Morse v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco
May 4, 2018
In this Engle progeny tobacco litigation proceeding, plaintiff, the personal representative of the estate of her husband Jay Morse claims defendants fraudulently concealed the dangers of smoking and furthered her husband's addiction to cigarettes...
May 2, 2018
As part of our continuing commitment to legal insight, education, and analysis, CVN is proud to partner with American Medical Forensic Specialists (AMFS), the nation's premier expert witness and medical-legal consultant network, to provide exclusi...
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May 2, 2018
As part of its new partnership with American Medical Forensic Specialists, Dr. Gary Gansar analyzes testimony from Dr. Katharine Wenstrom, an expert on obstetrics, whose opinion played a key role in a nearly $45.8 million verdict for the family of...
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Apr 27, 2018
The destruction of key evidence can kneecap a plaintiff’s case, regardless of any adverse inference instruction a judge may give. In 2017's Fournier v. Derazi trial, however, Mark Avera overcame the destruction of vital evidence to win a seven-fig...
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Randy Edwards Blasts Defense Testimony, Delivers $12.5M Verdict Against Suzuki in Motorcycle Crash Trial |VIDEO|
Apr 27, 2018
In setting up a $12.5 million verdict against Suzuki at trial last February over a crash allegedly caused by the brake failure on one of its motorcycles, Randy Edwards used a blistering closing argument, and surprising test results, to undercut a ...
Apr 25, 2018
A California state court jury delivered a defense verdict on Monday for a surgeon accused of engaging in “off-label” use of medical device company Medtronic’s “Infuse” spinal implant on a patient without her consent, in the first such case to go t...
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Apr 20, 2018
Jurors Thursday linked R.J. Reynolds cigarettes to a Florida smoker’s lung disease, but they placed the majority of blame on the smoker, and their $375,000 verdict was a fraction of what she sought against the tobacco giant.
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Apr 18, 2018
A California state court jury found hotel operator Oakwood Worldwide responsible on Tuesday for distributing a defective television set that caused a fatal fire in a woman’s apartment, awarding the woman’s mother $3 million.
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UPDATE: Playground Dog Attack Case Ends in Weekend Settlement
Apr 13, 2018
Trial is scheduled to begin next week against a dog owner whose German Shepherd is accused of attacking a 7-year-old girl at an Atlanta-area playground.
Apr 13, 2018
To mark the launch of our best subscription plan ever, we’re offering FREE access to Wright v. Cranman, et al., an Atlanta-area dog bite case, live and on demand for the trial’s duration, to all of our CVN archive subscribers.
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Apr 12, 2018
A Florida woman’s nearly half-century cigarette addiction was so powerful, she was unable to quit smoking despite 15 years of progressively worsening lung disease, the woman’s attorney said as trial opened Wednesday against R.J. Reynolds.
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Apr 12, 2018
A New Jersey state court jury slapped C.R. Bard Inc. with a $33 million verdict on Thursday in the first lawsuit to go to trial in the state over the company's supposedly defective pelvic mesh implants.
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