Jury Verdicts & Settlements

Latest jury verdicts, settlements, and legal outcome analysis

$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.

Premises Liability

Bar Security Negligence Verdict Nets $275K Award

A Pennsylvania jury awarded $275,000 to a bar patron who was taken to the ground by security staff outside a Pittsburgh restaurant and saloon after closing hours. The Plaintiff alleged that security guards used excessive force against him after he had already left the premises and posed no threat, while the bar argued its staff acted reasonably to break up a fight. The jury found the bar negligent and, despite also finding the Plaintiff negligent, determined his conduct did not factually contribute to his own injuries, allowing him to recover the full award without any reduction for comparative fault.

Motor Vehicle Accident

Jury Awards $4.7M in SF Crosswalk Death, Injury Case

A San Francisco jury delivered a special verdict awarding more than $6.7 million combined to the family of Lovisa Svallingson and to her partner, Daniel Ramos, after a Chevrolet Avalanche driver used an unprotected bicycle lane as a traffic bypass, collided with another vehicle, and rolled into the pedestrians crossing Polk Street at Hayes Street. The jury placed full fault on the Avalanche driver, cleared the other motorist of negligence, and found that the city-owned intersection was not in a dangerous condition.

Motor Vehicle Accident

Truck Rear-End Crash Verdict Reduced by Comparative Fault

Antonio Pagan sued Dwight Benjamin Herman and JJ's Waste & Recycling, LLC, after Herman's 2021 Mack truck rear-ended Pagan's vehicle at a red light on Dean Road in Orlando on December 6, 2021. The jury found both parties negligent, split fault 50/50, awarded $15,000 in past medical expenses, and denied permanent injury. After comparative fault reduction and collateral source setoff, the Court entered final judgment for $1,370.15.

Breach of Contract

Jury Awards $1.1M to Fired Media Executive in Breach Suit

A jury in the Southern District of New York awarded $1,105,269 to Andrew Q. Kraft, a former president of The Arena Group Holdings Inc., after finding the company failed to prove it furnished him with proper written notice of a for-cause termination. The jury rejected all three of Arena's counterclaims alleging breach of fiduciary duty, fraudulent concealment, and failure to disclose material facts to the Compensation Committee. The judgment included severance, COBRA reimbursement, and unpaid quarterly bonuses, plus prejudgment interest at nine percent per annum.