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|VIDEO| Leading Trial Atty Details How Demonstratives Helped Clear Nissan in $42M Airbag Trial
Dec 15, 2025
In the latest episode of Trial Technique Spotlight, Molly DiRago, a veteran trial attorney and partner with Troutman Pepper Locke, spotlights how Thomas Klein's use of demonstratives helped clear Nissan in a $42 million airbag trial against the automotive giant.
Bellwether J&J Talc Trial Ends With $40M Verdict: Watch Gavel-to-Gavel via CVN
Dec 15, 2025A closely watched trial over claims Johnson & Johnson’s talc-based baby powder caused two women’s ovarian cancer ended Friday with a $40 million verdict.
Jury Awards $48M in Med Mal Trial Against Dermatologist Over Cancer That Disfigured Georgia Man
Dec 12, 2025Jurors Wednesday awarded $48 million for the skin cancer that disfigured a Georgia man, after they found a dermatologist who treated him responsible.
MA Jury Awards $510K for Long-Time Smoker's Fatal Lung Cancer, Finds Tobacco Cos. Liable for Conspiracy
Dec 11, 2025A Massachusetts jury handed down a $510,000 verdict for the role it found Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds played in the lung cancer death of a long-time smoker.
Florida News
Heart Surgeon Cleared in Med Mal Trial Over Patient's Ultimately Fatal Stroke
Nov 25, 2025
Jurors last week cleared a surgeon of responsibility for the catastrophic, and ultimately fatal, stroke a Florida minister suffered during heart surgery.
Attys Debate What Led to Minister's Deadly Stroke, as Med Mal Trial Opens Against Heart Surgeon
Nov 13, 2025Attorneys yesterday debated what led to a Florida minister’s massive, and ultimately fatal, stroke during heart surgery, as trial opened against the surgeon who performed the operation.
Jury Awards $9M+ in Trial Over Fatal Crash Caused by Drunk Driver
Nov 7, 2025Jurors this week awarded more than $9 million to the parents of a Florida man killed in a 2022 crash with a drunk driver.
Trial Opens Against Walmart, CVS & Walgreens Over Claims They Are Responsible for Opioid Abuse Epidemic
Sep 24, 2025A Florida jury Monday previewed evidence concerning opioid retail sales and their alleged role in the epidemic of the drug’s abuse, as trial opened against three of the country’s largest retail pharmacy chains.
Georgia News
Jury Awards $48M in Med Mal Trial Against Dermatologist Over Cancer That Disfigured Georgia Man
Dec 12, 2025
Jurors Wednesday awarded $48 million for the skin cancer that disfigured a Georgia man, after they found a dermatologist who treated him responsible.
$29.5M Verdict at Trial Against Repo Company Over Tow Truck Crash That Left Child With TBI
Nov 12, 2025Jurors last week handed down a $29.5 million verdict for the life-changing injuries a child suffered when she was struck by a tow truck while riding her bicycle.
Georgia Jury Clears Doctor at Trial Over Patient's Post-Op Death From Sepsis
Oct 2, 2025Jurors last month cleared a Georgia doctor of responsibility for the sepsis-related death of a patient, days after he underwent surgery.
Trial Opens Against Doctor Over Post-Op, Sepsis-Related Death of Georgia Man
Sep 16, 2025Attorneys previewed evidence surrounding the medical care of a Georgia man and the post-operative complications that led to his death, as trial opened against one of the doctors who treated him.
Tobacco News
MA Jury Awards $510K for Long-Time Smoker's Fatal Lung Cancer, Finds Tobacco Cos. Liable for Conspiracy
Dec 11, 2025
A Massachusetts jury handed down a $510,000 verdict for the role it found Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds played in the lung cancer death of a long-time smoker.
NM Jury Finds Claim Against R.J. Reynolds Over Deadly Throat Cancer Is Time-Barred
Nov 3, 2025Jurors last week cleared R.J. Reynolds of responsibility for the fatal throat cancer a New Mexico man suffered after smoking the company’s cigarettes for decades.
Attorneys Debate Whether RJR, Philip Morris Cigarettes Are Defectively Designed, as Trial Opens Over Smoker's Cancer Death
Sep 15, 2025Attorneys last week sparred over who was responsible for the cancer death of a Massachusetts man who had smoked for decades, as trial opened against the nation’s two largest tobacco companies and a convenience store chain that sells the companies’ cigarettes.
Trial Begins Against Philip Morris Over Massachusetts Marlboro Smoker's Death
May 29, 2025Attorneys debated responsibility for the death of a Massachusetts woman who smoked for decades, as trial opened Wednesday against Philip Morris.