In a recent Cobb County State Court case, the jury had to determine whether the plaintiff’s back problems resulted from injuries he suffered in an automobile accident or, instead, were a normal degenerative condition that occurs in most people over the age of 50. Jorge Horton v. Shannon King-Cortopassi (12-A-3850)

Today's CVN Engle progeny trading card features a North Carolina defense attorney who has argued Engle trials in front of CVN cameras for more than four years.

The Georgia Court of Appeals recently refused to hold a Prophecy against Plaintiff James Price and gave him another opportunity to prove his personal injury case against Defendant Raju Thapa. James Price v. Raju Thapa et al., 323 Ga. App. 628 (2013). However, even though the Prophecy wasn’t used against Price in his recent Clayton County State Court trial, he may have been doomed by his own words.

It's critical for a trial's opening statement to clearly explain the circumstances of an accident at the heart of a lawsuit. However, unlike car collisions or slip-and-falls, involving activities jurors can easily picture, detailing an accident at an event unfamiliar to the average juror is much more difficult. That was the situation Searcy Denney's Gregory Barnhart faced in Gratton v. DiPetrillo, a $2 million-plus wrongful death suit by Patricia Gratton against organizers of a powerboat race in which Gratton's husband, champion powerboat racer Joey Gratton, drowned.