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NCAA Prevails At $55M Bellwether Trial Over Ex-USC Football Player’s Head Injuries, Watch Online via CVN
Nov 23, 2022
A California state court jury cleared the NCAA on Tuesday in the first lawsuit accusing the college athletic organization of failing to protect students from head injuries to reach a verdict.
Iowa Jury Returns $27M Malpractice Verdict Over Delayed Meningitis Diagnosis, Beating $250k Settlement Offer
Nov 22, 2022An Iowa state court jury awarded $27 million on Monday to a man who suffered brain damage after a physician assistant’s failure to timely diagnose a serious brain infection.
|VIDEO| How Expert Testimony Helped Win a $14.1M Crash Case Verdict, in Medical Testimony Master Class
Nov 18, 2022CVN is proud to launch a new series to help you improve how you showcase medical expert testimony: Medical Testimony Master Class, with Burton Bentley, II, M.D. You can watch an episode now, analyzing a portion of testimony that helped secure a $14.1 million verdict in a Nevada crash case.
$25 Million Medical Malpractice Trial Begins in Iowa, Watch Online via CVN
Nov 16, 2022An Iowa state court jury heard opening statements Tuesday in a medical malpractice lawsuit filed by a man claiming failure to diagnose a serious meningitis infection left him with permanent brain damage.
Florida News
Florida Jury Clears Philip Morris & RJR of Responsibility for Reverend's Lung Cancer Death
Oct 31, 2022
The nation’s two largest cigarette makers prevailed last week at trial over the cancer death of a Florida reverend who had smoked for decades.
Trial Opens Against Philip Morris & RJR Over Florida Reverend's Lung Cancer Death
Oct 20, 2022Attorneys Monday debated what drove a Florida reverend to smoke for decades, as trial over his lung cancer death opened against the nation’s two largest tobacco companies.
Med Mal Trial Set to Open Over Florida Woman's Catastrophic Injuries Following Electrolyte Imbalance
Oct 18, 2022Trial is scheduled to open this week against multiple healthcare providers over the catastrophic injuries a Florida woman suffered following an electrolyte imbalance.
Tobacco Companies Prevail at Trial Over Cancer Death of Grocer Who Emigrated From Cuba
Oct 17, 2022Jurors cleared Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds of responsibility for the death of a Florida grocer who smoked the companies' cigarettes for years.
Georgia News
$75M Verdict in Med Mal Trial Over Stroke That Profoundly Paralyzed Patient
Oct 24, 2022
Jurors handed down a $75 million verdict against a pair of Georgia physicians last week, after finding them responsible for the “locked-in” paralysis one of their patients suffered during a catastrophic stroke.
Trial Opens in $200M Med Mal Suit Over Stroke That Left GA Man With "Locked-In Syndrome"
Oct 6, 2022A crowded courtroom of attorneys debated why a Georgia man suffers from “locked-in syndrome” paralysis following a stroke, as trial opened Tuesday against the hospital and multiple healthcare professionals that treated him.
Med Mal Trial Set to Open Over Stroke That Left Georgia Man With "Locked-In Syndrome"
Oct 3, 2022Trial is expected to begin this week over whether medical negligence caused a Georgia man to suffer catastrophic brain damage from a 2015 stroke.
BREAKING: $1.7B Verdict Handed Down Against Ford in Trial Over Fatal Rollover Crash
Aug 19, 2022Ford Motor Co. was hit with a $1.7 billion punitive verdict Friday at trial over a rollover crash that killed a Georgia couple.
Tobacco News
Florida Jury Clears Philip Morris & RJR of Responsibility for Reverend's Lung Cancer Death
Oct 31, 2022
The nation’s two largest cigarette makers prevailed last week at trial over the cancer death of a Florida reverend who had smoked for decades.
Trial Opens Against Philip Morris & RJR Over Florida Reverend's Lung Cancer Death
Oct 20, 2022Attorneys Monday debated what drove a Florida reverend to smoke for decades, as trial over his lung cancer death opened against the nation’s two largest tobacco companies.
Tobacco Companies Prevail at Trial Over Cancer Death of Grocer Who Emigrated From Cuba
Oct 17, 2022Jurors cleared Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds of responsibility for the death of a Florida grocer who smoked the companies' cigarettes for years.
$4.5M Verdict in Defective Design Tobacco Case, But Jurors Apportion Fraction of Blame to Cigarette Makers
Sep 29, 2022Jurors last week handed down a $4.5 million verdict for the lung cancer death of a Florida woman, but apportioned a fraction of responsibility to the nation’s two largest tobacco companies, likely significantly reducing the post-verdict award.