What matters is what the jury, and ultimately the public, feel about it.
"The jury felt it had insufficient information to assign a cause of death."
In the past, most plaintiffs have lost because juries felt that smokers chose to smoke.
The danger is if the jury feels like it's being manipulated.
I am sure the jury felt sorry for the defendant and did not want a rich and powerful personality to get away with anything.
Apparently the jury did not feel the evidence was strong enough.
The jury could even feel sympathy for the defendant, yet convict her of these crimes.
"You have to be a realist and think about how the jury would feel under those circumstances," he said.
"The grand jury felt that they showed a disregard that he could have died."
"A jury sits in the courtroom with the pain of the families and felt that on a day-to-day basis."