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1st Virtual Cosmetic Talc Trial Begins, CVN Webcasting Live and On-Demand
Oct 28, 2020
The first virtual cosmetic talc trial began Tuesday in California state court.
GA Supreme Court Upholds Apportionment That Slashed $12.5M Product Liability Award
Oct 26, 2020In an opinion that affects products liability cases throughout Georgia, the state’s Supreme Court last week upheld a trial judge’s decision to reduce a $12.5 million jury award against Suzuki, based on apportionment of fault.
10 "Must Watch" California Plaintiff Verdicts in CVN's Trial Video Library
Oct 22, 2020Check our our picks for 10 "Must Watch" plaintiff verdicts among the many California trials in CVN's trial video library
Free CVN Webinar: “Damn The Torpedoes!” - Beating Settlement Offers At Trial w/ Steve Vartazarian & Arash Homampour
Oct 19, 2020Join top California attorneys Steve Vartazarian and Arash Homampour to examine video clips from Steve's trials where the verdicts far outpaced substantial settlement offers
Florida News
|VIDEO| How Karen Terry's Closing Set Up $8.5M Med Mal, False Advertising Verdict
Oct 16, 2020
Because weeks of complex and often conflicting evidence can overwhelm jurors in a medical malpractice trial, simplifying the keys to the case is crucial. In a med mal and false advertising trial against a medical concierge firm for the vascular disease that cost a patient her leg, Karen Terry’s memorable closing argument helped seal a multi-million-dollar win.
|VIDEO| How Mark Avera's Closing Set Up $9M Verdict in Domino's Pizza Crash Case
Oct 9, 2020Establishing a franchisor's right of control over a franchisee is crucial to proving vicarious liability in a personal injury case. And at trial over a retired fire chief’s fatal crash with a Domino’s Pizza delivery driver, Mark Avera adeptly countered a defense argument on the purpose behind the pizza giant's franchise restrictions to prove that right of control and win a 7-figure verdict.
Remote Jury Awards $36K to Florida Law Firm in Trial Against Former Client
Oct 2, 2020Jurors Thursday awarded roughly $36,000 to a Florida law firm at trial over fees it sought to collect from a woman it represented, wrapping the Florida Fourth Circuit’s second fully remote jury trial in as many months.
Remote Jury Trial Set Over Unpaid Legal Fees Set to Begin
Sep 28, 2020Trial is scheduled to begin this week against a Florida woman accused of owing her former attorney more than $55,000, in the Florida Fourth Circuit’s second fully remote jury trial in as many months.
Georgia News
GA Supreme Court Upholds Apportionment That Slashed $12.5M Product Liability Award
Oct 26, 2020
In an opinion that affects products liability cases throughout Georgia, the state’s Supreme Court last week upheld a trial judge’s decision to reduce a $12.5 million jury award against Suzuki, based on apportionment of fault.
Free CVN Webinar: Real World Trials & Real World Tactics w/ Nick Rowley & Joseph Wilson
Sep 21, 2020Watch top trial attorneys Nick Rowley and Joseph Wilson give practical trial advice for "real world" cases based on CVN trial video
|Video| Bringing the Heat: How Joseph Wilson Won a $584K Verdict in an Armored Truck Crash Case
Sep 3, 2020“This is a case about a young woman who has a caregiver’s heart, but no longer has a caregiver’s future,” Joseph Wilson told jurors as trial opened over the armored truck crash that shattered a Georgia woman’s arm. It was a theme intended to resonate with jurors as they saw Kirche Hall, whose injury ended her career as a certified nursing assistant. But it also set up a larger contrast Wilson framed for the jury: the empathetic caregiver v. the evasive corporation. And that approach secured a $584,000 verdict in the type of case — because Hall had largely recovered from her injury — that carried the possibility of a much lower award.
|VIDEO| Lloyd Bell and the Approach to Arguing Damages That's Won Blockbuster Verdicts
Jul 23, 2020Bringing a plaintiff’s dearest relationships to life in the courtroom is a cornerstone to a strong damages argument, the Bell Law Firm’s Lloyd Bell told CVN in describing the approach that has built his reputation as one of the country’s top trial attorneys.
Tobacco News
$7.25M Verdict Against RJR Upheld by Florida Appeals Court
Jul 24, 2020
A Florida appellate court last week upheld a $7.25 million award for the heart disease jurors found was caused by a decades-long addiction to R.J. Reynolds cigarettes.
Kenneth Reilly Brings a Slate of Engle Tobacco Trial Firsts to This Week's Card Spotlight
Jun 18, 2020Florida’s ongoing Engle progeny litigation — which include thousands of cases spun from a decertified class action against the nation’s tobacco companies — has seen some of the best attorneys in the country. Over the years our Engle cards have been one of the ways we showcase the attorneys who have made the biggest mark in the litigation. This week we feature Kenneth Reilly, whose record stretches back to Florida's first-ever Engle progeny trial.
Engle Card Spotlight: Gary Paige & His $500M+ in Tobacco Trial Verdicts
Jun 9, 2020CVN cameras have covered more than 200 of Florida’s Engle progeny proceedings since the litigation, spun from a massive class action against U.S. tobacco companies, began more than a decade ago. Our Engle cards are our way of honoring the attorneys who’ve left the biggest impact in the litigation. This week’s card features Gary Paige, whose blockbuster record since the litigation’s earliest days have made him one of Engle’s premier trial lawyers.
Ursula Henninger Notched a 5-Trial Winning Streak to Earn Her Engle Card Feature
Jun 3, 2020Florida’s “Engle progeny” cases, spun from a massive, decertified class action against the nation’s tobacco companies, have boasted some of the best trial lawyers in the country. And our Engle card series highlights the accomplishments of those attorneys. This week’s card features Ursula Henninger, whose Engle trial record over the last decade places her among the litigation’s elite.