In a California state court trial against Intuitive Surgical Inc. over injuries a woman claims was caused by the company’s surgical robot, Mark Geragos’s closing rebuttal used the medical device giant's own marketing and defense witness testimony to argue it pushed a potentially dangerous surgical system. 

Tallahassee, FL— A Florida state appeals court last week reversed a $15.5 million total award in a case against R.J. Reynolds over the throat cancer death of a long-time smoker. 

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Although covid brought traditional trials to a halt in Florida for much of 2020, the standout work of lawyers and courts across the state made headlines throughout the year. From major tobacco cases to landmark remote proceedings and more, here are our top CVN Florida trial-related moments of the year. 

Here’s to better days and all the major trial-related moments to come in 2021!

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Although the pandemic upended traditional Georgia court proceedings, 2020 still featured an array of big trial-related moments captured by CVN cameras. From an armored truck crash verdict to webinars and interviews featuring the industry’s top attorneys, here are the top CVN Georgia trial-related moments of 2020. 

We have much more in store next year. Here's to a bigger, brighter 2021!

Testimony concerning the impact of a catastrophic incident is often one of the most important pieces to a plaintiff’s case. During CVN’s in-depth webinar on the $150 million verdict Jim Butler and Jeb Butler won for a toddler’s death in a Jeep fuel tank explosion, the pair, as part of a group of product liability luminaries, broke down the heart-wrenching testimony from the child’s mother. And they discussed the critical balance in questioning that makes impact testimony its most effective.