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Arlin Crisco

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$6M Verdict in TBI Trial Over Mall Elevator's Ceiling Panel Collapse

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Dec 16, 2022 2:43:46 PM

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Topics: Premises Liability, Florida, TBI, Rayment v. Mizner Park Venture

|VIDEO| The Mark Lanier Trial Notes That Helped Win a Massive Talc Case Verdict

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Dec 9, 2022 4:52:40 PM


When questioning a witness, it’s crucial to highlight the key information you want a jury to take away from that testimony. Otherwise, you risk jurors becoming overwhelmed with information and missing the most important points that witness made. This is particularly true during questioning of expert witnesses, where testimony can run hours long and confuse the average juror. In a multi-plaintiff talc trial against Johnson & Johnson, the demonstrative “notes” Mark Lanier wrote to support his questioning powerfully distilled key pieces of testimony and helped win a blockbuster verdict.

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Topics: Ingham v. Johnson & Johnson

TBI Trial Opens Against Mall Owner Accused of Fault for Elevator Ceiling Panel Collapse

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Dec 7, 2022 11:11:28 AM

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West Palm Beach, FL— Jurors previewed evidence concerning the elevator ceiling panel collapse at a mall parking garage that a Florida man says left him with a traumatic brain injury, as trial opened Tuesday morning against the mall’s owner.  Rayment v. Mizner Park Venture, LLC, 2017-CA-007543.

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Topics: Premises Liability, Florida, Rayment v. Mizner Park Venture

Trial Opens Against R.J. Reynolds Over New Mexico Man's Throat Cancer Death

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Dec 2, 2022 1:57:47 PM

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Santa Fe, NM— Attorneys Monday debated what responsibility, if any, R.J. Reynolds bears for the deadly throat cancer a New Mexico man developed after decades of smoking, as trial opened against the tobacco giant. Perez v. R.J. Reynolds, D-101-CV-201902017.

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Topics: Products Liability, tobacco, Perez v. R.J. Reynolds, New Mexico

Walmart Prevails in Slip-and-Fall Trial Over Florida Mother's Back Injuries

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Dec 1, 2022 11:15:00 AM

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West Palm Beach, FL— Jurors cleared Walmart of responsibility for the back injuries a Florida mother says she suffered in a 2017 fall at one of the company’s stores. Absolu v. Wal-mart Stores East LP, 2019-CA-006300.

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Topics: Premises Liability, Florida, Absolu v. Wal-Mart Stores East LP