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Jury Awards Podhurst Orseck Client $7.5M Verdict Against Chinese Manufacturer

"Up until 21 days before trial, we were the defendant being sued for $13.5 million and had to develop the trial strategy for defeating those claims," said Stephen Rosenthal, a partner at Podhurst Orseck.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Worth More Dead Than Alive? Here's What Recent Verdicts Say About Jurors

"I think wrongful-death verdicts are a lot higher than they used to historically be ... but it's so dependent on [the facts of each case]," said plaintiff attorney Jeff R. Harris of Harris Lowry Manton.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Lawyers Face Off Against the 'Hand of God'

"We know that some people will always defend [Diego] Maradona no matter what, and that is not only fine, but also beside the point of this case," attorney Paula Aguila said.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

'With a Drink in 1 Hand': $2.7M Car Crash Verdict Despite Plaintiff's Hurdles

"Leaving three engineers and a high school physics teacher on the jury who understood the methodology [the accident reconstructionist] utilized, and how he arrived at his opinions turned out to be a good idea," said plaintiff attorney Jonathan P. Hayes.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Henry County Jurors Return $16.4M Verdict Over Georgia Patient's Suicide

"We were brutally honest about the fact that John took his own life on a night where he was drinking pretty heavily," said plaintiff attorney Andrew J. Conn of Harris Lowry Manton.
8 minute read

Texas Lawyer

$400M Settlement Means 'Everyone Wins,' According to Counsel

"This could've been an incredible lawbook study on how construction projects go into prolonged litigation. Even though the dispute board would have made a determination, it would've been appealed," Robert Peckar of Peckar & Abramson said.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

They Didn't Know the Jury Was About to Return $23M—So They Settled for $10M

"The foreperson and several other jurors told us that they had been 10 seconds away from submitting the verdict that they had already agreed upon," said Jeb Butler of Butler Khan. "The verdict was for the [plaintiff's] family in the amount of $23 million, with 75% of the fault placed on [the defendant] and 25% on [the plaintiff]."
7 minute read

Texas Lawyer

$240M Verdict: Law Firms Join Forces for Massive Victory

"Entrepreneurs should also take heart knowing that regardless of the size or scale of their company, patents will be enforced and protected by the courts," StreamScale attorney Jamie McDole said.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

'Nothing Short of a Disaster': Lawyer's Improper Questioning Spawns New Trial

Attacking the character or morals of a witness, when they are not in issue, is viewed as "a particularly reprehensible type of impropriety," the appellate panel found.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

REVERSED: $3.2M Award Undone Amid Lengthy Dissent Over Stray Cow

The trial court found Victor Ybarra's testimony uncredible; the testimony of an interested witness raises a fact issue, and whether to credit that testimony is a question for the factfinder, Justice Gordon Goodman noted in his dissent.
5 minute read

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