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.

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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. 

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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. 

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Fort Lauderdale, FL— R.J. Reynolds was hit with a $9.37 million verdict late last month for the role jurors found the company played in the death of a long-time smoker, capping retrial in a case that last saw a jury 10 years ago. Irimi v. R.J. Reynolds, CACE08026337. 

A defendant company’s safety protocol often plays a key role in commercial vehicle collision cases. And at trial over the death of an 11-year-old girl struck by a garbage truck, Sean Claggett’s closing vividly highlighted a sanitation company’s safety materials and training protocol in arguing the company and its driver were responsible, setting up a blockbuster verdict.