Jury Verdicts & Settlements

Latest jury verdicts, settlements, and legal outcome analysis

California Jury Awards Over $2M in Store Slip and Fall

On December 4, 2019, shopper Richard Vega suffered severe physical and emotional injuries when he slipped on a wet surface immediately upon entering a Walmart Supercenter in Anaheim, California. Vega filed a premises liability lawsuit against Walmart, Inc. in the Superior Court of California, County of Orange, alleging that the retail giant failed to maintain a safe environment and neglected to correct a known hazard. While Walmart argued comparative negligence on the part of the shopper, the jury ultimately found the retailer overwhelmingly responsible for the hazardous condition. On January 27, 2026, the jury returned a special verdict totaling $2,091,371.58, awarding substantial damages for future medical care as well as past and future pain and suffering.

Breach of Contract

MN Jury Awards $900K for Fraud in Hemp THC Joint Venture

In Jon Wood, et al. v. Lift Bridge Brewing Technologies, LLC, et al., a group of investors known as the Tutus Parties filed suit after their joint venture to launch a hemp-derived THC and CBD beverage brand, Lyvly, Inc., collapsed. The Plaintiffs alleged that Lift Bridge Brewing and its executives fraudulently concealed a local city moratorium that banned cannabis manufacturing, failed to deliver viable product samples, and misallocated startup capital to promote their own beer products. While Lift Bridge argued the relationship was strictly bound by a manufacturing contract and failed due to a lack of investor funding, the Washington County District Court jury found that a legal joint venture existed. The jury held Lift Bridge liable for fraud and breach of fiduciary duty, awarding the Plaintiffs $900,000 in damages.

Breach of Fiduciary Duty

Corporate Coup & Financial Elder Abuse $31M Law Firm Verdict

When a prominent environmental attorney suffered a brief, temporary bout of brain fog in late 2021, his partner saw a window of opportunity. Exploiting a short-lived medical conservatorship that carried absolutely no financial restrictions, the minority shareholder executed a secret corporate action. He signed a written consent packed with false statements, claiming the founder was of "unsound mind" and legally disqualified from practicing law. Armed with these fabrications, he wiped out the founder's board seat, terminated his executive roles, and transferred all of his majority stock directly to the corporation. A Sacramento jury fiercely rejected the takeover, exposing a calculated pattern of conversion, breach of fiduciary duty, and financial elder abuse. The final judgment completely restored the founder's ownership rights and ordered the rogue partner to pay a massive $31,029,670 principal award.

Intellectual Property Law

Insulet v EOFlow: $452M Trade Secret Verdict Reversed

Following a high-stakes, five-week federal trial, a Massachusetts jury originally handed Insulet Corporation a massive victory, finding that South Korean rival EOFlow Co. had willfully and maliciously misappropriated core trade secrets—including CAD files, manufacturing processes, and algorithms—to clone Insulet's Omnipod insulin pump system. Though the district Court heavily reduced the initial $452 million verdict down to a finalized $59.4 million judgment coupled with a permanent worldwide sales injunction, the legal tide completely turned on appeal. On May 28, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit completely reversed the liability judgment and vacated the damages and injunction. The appellate Court ruled that the jury's findings on the statute of limitations lacked substantial evidence, determining that Insulet possessed enough public information regarding EOFlow's hiring of its former engineers and subsequent product similarities to file a claim long before the critical August 2020 statutory deadline.

Personal Injury

Malpractice Jury Verdict: $7.5M for Botched Penile Surgery

This medical malpractice action arose from a severely botched three-piece inflatable penile prosthesis procedure performed at El Camino Hospital. A patient with a history of bladder cancer underwent the operation to address erectile dysfunction, but the treating urologist incorrectly punctured his colon and embedded the device reservoir directly inside the organ. The catastrophic error necessitated emergency surgery, a prolonged hospital stay, and the placement of a colostomy bag. Furthermore, during his initial recovery, medical professionals failed to identify or communicate a malignant stomach tumor visible on a routine CT scan. By the time the cancer was discovered six months later by outside specialists, it had metastasized to the liver and advanced to stage four. Following deliberations, a Santa Clara County jury found the urologist negligent, awarding the Plaintiff $50,000 in economic damages and $7.5 million in noneconomic damages.

• Corporate Fraud

Boeing Beats LOT Polish Airlines in Historic 737 MAX Trial

In a historic legal battle, Polish national airline LOT S.A. sued The Boeing Company in federal Court, alleging that the aviation giant intentionally concealed critical safety flaws and operational risks regarding the 737 MAX's MCAS software. Seeking up to $250 million in damages, LOT argued that Boeing's deceptive marketing and omission of pilot-training requirements induced them into leasing a compromised fleet. Following a high-stakes trial in Seattle, the jury delivered a complete defense verdict for Boeing, finding no evidence of fraudulent misrepresentation or concealment, marking a major corporate victory for the aerospace manufacturer.

Wrongful Termination/Employment

Jury Awards $103M in Age Discrimination Wrongful Firing Case

A Los Angeles jury returned a $103 million verdict in favor of a 49-year-old claims department employee who was terminated by her insurance company employer after 31 years of dedicated service. The jury found the company engaged in age discrimination, age-based harassment, and retaliation after the employee complained about the mistreatment. The panel awarded $20 million in compensatory damages and $83 million in punitive damages after concluding the employer acted with malice, oppression, and fraud.

Premises Liability

Jury Awards $9.6M in School Sexual Abuse Negligence Verdict

A Los Angeles jury awarded $9.6 million to a former Beverly Hills High School student who was sexually abused by a teacher and coach over three years in the late 1970s. The jury found the school district 60 percent responsible for failing to supervise and retain the employee, assigning the remaining 40 percent to the abuser. All twelve jurors unanimously found three district administrators negligent.

Motor Vehicle Accident

Queens Parkway Rear-End Car Accident Injury Verdict

On September 11, 2022, a violent rear-end collision occurred on the Grand Central Parkway near CitiField in Queens, New York. Debra Ottley slowed her 2021 Subaru due to heavy traffic when Jingwen Xue, operating a 2022 Honda, crashed into the back of her vehicle. The impact inflicted severe and permanent injuries, leaving Ottley with a permanent consequential limitation of a body member and significant structural impairments. Following a summary jury trial before Judge Joseph F. Kasper, the jury returned a total damages verdict of $175,000, including $75,000 for past pain and suffering and $100,000 for future care over 25 years. However, due to a binding pre-trial high/low stipulation executed by the parties, the Plaintiff's final recovery was legally capped at a fixed maximum sum of $25,000.