CVN's Top 10 Most Impressive Defense Verdicts of 2025
Jan 27, 2026
These are the top 10 most impressive defense verdicts CVN covered in 2025!
Jan 22, 2026
A California state court jury heard opening statements January 22nd in a long-running lawsuit filed by a pedestrian struck by an oncoming car as she crossed a street at night outside of a crosswalk, and the full trial is being webcast and recorded...
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Jan 14, 2026
10-day jury trial in auto negligence lawsuit.
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Dec 8, 2025
10-day jury trial in automotive negligence lawsuit filed in 2023. (Please note that due to technical difficulties, the opening statements in this trial will not be available until after the trial concludes.)
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Javier Lopez v. BNSF Railway Company
Dec 3, 2025
A California state court jury awarded roughly $469,000 on January 7 to a former BNSF conductor who sought millions of dollars in damages after being thrown from his caboose following a train derailment.The Orange County jury returned their verdict...
Nov 7, 2025
Jurors this week awarded more than $9 million to the parents of a Florida man killed in a 2022 crash with a drunk driver.
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Nov 4, 2025
In this damages-only automotive liability trial, Mitchell Menes was killed in an accident at night while driving. Menes' parents sue driver Emmanuel Feliu, claiming that Feliu was intoxicated and caused the crash. Feliu admits liability for the cr...
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Jul 10, 2025
In this trial, Kamran Hakimi was struck by a City of Los Angeles garbage truck while he was crossing a pedestrian crosswalk. In the immediate aftermath, the father of four was conscious, but he later suffered a brain bleed, slipping into a coma an...
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The Estate of Sarah Susman v. R&T Logging
Jun 13, 2025
In this trial, decedent Sarah Susman was driving when logs from a crashed logging truck struck her car. The logging truck, contracted by R&T Logging and driven by Shane McVay, allegedly crashed due to McVay speeding and driving under the influ...
Jun 3, 2025
In this vehicular collision case, Nell Behr died after a fatal head-on collision with Ramon Cerda. Cerda had been drinking at a bar before the crash and was sentenced to 12 years in prison for DUI manslaughter. Monique and John Behr sue Cerda for ...
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May 5, 2025
Plaintiff Marvin Carter sued BNSF after allegedly sustaining a major knee injury in 2018 while moving an inactive locomotive to a storage track. Carter claims BNSF forced him to work on an unsafe train, but an attorney for the company questioned w...
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Apr 29, 2025
In this car crash trial, Charles and Deborah Carey were stopped at a red light in a left turn lane when defendant Sanjeet Gupta struck their car. Before hitting the Careys' car, Gupta collided with a vehicle driven by Peter LaFroscia. The Careys a...
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Parties Settle Wrongful Death, Crash Case as Jurors Deliberated at Trial Over $150M+ Claim
Mar 10, 2025
Parties last week settled a Georgia wrongful death, crash case against a medical waste company and one of its drivers, as jurors deliberated, and after the plaintiff’s attorney requested more than $150 million during the trial's closings.