Fischer Redavid's Jordan Redavid, left, and Wicker Smith's Michael Reed deliver opening statements at trial over the drowning death of a four-year-old child. Watch the trial.
Gainesville, FL— Attorneys Tuesday debated what caused the death of a Florida toddler, as trial opened against a shopping center owner and manager of the site where the child drowned. Figueroa, et al. v. American Commercial Realty Corp., et al., 2023-CA-001916.
Topics: Florida, Figueroa v. American Commercial Realty Corp.
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.
