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Defense Verdict in Wrongful Death Case

Stephen Cozart and Teresa F. Cummings, of the Pensacola office, received a complete defense verdict in Panama City. This was a wrongful death motor vehicle accident where the Insured T-boned another vehicle at an intersection. The other driverwas 33 years old and on his way to work at 5:30 in the morning when the accident occurred.

The Plaintiff had expert who opined that the Insured did not have both headlights working at the time of the accident. In addition, Plaintiff’s expert did an accident reconstruction and came to the opinion that the Insured was speeding. Through pretrial motions, Steve and Teresa were able to limit the expert’s opinions down to a description of “hypotheticals.” Furthermore, Steve was able to take the witness’ methodology completely apart during cross-examination and made the jury realize the problems with Plaintiff’s expert’s opinions.

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