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Arlin Crisco

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FREE CVN Webinar | Building a Solo Practice to Withstand a Pandemic, Featuring Michael Geoffroy & Gordon Glover

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Feb 8, 2021 10:19:47 AM

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The coronavirus pandemic’s impact on the legal industry can be particularly hard for solo practitioners and small firms. Court closures and docket backlogs raise the hurdles a small office already faces in managing and clearing cases. That’s why, on Thursday, February 11, CVN will feature two noted attorneys who will share their advice on how to fine tune your solo practice so it successfully navigates the pandemic and thrives in the years ahead. 

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Topics: Florida, Georgia, webinar

|VIDEO| Scott Bailey Outlines the Technique to Questioning Witnesses That Helped Key Defense Win in $8M Wrongful Death Trial

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Feb 2, 2021 12:27:06 PM


During direct exam, the way questions are phrased can often make or break the testimony itself. And in analyzing how he and Dan Huff cleared a pair of doctors in an $8 million med mal trial, Huff Powell & Bailey's Scott Bailey detailed the "mock cross-exam" approach that he uses on direct to build credibility and undercut a cross.

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Topics: Medical Malpractice, Georgia, Moradov v. Hill, et al., CVN Discovery

|VIDEO| The Mark Geragos Argument Before Settlement in Blockbuster Trial Over Intuitive Surgical Robot

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Jan 21, 2021 3:49:10 PM


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. 

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Florida Appeals Court Throws Out $15.5M Award for Smoker's Throat Cancer Death

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Jan 19, 2021 2:21:27 PM


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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Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Bessent-Dixon v. R.J. Reynolds

CVN Florida's Best of 2020

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Dec 28, 2020 11:21:00 AM

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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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Topics: Florida