# The Big Data/AI ‘Revolution’ Is Driving up Verdicts, Settlements as Plaintiffs Buy In

> Here is a quieter way AI is reshaping daily life: inside the courtroom. This piece follows Nick Kosiavelon, an insurance defense attorney in Massachusetts, who recounts facing plaintiffs' lawyers who seemed to know an extraordinary amount about the jury pool within an hour of receiving the list of names. Gathering that kind of profile used to take days of manual work. Now data tools compress it into minutes. The broader claim is that big data and AI are helping plaintiffs win larger verdicts and settlements. Better jury research, faster case analysis, and richer background on opposing parties all tilt the informational balance toward whoever has the sharper tools, and large firms have the resources to buy in early. The significance is less about any single trial than about the shifting economics of litigation. If AI systematically strengthens one side of the courtroom, it changes how cases are valued, how insurers price risk, and ultimately how much everyone pays. It is a reminder that AI's real-world consequences often show up far from the tech industry itself.

_Section: [Daily AI Updates](https://www.wortins.com/daily-ai) · Source: Insurance Journal · Published Thursday, September 10, 2026_

## Wortins' read

Here is a quieter way AI is reshaping daily life: inside the courtroom. This piece follows Nick Kosiavelon, an insurance defense attorney in Massachusetts, who recounts facing plaintiffs' lawyers who seemed to know an extraordinary amount about the jury pool within an hour of receiving the list of names. Gathering that kind of profile used to take days of manual work. Now data tools compress it into minutes. The broader claim is that big data and AI are helping plaintiffs win larger verdicts and settlements. Better jury research, faster case analysis, and richer background on opposing parties all tilt the informational balance toward whoever has the sharper tools, and large firms have the resources to buy in early. The significance is less about any single trial than about the shifting economics of litigation. If AI systematically strengthens one side of the courtroom, it changes how cases are valued, how insurers price risk, and ultimately how much everyone pays. It is a reminder that AI's real-world consequences often show up far from the tech industry itself.

## Source

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