Miami, FL— Jurors last week cleared Philip Morris of responsibility for the laryngeal cancer a Florida woman developed after years of smoking the company’s "Virginia Slims" cigarettes. Santana v. Philip Morris. 

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CVN has covered a wide range of trials from coast to coast over the last few months: from a California med mal, birth injury claim to a Florida ovarian cancer, talc case involving Johnson & Johnson. Watch a few key moments from these headline-making trials. 

Because demonstratives can be such a powerful aid to a case in openings, effectively undercutting an opposing party's demonstratives can be critical in persuasively introducing your own case. And in the latest episode of CVN’s Trial Technique Spotlight, Shane Read, one of the country’s leading trial consultants, discusses how Thomas Klein blunted plaintiffs' crash-related animation to help clear Nissan in an auto airbag trial.

Decatur, GA— Jurors in Georgia last week cleared an ambulance company of responsibility for the death of a woman its paramedic treated following her fall from a second-story apartment window. Wright v. Metro Ambulance Services, Inc., 21A01147. 

Miami, FL— Jurors this week handed down a $16 million total verdict against Philip Morris for the role they found the company played in the lung cancer death of a Florida smoker. Garcia v. Philip Morris, et al., 2017-CA-005523.