Marietta, GA— Jurors Wednesday cleared a Georgia emergency room physician of responsibility for the catastrophic fallout from a brain-stem stroke that one of her patients suffered. Barnett v. Johnson, M.D., et al., 23-A-526. 

Marietta, GA— Attorneys Tuesday debated what led to the catastrophic fallout from a stroke a Georgia woman suffered, as trial opened against an emergency room physician who treated her. Barnett v. Johnson, M.D., et al., 23-A-526. 

Watch Trial Technique Spotlight, where Shane Read discusses the verdict-winning techniques of leading trial attorneys.  

Anticipating and undercutting opposing counsel’s arguments is often a key cornerstone to a winning opening statement. And in the recently launched lineup of episodes in our ongoing series, Trial Technique Spotlight, Shane Read, one of the nation’s leading trial consultants, details the approaches top attorneys have used to undercut opposing counsel contentions.

When properly framed, an appeal to jurors’ “common sense” can be one of the most powerful rhetorical points in any attorney’s closing argument. And in closings at trial over a rear-end collision that injured a Florida woman, Keith Mitnik’s convincing appeal to "common sense" helped set up a seven-figure verdict.

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CVN has covered a host of headline-making proceedings across the country over the last few months: from a bellwether baby formula trial to one of the first trials in the nation addressing Amazon's potential liability as an employer for the actions of its service partners' delivery drivers. Watch a few pivotal moments from five of the latest blockbuster proceedings CVN cameras have captured.