At the start of 2023 Courtroom View Network published its widely read annual lists of the most impressive plaintiff and defense verdicts in trials filmed the previous year by CVN’s cameras. Those 20 trials - a small fraction of the overall trials covered by CVN in 2022 - featured many of the country’s most formidable plaintiff and defense attorneys and included matters ranging from closely watched bellwethers to high-exposure cases in recurring areas of litigation like slip-and-falls and automotive negligence.
Topics: Negligence, Products Liability
$5M Verdict Hits Philip Morris in Trial Over Massachusetts Man's Throat Cancer
Posted by Arlin Crisco on Feb 23, 2023 10:30:54 AM
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Boston, MA— Jurors Friday levied a $5 million verdict against Philip Morris in finding the company and its Marlboro cigarettes responsible for the laryngeal cancer a Massachusetts man developed. Woodley v. Philip Morris, 2084-CV-01559.
Topics: Products Liability, tobacco, Massachusetts, Woodley v. Philip Morris
Jury Awards $6M in Trial Against RJR Over Florida Woman's COPD Death
Posted by Arlin Crisco on Feb 1, 2023 4:10:00 PM
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Miami, FL— Jurors last week awarded $6 million to the family of a Florida woman after finding R.J. Reynolds responsible for her respiratory disease-related death. Dubins v. R.J. Reynolds, 2008-CA-001470.
Topics: Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Dubins v. R.J. Reynolds
CVN’s Top 10 Most Impressive Defense Verdicts of 2022
Posted by David Siegel on Jan 12, 2023 11:05:37 AM
Topics: Products Liability, Medical Malpractice, California
CVN's Top 10 Most Impressive Plaintiff Verdicts of 2022
Posted by David Siegel on Jan 5, 2023 4:23:26 PM
Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, California, Texas