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Here is a small sample of eight plaintiff and defense verdicts from just this year representing the hundreds of trials included with a subscription, along with a bit if info on why you should check them out. Instead of driving to the courthouse to see top-shelf attorneys in action, save your gas money for that summer trip to the lake and use CVN’s Summer Special discount to subscribe today! Have any questions? E-mail us any time at hello@cvn.com
Plaintiff Verdicts
$50M Awarded To Starbucks Patron Over Hot Drink Spill
CVN screenshot of plaintiff attorney Nick Rowley
A California state court jury ordered Starbucks to pay a man $50 million in March, after he accused a drive-through worker of accidentally spilling a hot drink on his thighs and genitals. Plaintiff Michael Garcia, a food delivery worker, accused the Starbucks employee of failing to properly secure the drinks in a takeout tray while handing them across the drive-through window.
Attorney Nick Rowley of Trial Lawyers for Justice, who represents Garcia, told CVN after the trial the verdict exceeds his highest settlement demand of $19 million and far surpasses Starbucks’ pre-trial settlement offer of $3 million. Starbucks released a statement after the trial stating they would appeal the verdict, characterizing the award as "excessive."
Read more via the CVN News Blog
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Construction Co. Hit With $27.7M Verdict Over Collision with Motorcyclist
CVN screenshot of plaintiff attorney Brian Panish
A California state court jury awarded $27.7 million in May to a motorcyclist who had his leg amputated after being hit by a construction worker driving to a job site, and the worker's employer was found liable for the man’s injuries.
The San Diego County jury returned their verdict in a lengthy trial that began on April 24. The parties agreed defendant Antelmo Martinez was liable for the accident that cost plaintiff Michael LaPlante his leg, and the trial largely hinged on whether or not his employer Griffith Construction Company was liable for any damages awarded.
While Tuesday’s verdict, which assigns 80 percent liability to Griffith and 20 percent to Martinez, is less than the up to $98 million LaPlante’s attorney Brian Panish asked for in closing arguments, Panish told Courtroom View Network after the trial the parties reached a high/low settlement agreement with a range of $37 million and $42 million during jury deliberations, with LaPlante and his wife Marisela set to receive the lower of the two payments.
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Becton Dickinson Hit With $20M Verdict in Toxic Chemical and Cancer Trial
CVN screenshot of plaintiff attorney Eric Rumanek
In May a Georgia State Court judge rejected a jury's $50 million punitive award and declared a mistrial in that phase of proceedings against Becton Dickinson and Company, just days after a $20 million compensatory verdict hit the medical technology giant for the role jurors found that its use of a sterilization chemical played in causing a man’s cancer.
Walker, 75, claims that years of exposure to ethylene oxide at and around a Covington, Georgia medical equipment complex run by Bard caused his cancer, which is now in remission.
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Berkshire Hit W/ $145M+ Worker's Comp Bad Faith Verdict, Beating $750K Pre-Trial Settlement Offer
CVN screenshot of plaintiff attorney Sean Claggett
A Colorado state court jury saddled a Berkshire Hathaway-owned insurer with a $145.26 million verdict in April, including punitive damages, in a lawsuit filed by painter who accused the company of failing to approve treatment for a major traumatic brain injury
Plaintiff Fermin Salguero-Quijada sued Norguard Insurance Company alleging they acted in bad faith by refusing to pay for specialized inpatient rehab treatment after he fell from a ladder while painting apartment complexes in Utah. His lawsuit alleged that denial of treatment caused his neurological injuries to become permanent, but Norguard maintained throughout the trial they made reasonable coverage determinations based on recommendations from Salguero-Quijada’s own worker’s comp physician.
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Defense Verdicts
Jury Clears ER Doc In $9M Endoscopy Wrongful Death Trial
CVN screenshot of defense attorney Wilbert Vancol
A Florida state court jury delivered a defense verdict Tuesday clearing an emergency room physician of responsibility for allegedly failing to diagnose a fatal hole in a woman’s throat following an endoscopy procedure.
The Sumter County jury returned their verdict the same day they heard closing arguments in a trial that began June 17. Plaintiff Patrick Golden accused Dr. Frank Cantrell of failing to order a crucial chest x-ray that would have revealed the perforation and saved his wife’ Joyce’s life, but the defense successfully argued Joyce presented in the emergency room with symptoms indicating pancreatitis - another common endoscopy complication.
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BNSF Prevails At $4.2M FELA Locomotive Injury Trial
CVN screenshot of defense attorney Juston Rodriguez
An Arizona state court jury returned a defense verdict in May for BNSF Railway Company, rejecting a lawsuit from a former engineer who claimed he sustained a serious knee injury after slipping when supposedly ordered to work on a locomotive with an oil leak.
The Maricopa County jury reached their verdict shortly after hearing closing arguments in a trial that began on May 5. Plaintiff Marvin Carter sought up to $4.2 million claiming BNSF knowingly made him work on an unsafe locomotive, but the railway company prevailed by questioning whether Carter fell at all and suggesting his injuries weren’t nearly as severe as claimed.
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Florida Jury Rejects $14M Lawsuit Over Triple Car Crash
CVN screenshot of defense attorney Marc Schecter
A Florida state court jury returned a defense verdict in May in a lawsuit stemming from a three-car pileup.
The Palm Beach County jury delivered their verdict shortly after hearing closing arguments in a trial that began on April 29. Plaintiffs Charles and Deborah Carey, in addition to another driver Peter Lafroscia, sued defendant Sanjeet Gupta in 2022 after he collided with both of their vehicles.
They sought more than $14 million in damages, but the defense successfully argued that despite speeding at the time Gupta didn’t cause the collision but was instead cut off by Lafroscia.
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Co. Jury Clears Sterilization Company Over Toxic Ethylene Oxide Emissions
CVN screenshot of defense attorney Luke McFarland
A Colorado state court jury cleared a medical sterilization company of all liability earlier this year for supposedly releasing toxic chemicals into the surrounding community.
The Jefferson County jury returned their verdict on March 14 following a lengthy six-week trial in which four women claimed that exposure to ethylene oxide fumes vented by the facility caused their cancer. However defendant Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies successfully argued any ETO exposure occurred at levels too low to cause the plaintiffs' illness.
The trial marks the first time an ETO exposure trial has been subject to gavel-to-gavel video recording, with very few jury verdicts in related cases to date.
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