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Topics: Negligence, Engle Progeny, Tobacco Litigation, CVN Florida, Engle Progeny Review, News, taylor v. R.J. Reynolds, Russo v. Philip Morris
As we highlighted last week, ensuring a jury understands a suit’s narrative is one of the key goals of a trial’s opening statement and is a critical component to building a winning case. However, when the events and relationships underlying a suit are particularly complex, as is often the case with lawsuits against insurers, breaking down the narrative into a clear, cogent storyline can be difficult. In openings of Meyer v. Health Plan of Nevada, Robert Eglet, representing plaintiffs in a suit against their HMO, combines a descriptive timeline and eye-popping details in illustrate his claim that the HMO was responsible for the insureds contracting hepatitis C.
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Topics: Negligence, Insurance, Opening Statement of the Week, Trial Techniques, CVN National, Helen Meyer v. Health Plan of Nevada Inc. et al.
Each Friday we highlight the week's Engle progeny cases, examine their importance in the larger scope of the litigation, and look ahead to next week.
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Topics: Negligence, Engle Progeny, Tobacco Litigation, CVN Florida, Engle Progeny Review, News, Russo v. Philip Morris
Las Vegas—UnitedHealth Group HMOs could face more than a half-billion dollars in damages for their alleged role in the hepatitis infection of one of their clients, as jury selection is scheduled to begin in a Nevada negligence suit October 20. Bernard Paul v. Health Plan of Nevada Inc., et al.
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Topics: Negligence, Insurance, CVN National, Bernard Paul v. Health Plan of Nevada
If you're a plaintiff's attorney in a personal injury case, it's critical that your jury understands the circumstances of the accident at the heart of the case from your point of view. Visual aids such as photographs and computer simulations can help highlight the events that caused the accident. But, as Marc Howard showed in his opening statement of McCray v. Ming Xuan Inc, sometimes the most effective way to explain an accident is to reenact it yourself.
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Topics: Negligence, CVN Local: Georgia, Opening Statement of the Week, Trial Techniques
