlu.captivate.fm/episode/118-anne-foster","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/38743236-5408-40c5-a506-b3f44f59d4f8.mp3","summary":"Topgolf was warned in 2012. A risk manager photographed the exact spot, flagged it, recommended safety barriers. Almost a decade later, a nine-year-old boy was struck in that same spot at a Portland birthday party and left with a traumatic brain injury — three metal plates now holding his skull together. Anne Foster , founding member of Smith Foster King in Portland, tells guest host Chris Hammons how she built the case around a decade of ignored warnings, turned Topgolf's own marketing tagline against the blame-the-parents defense using focus groups, and forced Topgolf to pay the full verdict plus an undisclosed amount to avoid punitive damages. Train and Connect with the Titans ☑️ Anne Foster | LinkedIn ☑️ Smith Foster King | LinkedIn ☑️ Chris Hammons | LinkedIn ☑️ Laird Hammons Laird Law | Instagram | LinkedIn ☑️ Trial Lawyers University ☑️ TLU On Demand Instant access to live lectures, case analysis, and skills training videos ☑️ TLU on X | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn ☑️ Subscribe Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube Episode Snapshot After 25 years defending at Dunn Carney in Portland, Anne transitioned to plaintiff's work and found it transformed her career: \"I found my life's dream. It wasn't just being in the courtroom, but I was actually helping to change people's lives.\" On Veterans Day 2021, a nine-year-old boy attending a birthday party at Topgolf Portland was struck in the head by a golf club — suffering a fractured frontal lobe requiring three permanent metal plates — when Topgolf's Bay host failed to provide the required safety tour to any of the bays that day. Philadelphia Insurance's risk manager had visited Topgolf locations as early as 2012 and recommended installing physical barriers, even photographing people standing exactly where the boy was lat…","meta_description":"Topgolf was warned in 2012. A risk manager photographed the exact spot, flagged it, recommended safety barriers. 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