Law & Moran's Peter Law, left, and Gray Rust St. Amand Moffett Brieske’s Matthew Moffett deliver opening statements at trial over a fall that paralyzed a Georgia man. Watch the trial here.
Marietta, GA— Attorneys Tuesday debated responsibility for the fall that paralyzed a Georgia man, as trial opened against the contractor who performed work on the man’s home. Morder, et al. v. Porter, et al., 22-A-1262.
Topics: Georgia, Morder, et al. v. Porter, et al.
The Bell Law Firm's Lloyd Bell in closing arguments.
Lawrenceville, GA— Jurors Tuesday handed down an $18.3 million verdict against two physicians for the ultimately fatal heart attack a Georgia man suffered after undergoing surgery. Yarbrough v. Cardiovascular Group P.C., et al., 20-C-02832-S4.
Topics: Medical Malpractice, Georgia, Yarbrough, et al. v. Cardiovascular Group, et al.
Shane Read analyzes how the use of a deposition clip in openings led to a $495 million verdict in a bellwether baby formula case.
Sometimes the most compelling testimony at trial can come from a deposition. And turning a spotlight on that testimony during openings helps lay the critical early groundwork for a winning verdict. In the latest episode of Trial Technique Spotlight, Shane Read, one of the nation’s foremost trial and jury consultants, analyzes how Jake Plattenberger's opening in a bellwether baby formula trial masterfully highlighted a researcher’s pushback to deposition questions, setting up a blockbuster verdict.
Topics: Trial Technique Spotlight, Margo Gill v. Abbott Laboratories, et al.
Attorneys' openings, from left to right: Lloyd Bell, Paul Reynolds, Trisha Godsey.
Lawrenceville, GA— Attorneys Tuesday debated who was responsible for the heart attack-related death of a Georgia man, as trial opened against two of his doctors. Yarbrough v. Cardiovascular Group P.C., et al., 20-C-02832-S4.
Topics: Georgia, Yarbrough, et al. v. Cardiovascular Group, et al.
Credibility is a cornerstone to winning any jury trial, and building that credibility from a trial’s opening moments is crucial. In the latest episode of Trial Technique Spotlight, Shane Read, one of the nation’s leading trial and jury consultants, details the “brutally honest” opening The Weathington Firm’s Paul Weathington gave to build credibility with jurors and ultimately clear his physician client in a $75 million medical malpractice trial.
Topics: Buckelew, et al. v. Womack, et al., Trial Technique Spotlight
