|VIDEO| The Francis McDonald Closing That Cleared Ford in Airbag-Related Crash Case
Nov 16, 2020
Crash trials often turn on competing accident reconstruction evidence. And one of the most effective techniques to undercut an opposing party’s reconstruction evidence is to show how it lacks support from the crash scene itself. In closings at tri...
Oct 9, 2020
Establishing 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 coun...
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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 t...
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Jul 21, 2020
10 of the best automotive product liability trials available to CVN trial video library subscribers
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|VIDEO| How Steve Vartazarian's Closing Sealed $11M Verdict in Truck Crash Trial
Jun 4, 2020
Arguments on non-economic damages can turn into a veritable courtroom minefield for plaintiffs’ attorneys. An overly aggressive request can alienate a jury, while not being specific enough risks jurors undervaluing the case. At trial over a ...
May 20, 2020
Courtroom View Network is the only news service in the country focused exclusively on gavel-to-gavel video coverage of civil trials. Among the trials we’re most focused on covering are those stemming from accidents involving trucks both large and ...
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Apr 2, 2020
Even when injuries are catastrophic, jurors can be reluctant to hand down a large award for pain and suffering. But at trial against two Florida bars over the devastating brain damage a teenager suffered in a late-night crash, Mark Avera’s vivid c...
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Mar 27, 2020
The unprecedented events of the last several weeks have us all looking forward to better days and a healthy return to the courtroom. To help tide you over, April’s Feature Trial of the Month — available on demand to all of our FREE CVN account mem...
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Big Rig Rollover Trial Set to Start Against Companies Trucker Blames for His Paralysis
Mar 6, 2020
Trial is scheduled to begin next week against makers of a tractor-trailer seat and seat belt involved in a 2015 rollover crash that paralyzed a trucker.
Feb 28, 2020
A powerful opening narrative about a plaintiff’s life and the magnitude of her loss often lays the crucial foundation for an effective damage claim. At a damages-only trial over an armored truck crash that shattered a Georgia woman’s arm, Joseph W...
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Feb 28, 2020
Jurors awarded a Florida woman $160,000 Wednesday at a damages trial over the two-car crash she says left her with a traumatic brain injury.
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Feb 28, 2020
As the last words a jury hears before it enters deliberations, rebuttal closings are critical for plaintiff's attorneys. A powerful rebuttal not only blunts the most important points of a defense’s closing, but it puts an exclamation point on the ...
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