Everything is bigger in Texas - including the legal community. From the sprawling hill country to its numerous major cities, Texas has almost as many lawyers as cactuses, and many of them are just as tough.
That means the caliber of attorneys who regularly take cases to trial in the Lone Star state are among the best in the country, and the verdicts returned by Texas juries often have repercussions far beyond the state’s borders. This is why Courtroom View Network filmed many Texas-sized trials over the years, all of which are available gavel-to-gavel with a CVN video library subscription.
Take a look at some of the “must watch” Texas trials in CVN’s video library. Become a subscriber today, and see for yourself what civil jury trials in Texas are all about, and what it takes to win them.
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Beyanca Martinez, et al, v. King Easley, et al
Potentially $100M suit against security company settles during jury deliberations
Link to gavel-to-gavel video with full attorney and witness info:
https://cvn.com/proceedings/beyanca-martinez-et-al-v-king-easley-et-al-trial-2019-09-16
Why you should watch: The family of a motorcyclist who crashed into a turning armored truck struck a settlement in 2019 with security company GardaWorld shortly after a Texas state court jury began deliberations in a trial that could have resulted in a $100 million verdict.
The confidential settlement was disclosed a day after jurors heard closing arguments accusing Garda, a Canadian-based company with over 200 offices worldwide, of being responsible for the death of Virgilio Martinez Garcia in 2018.
Garcia was riding alongside and slightly behind a Garda truck that suddenly attempted to make a left turn from the far right lane. He slammed into the side of the truck and died at the scene.
More via the CVN News Blog: https://blog.cvn.com/100m-wrongful-death-trial-over-motorcyclists-collision-with-armored-truck-settles-during-jury-deliberations
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Ploetz v. National Collegiate Athletic Association
NCAA settles football brain injury lawsuit on 3rd day of historic trial
Link to gavel-to-gavel video with full attorney and witness info:
https://cvn.com/proceedings/debra-hardin-ploetz-v-ncaa-trial-2018-06-11
Why you should watch: The NCAA reached a settlement in 2018 in Texas state court with the widow of a college football player who suffered from a brain disease linked to repeated concussions, bringing the much anticipated first-in-the-nation trial to an abrupt end.
Judge Kenneth Molberg dismissed the jury three days after opening statements took place in what was the first trial ever in a lawsuit seeking to hold the NCAA responsible for a college football player’s chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.
More via the CVN News Blog: https://blog.cvn.com/breaking-ncaa-settles-historic-cte-brain-injury-trial
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Moreno v. Southeastern Freight Lines
Defense verdict in truck crash lawsuit
Link to gavel-to-gavel video with full attorney and witness info:
https://cvn.com/proceedings/david-moreno-v-southeastern-freight-lines-inc-trial-2017-01-03
Why you should watch: “Plaintiff filed his lawsuit seeking damages against Southeastern and its driver as a result of the accident. Plaintiff alleged that Southeastern’s driver, Josh Tatum, made an improper lane change and struck his vehicle, totaling his vehicle. Plaintiff sought damages for his injuries including, pain and suffering in the past and future, and medical expenses in the past and future. In Plaintiff’s initial pleading, Plaintiff sought damages in excess of one million dollars.”
More via Cooper & Scully PC: https://www.cooperscully.com/news-and-resources/c-s-in-the-news/cooper-scully-obtains-unanimous-defense-verdict-in-trucking-case
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Frausto, et al. v. Pennsylvania Rehab LP, et al.
Jury clears nursing home, hospital over refusal to place mentally ill bedsore patient on ventilator
Link to gavel-to-gavel video with full attorney and witness info: https://cvn.com/proceedings/greg-frausto-v-pennsylvania-rehab-lp-et-al-other-2016-11-28
Why you should watch: A Texas state court jury found in 2016 that a hospital acted properly by following instructions in a mentally ill woman’s do-not-resuscitate order that her children claim she couldn’t have knowingly signed, when the hospital refused to place her on a ventilator after she developed pneumonia.
The jury returned the verdict on December 16, the morning after hearing closing arguments in a trial that began on December 5. The panel rejected allegations from the adult children of Diane Rimert that she developed bedsores due to supposedly negligent treatment received at the Pennsylvania Rehabilitation LP nursing home in Fort Worth, or that Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital should have made greater efforts to prolong her life.
More via the CVN News Blog: https://blog.cvn.com/jury-clears-nursing-home-hospital-over-refusal-to-place-mentally-ill-bedsore-patient-on-ventilator
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Rayo v. Lloyd D. Nabors Demolition LLC
Jury clears demolition company in lawsuit over fatal roof collapse
Link to gavel-to-gavel video with full attorney and witness info: https://cvn.com/proceedings/luis-rayo-et-al-v-lloyd-d-nabors-demolition-llc-trial-2016-02-22
Why you should watch: A Texas state court jury in 2016 rejected a lawsuit against a demolition company brought by the family of a construction worker killed in a roof collapse during the demolition of an elementary school building, finding that the company wasn’t grossly negligent and the worker failed to follow standard safety procedures.
More via the CVN News Blog: https://blog.cvn.com/jury-clears-demolition-co.-in-750k-lawsuit-over-fatal-roof-collapse
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Cavness v. Ethicon
Defense verdict in bellwether pelvic mesh products liability trial
Link to gavel-to-gavel video with full attorney and witness info: https://cvn.com/proceedings/carol-cavness-v-ethicon-inc-et-al-trial-2015-09-21
Why you should watch: Johnson & Johnson scored a major win in 2015 in a $9.5 million products liability suit over its Prosima pelvic mesh system, when a Texas state court jury rejected a woman’s claim that the device was defectively designed in the first case over the implant to go to trial.
More via the CVN News Blog: https://blog.cvn.com/breaking-texas-jury-hands-jj-victory-at-first-prosima-pelvic-mesh-trial
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Texas v. Janssen
Mid-trial settlement in landmark Risperdal lawsuit
Link to gavel-to-gavel video with full attorney and witness info: https://cvn.com/proceedings/texas-v-janssen-risperdal-trial-2011-06-21
Why you should watch: A Texas judge on Tuesday finalized a $158 million agreement to settle a lawsuit that accused Johnson & Johnson of improperly marketing its Risperdal anti-psychotic drug to state residents in the Medicaid program.
More via Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/article/johnsonjohnson-risperdal/texas-judge-finalizes-158-mln-risperdal-settlement-idUSL2E8ERYGA20120327
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Arenazas v. BP
Mid-trial settlement in lawsuit over refinery explosion
Link to gavel-to-gavel video with full attorney and witness info: https://cvn.com/proceedings/arenazas-v-bp-trial-2008-05-27
Why you should watch: After nine weeks of litigation, BP Plc has reached out-of-court settlements with the four remaining plaintiffs in a product liability trial stemming from a 2005 explosion at the company’s Texas City, Texas plant.
More via Law360: https://www.law360.com/articles/63498/bp-settles-with-4-more-plaintiffs-in-texas-city-case
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Know about any upcoming Texas civil trials CVN should cover? E-mail David Siegel at dsiegel@cvn.com