Freeman Mathis & Gary beat back a $12.5 million lawsuit last week when a California jury handed down a defense verdict in a wrongful death lawsuit that involved an intoxicated pedestrian.

Paul Bigley, a partner and the chair of the firm’s California office, secured a win for client Daniel Yokomizo when a jury on March 11 found he was not negligent in the death of Nadesan Ravichandran, a Wells Fargo mortgage loan officer. Ravichandran, was killed in 2016 when he was run over on a major roadway in Los Angeles County after a night of drinking with colleagues.