Powerfully framing the value of life is crucial when plaintiff’s attorneys tell the damages story of a wrongful death case. And in the latest episode of Trial Technique Spotlight, renowned trial consultant Shane Read details how Jeb Butler vividly explained the value of life in a closing that helped win a $150 million verdict at trial over the death of a Georgia toddler.
Topics: Georgia, Walden v. Chrysler Group LLC, Trial Technique Spotlight
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Decatur, GA— Jurors Thursday handed down a $16.66 million verdict against a trucking company and found it 60 percent responsible for the 2021 crash that left a Georgia man with a traumatic brain injury. Dalal v. Brown Trucking Company, 21A04356.
Topics: Georgia, Transportation, Trucking, Dalal v. Brown Trucking Company
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Decatur, GA— Trial is expected to open early this week in a suit against a trucking company over the traumatic brain injury a Georgia man claims he suffered in a 2021 collision with a big rig, with Courtroom View Network streaming proceedings gavel-to-gavel. Dalal v. Brown Trucking Company, 21A04356.
Topics: Georgia, Transportation, Trucking, Dalal v. Brown Trucking Company
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Update: Following an emergency motion for trial continuance, the proceeding was declared a mistrial.
Decatur, GA— Attorneys Tuesday delivered competing narratives as to what caused a deadly, multi-crash incident involving a big rig, as trial opened against a trucking company and others. Freeman, et al. v. Ace American Insurance Co., et al., 17A62825.
Topics: Georgia, Transportation, Trucking, Freeman, et al. v. ACE Insurance Co.
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Following claims of juror misconduct that preceded a $1.2 million trial verdict for a Georgia lawyer injured in a 2016 rear-end crash, the parties settled the case for just north of $2 million, one of the lawyer’s attorneys told CVN.
Topics: Georgia, Transportation, Watson v. Blackburn
