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The last several weeks have seen a host of major verdicts in CVN-covered trials around the country, from an 8-figure award in a Nevada crash case to Johnson & Johnson scoring a pair of victories in blockbuster talc trials. 

Check out some of the critical closing moments from the attorneys that keyed those and other headline-grabbing verdicts recently.

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Miami, FL— Jurors heard opening statements Friday over what financial punishment, if any, R.J. Reynolds should pay for the throat cancer death of a Florida smoker a quarter-century ago, and nearly five years after a multi-million-dollar compensatory award in the case. Ledo v. R.J. Reynolds, 2002-CA-000113. 

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Update:  Parties have settled their claims in the case. CVN will update this article as events warrant. 

Jacksonville, FL— Jury selection begins Monday involving claims brought by dozens of plaintiffs against Electronic Arts and others over a 2018 mass shooting at a Jacksonville videogame tournament, with CVN streaming proceedings from voir dire forward. Mitich, et al. v. Electronic Arts, Inc., et al., 2018-CA-005930. 

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Columbia, SC— Jurors Thursday cleared heating materials supplier Chromalox, Inc. of responsibility for the mesothelioma death of a South Carolina plumber. Manning v. Chromalox, Inc., 2020-CP-40-01293.