In openings at trial against Amazon Logistics and a delivery partner over a delivery van crash that injured a child, Michael Goldberg tells jurors that Amazon "control" over the partner equals responsibility as an employer. Subscribers, click here to see a playlist on the issue.
Earlier this month, a Georgia jury handed down a $16.2 million verdict at trial against Amazon Logistics for the injuries a child suffered in a collision with a delivery van. The proceeding is believed to be among the first in the nation to address the company's potential liability as an employer for the conduct of its delivery partners' drivers. And now CVN subscribers can watch editor-curated trial video breaking out two key issues in the case — employment relationship and negligent training — newly added to our playlist library.
Jurors ultimately found for the child's father for the severe leg injury the boy suffered when he was struck by the Amazon van, apportioning 85% of responsibility to Amazon on the negligent training claim and 10% to the delivery partner’s driver. Notably, however, jurors concluded Amazon exercised sufficient control over the delivery partner to render it liable for the driver’s share of fault, as his employer. See the full trial on the proceeding page, here.
And each CVN playlist on those critical issues takes you from openings and witness exams through closings, allowing you to watch only arguments and evidence addressing each topic. It’s the most efficient, powerful way to learn how attorneys on both sides of the courtroom addressed these issues at trial.
In the playlist on establishing an employer relationship, you'll see, for example:
How Fried Goldberg’s Michael Goldberg framed his opening and closing to make his claim that Amazon had sweeping control over its delivery service partner's operations.
What Fried Goldberg’s Joseph Fried asked an Amazon delivery partner’s owner to eliminate any legal presumption that the partner was an independent contractor.
What Wilson Elser’s Jason Stewart asked that delivery partner’s owner in attempting to establish that business’ independent relationship from Amazon.
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While in the playlist on negligent training, you'll see:
How Wilson Elser’s R. Dal Burton used images taken from Amazon training videos in his opening to support his contention that the driver followed all applicable safety training.
Michael Goldberg’s line of questioning with an Amazon witness in making the case that the driver did not receive training on the hazards of children in residential areas before the crash.
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And so much more in each playlist.
As with all of our playlists, each video clip is supported by editor commentary. The playlists are powerful aids in seeing how some of the nation’s top attorneys address these key issues.
They’re also the first two entries in our newest category of playlists, ”Key Issues of the Case.” In selected proceedings, we will carve out the central issues of that case, following arguments on both sides of the courtroom, from openings and exam, through closings. These playlists will provide a convenient, one-stop reference point to see the argument and development of issues in a single proceeding.
And it’s all part of ever-growing Playlist Library, our repository of trial moments and techniques designed to help you hone your courtroom skills.
In our Playlist Library you can find:
Powerful ways to introduce the damages story in openings.
How “appeals to common sense arguments” can be most effectively used in closings.
Creative approaches to using demonstratives on cross-exam.
And much more.
Our playlist repository is only available to CVN Video Library subscribers, making a subscription even more valuable than before.
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Email Arlin Crisco at acrisco@cvn.com.
