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Jacksonville, FL— Jury selection began over video conference Thursday in a damages-only battery case against a Florida strip, moving one step closer to what’s believed will be the nation’s first fully remote jury trial with a binding verdict. Griffin v. Albanese Enterprise, Inc.

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Editor's Note: To protect jurors' identities, trial video will be uploaded and available on demand as soon as possible after each session.

Jacksonville, FL— Jury selection begins in Florida this week for what is believed to be the nation’s first, fully remote civil jury trial intended to produce a binding verdict, with Courtroom View Network streaming the proceedings.

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Atlanta, GA— Georgia’s statewide Business Court opened for filings this month, nearly two years after voters approved its creation. 

Medical malpractice trials often turn on the testimony of the defendant health care provider. And in an interview with CVN, Searcy Denney’s Ed Ricci and Matt Schwencke detailed how they turned a defendant physician’s own cross-exam testimony against him to win a $4.9 million med mal verdict. 

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Miami, FL— A Florida appellate court last week upheld a $7.25 million award for the heart disease jurors found was caused by a decades-long addiction to R.J. Reynolds cigarettes.