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CVN To Webcast Trial Over MetLife's Alleged Role In $200M Ponzi Scheme

Posted by David Siegel on Jul 14, 2016 6:17:18 AM

MetLife headquarters in New York City

Los Angeles - Jury selection is underway in a California state courtroom in a lawsuit accusing insurance giant MetLife of pitching a $200 million Ponzi scheme to investors, and the full trial will be webcast gavel-to-gavel by Courtroom View Network.

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Topics: California

Attorneys Clash Over Fate Of Sumner Redstone’s Media Empire At High-Stakes Hearing

Posted by David Siegel on Jun 30, 2016 2:01:10 PM

Sumner Redstone's attorney Robert Klieger argues that a lawsuit challenging his client's mental competency should be dismissed. Click here to see video from the hearing. 

Canton - Attorneys for Sumner Redstone and daughter Shari Redstone asked a Massachusetts probate judge on Thursday to throw out a lawsuit claiming the ailing 93-year-old media mogul is mentally incompetent, in a case that could determine control of major companies like Viacom, CBS Corp. and Paramount.

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Topics: probate

School District Strikes $10.5M Deal To Settle Brain Injury Lawsuit During Trial

Posted by David Siegel on Jun 29, 2016 5:53:45 PM

Plaintiff's attorney Nick Rowley delivers his closing argument. Click here to see video from the trial. 

Bakersfield - The Kern County School District reached a $10.5 million settlement on Wednesday with a student who suffered a traumatic brain injury at a rowdy football rally during the second day of a damages trial after jurors found the school district 100 percent liable for the student’s injuries.

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Topics: Negligence, California

J&J Unit Performed 'Human Experimentation' With Deadly Bone Cement, Jury Told

Posted by David Siegel on Jun 28, 2016 2:08:22 AM

Plaintiff's attorney Rick Friedman delivers his opening statement. Click here to see video from the trial. 

Seattle - A Washington state court jury heard opening statements Monday in the first trial over claims that Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Synthes Inc. used bone cement without FDA approval in the spines of patients who died on the operating table within moments of being injected with the compound.

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Topics: Products Liability, healthcare

Plaintiff’s Attorney Dons Chicken Costume During Closing Argument In Brain Injury Trial

Posted by David Siegel on Jun 27, 2016 5:22:00 PM

Plaintiff's attorney Nick Rowley delivers his closing argument.  Click here to see video from the trial. 

 UPDATE: The jury returned a verdict in the plaintiff's favor on Monday evening, and the trial will now proceed to a damages phase. 

Bakersfield - In what is likely a first at a trial in an American courtroom, a plaintiff’s attorney on Monday delivered a portion of his closing argument wearing a full-sized chicken costume in a lawsuit filed by a former high school student who claims he suffered a brain injury, when he was attacked at a rowdy football rally while wearing a similar outfit.

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Topics: Negligence, California