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|VIDEO| Shane Read Outlines How Keith Mitnik Reframed Defense Surveillance Video to Win $2.8M Verdict in Crash Case

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Mar 15, 2024 2:19:19 PM


Defense surveillance video can be one of the most difficult pieces of evidence to overcome for a plaintiff’s attorney presenting a damages case. But in the latest episode of Trial Technique Spotlight, Shane Read, one of the nation’s leading trial consultants, details how Keith Mitnik flipped the message on defense surveillance video to win a $2.8 million verdict for a former college soccer player injured in a car crash.

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|VIDEO| The Crucial Evidence That Set Up $7M Verdict in Yamaha Rollover Trial

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Mar 6, 2024 2:00:56 PM

Excerpts from Frank Bayuk's opening at trial against Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation of North America.


February’s $7 million verdict against Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation of America for the injuries a Georgia toddler suffered in a golf car rollover crash was keyed by powerful video intended to undermine a central defense in the case, an attorney for the child’s family told CVN. Hall, et al. v. Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation of North America, 20-A-1696. 

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Topics: Products Liability, Georgia, Hall, et al. v. Yamaha

|VIDEO| Shane Read Details How This Arash Homampour Closing Keyed a $33.8M+ Verdict

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Mar 1, 2024 12:39:06 PM


Wrongful death damages trials often turn a magnifying glass toward key moments of a decedent’s life, both positive and negative, when asking a jury to weigh the value of that life's loss. And in the latest episode of Trial Technique Spotlight, nationally renowned trial consultant Shane Read analyzes how an Arash Homampour closing argument powerfully acknowledged the negative moments of one man’s life, while also emphasizing its value, with all its imperfections, setting up a blockbuster verdict. 

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Topics: Trial Technique Spotlight

R.J. Reynolds and Retailers Prevail at Trial Over New Mexico Lung Cancer Patient's Death During Pandemic

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Feb 23, 2024 12:47:36 PM

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Santa Fe, NM— Jurors Thursday cleared R.J. Reynolds and a pair of retail chains of responsibility for the death of a New Mexico man who had smoked for decades. Youngers (Archuleta) v. R.J. Reynolds, et al., D-101-CV-2020-01693. 

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$10M Settlement as Jury Deliberates in Trial Over Deadly Crash Involving Big Rig

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Feb 22, 2024 2:09:43 PM

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Decatur, GA— A trucking company’s insurer agreed to a $10 million settlement for a deadly 2016 crash involving a big rig, as jurors deliberated in trial over the case earlier this month, attorneys for one of the plaintiffs told CVN. Freeman, et al. v. ACE American Insurance Co., et al., 17A62825.

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Topics: Transportation, Trucking, Freeman, et al. v. ACE Insurance Co.