Clearly empowering a jury and its work is a critical element of any closing argument. Empowering the jury simultaneously emphasizes the stakes at issue and emboldens jurors who believe in your case to stand firm and advocate for you during deliberations. And in the latest episode of Trial Technique Spotlight, Shane Read, one of the nation’s leading trial presentation experts, discusses how Brian Panish masterfully empowered jurors in closings of a hip implant trial, setting the stage for an $8.3 million verdict. 

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Miami, FL— Jurors Friday cleared R.J. Reynolds of liability for a Florida woman’s death from respiratory disease, after they found her family’s claim time-barred. Sikes v. R.J. Reynolds, 2008-CA000310. 

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Over the last month, CVN has covered a host of blockbuster trials across the country, including a $9 million medical malpractice case and an auto defect claim against Nissan. Check out key moments from just a few of the most recent headline-making proceedings we’ve covered. 

Attorneys defending a personal injury case must strike a delicate balance between vigorously representing their client without coming across as cold and unsympathetic to a plaintiff’s condition. And in the latest episode of CVN’s Trial Technique Spotlight, Shane Read, one of the country’s preeminent trial presentation experts, analyzes how Allison Brown masterfully struck that balance in her opening statement at a talc trial against Johnson & Johnson, laying the groundwork for a defense verdict in the case.

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Miami, FL— The timeline surrounding the development of a smoker’s respiratory disease served as a key point of dispute as trial opened against R.J. Reynolds last week over the woman's death from the condition. Sikes v. R.J. Reynolds, 2008-CA-000310.