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Over the last few months, CVN cameras have captured a wide range of major trials across the nation, including a landmark proceeding against a social media giant and retrial in a wrongful death crosswalk collision case. Watch key closing moments in three of the latest high-profile trials we've covered.
Facebook & Instagram Parent Meta Hit With $375M Jury Verdict in Landmark Trial
In March, a New Mexico state court jury handed down a $375 million verdict in a landmark trial over claims that social media giant Meta violated consumer protection laws in failing to adequately protect children on its site.
In closings, Motley Rice's Linda Singer told jurors that Meta's "Move Fast and Break Things," motto endangered children, as the company tried to grow the social media platforms.
“They are the collateral damage, what’s broken, when Meta moved fast to build growth and engagement.”
Radiologist Prevails in Med Mal Trial Over Child’s Profound Birth-Related Disabilities
A Georgia jury cleared a radiologist of responsibility for the severe birth-related disabilities a child suffered after his mother was given a drug meant to end an ectopic pregnancy.
In closings, Peters & Monyak’s Robert Monyak told jurors that the radiologist clearly reported his correct conclusion that the mother’s pregnancy was not ectopic, and that a subsequent order by another doctor to administer the drug was not the radiologist’s fault.
“We cannot require that doctors control what happens when they have finished their job.”
Utah Jury Delivers $81M Verdict for Fatal Crosswalk Collision
Jurors in Utah awarded $81 million at trial over the death of an 11-year old struck by a driver in a crosswalk. The March verdict capped a retrial in the case, which had yielded a defense verdict in an earlier appearance before a jury.
In closings, Claggett & Sykes’ Sean Claggett outlined the gravity of the parents’ loss.
“It’s a visceral pain to lose a child; [it] never goes away.”
Email Arlin Crisco at acrisco@cvn.com.
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