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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
In Teachable Moment of Trial, CVN spotlights key courtroom moments and trial-winning techniques from the country's best attorneys. Today, the spotlight focuses on a powerful opening statement damages story.
The groundwork for the most effective damages stories is set during a trial’s opening statement. And in openings of a 2022 trial over the crash that ultimately killed a 19-year-old college student, Christian Morris vividly detailed the magnitude of the young woman’s loss, setting up a $7.24 million verdict that far exceeded defense settlement offers.
Topics: Transportation, Nevada, Cheryl Cifuni v. Gheorghe Chitescu, Teachable Moment of Trial
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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
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Canton, GA— Jurors awarded $1.2 million last week for the injuries a Georgia lawyer suffered in a 2016 rear-end collision. Watson v. Blackburn, 18SC-0380-MH-S4.
Topics: Georgia, Transportation, Watson v. Blackburn
