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Jacksonville, FL— Jury selection began over video conference Thursday in a damages-only battery case against a Florida strip, moving one step closer to what’s believed will be the nation’s first fully remote jury trial with a binding verdict. Griffin v. Albanese Enterprise, Inc.

Florida’s state courts are the among the most accessible to the electronic news media anywhere in the country. The “Sunshine State” stayed true to its nickname by being a pioneer decades ago in granting news cameras largely unfettered access to public judicial proceedings.

Jury selection begins Thursday in what is believed to be the country’s first fully remote jury trial intended to produce a binding verdict, and you can watch all the proceedings gavel-to-gavel, FREE, and on-demand on CVN.

CVN will stream, on-demand, the historic trial, a battery case against a Jacksonville exotic dance club, from this week’s jury selection through next Monday’s trial. 

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Update: To protect jurors' identities, trial video will be uploaded available on-demand as soon as possible after each session.

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Editor's Note: To protect jurors' identities, trial video will be uploaded and available on demand as soon as possible after each session.

Jacksonville, FL— Jury selection begins in Florida this week for what is believed to be the nation’s first, fully remote civil jury trial intended to produce a binding verdict, with Courtroom View Network streaming the proceedings.