Shane Read discusses how Frank Bayuk undercut defense arguments to win a $7 million rollover crash case verdict. You can watch the full trial here.

Because jurors often make decisions about a case’s merits during a trial’s earliest moments, it’s important to discredit opposing counsel’s key arguments during openings in order to bolster your own case. And in the latest episode of Trial Technique Spotlight, Shane Read, one of the nation’s foremost trial consultants, analyzes how Bayuk & Pratt’s Frank Bayuk memorably addressed key defense claims to win a $7 million verdict against Yamaha in a golf car rollover crash case. 

Frank Bayuk and Bethany Schneider discuss their approach to potential case weaknesses, and how they won a $7 million verdict in a Yamaha rollover crash trial. Watch the full interview, as well as openings in the trial, here. 

Adeptly addressing potential weaknesses in your case is critical to persuading a jury at trial. And in a wide-ranging interview breaking down how they won a $7 million verdict against Yamaha for the injuries a toddler suffered in a golf car rollover crash, Bayuk & Pratt’s Frank Bayuk and Schneider Injury Law’s Bethany Schneider discussed how they masterfully undercut a major potential weakness in their case.

Excerpts from Frank Bayuk's opening at trial against Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation of North America.

February’s $7 million verdict against Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation of America for the injuries a Georgia toddler suffered in a golf car rollover crash was keyed by powerful video intended to undermine a central defense in the case, an attorney for the child’s family told CVN. Hall, et al. v. Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation of North America, 20-A-1696. 

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Marietta, GA— Attorneys Tuesday debated what caused a golf car rollover crash that seriously injured a Georgia child, as trial opened against the vehicle’s maker, Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation of America. Hall v. Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation of America, 20-A-1696.