Jury Verdicts & Settlements

Latest jury verdicts, settlements, and legal outcome analysis

SF Neighbors Awarded $120K in HOA Roof Deck Breach Case

A San Francisco jury found that neighbors on Broderick Street breached their homeowners association's covenants and their fiduciary duty when they removed a shared roof deck to repair their own roof, pulling a permit that misrepresented the property as a single-family home. The jury awarded the affected homeowners $120,000 while rejecting the Defendants' cross-claims for breach of CC&Rs, private nuisance, and negligence.

Personal Injury

Jury Clears Grill Retailer in Backyard Fireball Injury Case

A Sacramento County jury cleared California Backyard, Inc. of liability after a built-in gas barbeque grill it sold and later repaired emitted a large fireball, burning the Plaintiff's legs. Jurors found the grill had been misused or modified after leaving the retailer's possession in a way that was highly extraordinary and not reasonably foreseeable, and that this misuse was the sole cause of the Plaintiff's harm. The jury also found the retailer was not negligent in its prior repair of the grill and rejected the implied warranty of merchantability claim, finding the sale included notice disclaiming quality representations. The Court entered judgment in favor of the Defendant.

Motor Vehicle Accident

Lane Change Collision Results in $3.8M California Verdict

On March 13, 2022, Plaintiff Nguyet Thi My Luc was driving eastbound on West Calaveras Boulevard in Santa Clara County when an adjacent vehicle driven by Rony Omar Santos made an abrupt lane change, colliding with her car. Luc suffered severe bodily injuries, incurring substantial economic losses including medical expenses and a devastating loss of future household services. While the Defendant raised multiple affirmative defenses—including comparative negligence and exclusive workers' compensation jurisdiction—a Santa Clara County jury found Santos negligent and calculated total damages at $3,834,992.85.

Motor Vehicle Accident

Jury Clears City Driver in Freeway Injury Collision Suit

Eileen Winder sued the City of Ontario and its employee Adrian Paul Torrez after a 2020 collision on Interstate 10 in Rancho Cucamonga, alleging negligent operation of a waste management vehicle caused her serious injuries. Following a jury trial in 2025, jurors found Torrez was not negligent in operating the vehicle, and the Court entered judgment for the Defendants.

Motor Vehicle Accident

$650K Verdict in Florida Turnpike Rear-End Collision Case

A Miami-Dade County jury awarded $650,000 to Bruce Losse after finding he sustained permanent injuries in a January 2021 motor vehicle collision on the Florida Turnpike in Palm Beach County. The jury awarded $150,000 for past and future medical expenses and $500,000 for pain and suffering, disability, physical impairment, and related noneconomic damages. Circuit Court Judge Antonio Arzola entered the final judgment of $650,990.74, including costs, on May 29, 2025.

Motor Vehicle Accident

Defense Verdict in Rear-End Collision Despite Admitted Fault

A jury in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania returned a defense verdict on May 21, 2025, in a personal injury case arising from a rear-end motor vehicle collision on Hulton Road in Oakmont. The Defendant acknowledged negligence for causing the accident, and the jury found his negligence was a factual cause of harm to the Plaintiff. However, the jury awarded $0 in future medical expenses and found the Plaintiff did not sustain a serious injury as defined by a serious impairment of a body function. The jury also found the Defendant's conduct was not outrageous, resolving the punitive damages claim in the Defendant's favor.

Civil Rights Litigation

Jury Clears Officers in Long Beach Police Shooting Lawsuit

Leonides Enriquez sued the City of Long Beach and four officers after he was shot seven times during an encounter following a vehicle pursuit on August 8, 2021. Enriquez alleged he was complying with officers' commands to get on his knees when they opened fire. The defense contended Enriquez moved his hands toward a visible handgun in his pocket, prompting the shooting. A federal jury unanimously found the officers did not use excessive force, and the Court entered judgment in favor of all Defendants.

Breach of Contract

Poke Bar Franchise Lawsuit Ends in Zero-Damage Verdict

JB Brothers, Inc., operator of the Poke Bar franchise system, entered a legal battle against a Hawaii licensee, accusing them of secretly co-owning a rival restaurant—Tropic Poke—and misappropriating proprietary recipes and branding. The licensee countersued, claiming JB Brothers misrepresented its trademark rights and franchise disclosure details. Following summary judgments that dismissed the bulk of the claims, the dispute culminated in a jury trial on the licensee's breach of contract counterclaim. While the jury found JB Brothers in breach, they determined no actual harm was done, awarding zero damages and leaving both sides without a financial recovery.

Patent Infringement

Jury Rules on Corporate Control in Chip Patent Suit

A technology patent holder accused a major chipmaker of infringing three patents covering cache voltage scaling, memory operating voltage control, and clock speed management in processors, seeking damages, an injunction, and a finding of willful infringement. After years of litigation involving multiple consolidated actions and counterclaims challenging the patents' validity, a federal jury in the Western District of Texas returned a verdict centered not on the technical infringement questions but on a corporate ownership issue — whether an investment firm had controlled both the patent holder and an affiliated company after a specified date. The jury sided with the chipmaker on this threshold question, a finding that determined the outcome of the case.