When properly framed, an appeal to jurors’ “common sense” can be one of the most powerful rhetorical points in any attorney’s closing argument. And in closings at trial over a rear-end collision that injured a Florida woman, Keith Mitnik’s convincing appeal to "common sense" helped set up a seven-figure verdict.
Topics: Florida, Alexander v. Rojas, et al., Playlist
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CVN has covered a host of headline-making proceedings across the country over the last few months: from a bellwether baby formula trial to one of the first trials in the nation addressing Amazon's potential liability as an employer for the actions of its service partners' delivery drivers. Watch a few pivotal moments from five of the latest blockbuster proceedings CVN cameras have captured.
Shane Read discusses how Frank Bayuk undercut defense arguments to win a $7 million rollover crash case verdict. You can watch the full trial here.
Because jurors often make decisions about a case’s merits during a trial’s earliest moments, it’s important to discredit opposing counsel’s key arguments during openings in order to bolster your own case. And in the latest episode of Trial Technique Spotlight, Shane Read, one of the nation’s foremost trial consultants, analyzes how Bayuk & Pratt’s Frank Bayuk memorably addressed key defense claims to win a $7 million verdict against Yamaha in a golf car rollover crash case.
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Salem, MA— Jurors Wednesday cleared Philip Morris and a grocery store chain of responsibility for the esophageal cancer of a Massachusetts man who smoked the tobacco giant’s cigarettes for decades. Bagnell v. Philip Morris, et al., 2177CV00877.
Topics: tobacco, Massachusetts, Bagnell v. Philip Morris
In openings at trial against Amazon Logistics and a delivery partner over a delivery van crash that injured a child, Michael Goldberg tells jurors that Amazon "control" over the partner equals responsibility as an employer. Subscribers, click here to see a playlist on the issue.
Earlier this month, a Georgia jury handed down a $16.2 million verdict at trial against Amazon Logistics for the injuries a child suffered in a collision with a delivery van. The proceeding is believed to be among the first in the nation to address the company's potential liability as an employer for the conduct of its delivery partners' drivers. And now CVN subscribers can watch editor-curated trial video breaking out two key issues in the case — employment relationship and negligent training — newly added to our playlist library.
