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. 

A memorable "gotcha" moment during a cross-exam can critically undercut your opposition’s case and swing a jury verdict in your favor. During an in-depth webinar with Arash Homampour, Steve Vartazarian detailed how the cross-exam of an accident reconstruction expert included one of those "gotcha" moments and helped set up an $11 million verdict in a truck crash case. 

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Atlanta, GA— In a ruling that impacts Georgia negligence cases brought against defendant employers and their workers, the Georgia Supreme Court held that the state’s apportionment statute abrogated the Respondeat Superior Rule.