Credibility is a cornerstone to winning any jury trial, and building that credibility from a trial’s opening moments is crucial. In the latest episode of Trial Technique Spotlight, Shane Read, one of the nation’s leading trial and jury consultants, details the “brutally honest” opening The Weathington Firm’s Paul Weathington gave to build credibility with jurors and ultimately clear his physician client in a $75 million medical malpractice trial. 

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Atlanta, GA— Jurors handed down a $75 million verdict against a pair of Georgia physicians last week,  after finding them responsible for the “locked-in” paralysis one of their patients suffered during a catastrophic stroke. Buckelew, et al. v. Womack, et al., 17EV004146.

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Atlanta, GA— A crowded courtroom of attorneys debated why a Georgia man suffers from “locked-in syndrome” paralysis following a stroke, as trial opened Tuesday against the hospital and multiple healthcare professionals that treated him. Buckelew, et al. v. Womack, et al., 17Ev004146. 

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Atlanta, GA— Trial is expected to begin this week over whether medical negligence caused a Georgia man to suffer catastrophic brain damage from a 2015 stroke. Buckelew v. Womack, et al., 17EV004146.