California Jury Verdicts

Jury Verdict Alert presents civil jury verdicts for California. Included are jury verdicts, bench verdicts and arbitration awards from both Northern California and Southern California.

Jury verdict reports for the California courts are based on information provided by the attorneys. We use our best effort to validate the jury verdict report with attorneys for both the plaintiff and defendant, but readers are advised to validate the information themselves before relying upon it.

Driver overreacts to being cut off by unknown driver, collides with plaintiff. $76,984 net. Orange County.

An unkown driver cuts across two lanes of traffic, cutting off defendant driver who swerves and strikes plaintiff driver. Defendant found 50% negligent. $76,984 net after 50% comparative negligence by unknown driver.

Case Name: Estora Pugh v. Jillann Benson
Date of Jury Verdict: Tuesday, May 28, 2013
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Plaintiff gives away a horse that becomes a champion, then wants it back. Defense. Los Angeles County.

A case of horse sense? Plaintiff gave away a barrel horse that she couldn't care for. A professional barrel horse rider later bought it and the horse became a champion. Plaintiff then wanted her horse back or payment for the horse. Defense.

Case Name: Tammy Lowe v. John Growney, David Murdoch and Christy Colgate
Date of Jury Verdict: Monday, May 13, 2013
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Unarmed robbery suspect shot by Culver City police. Minor children awarded $8.8 million. Los Angeles County.

An unarmed robbery suspect is shot by a Culver City police officer. Other officers on the scene did not perceive the suspect as a threat. $8.8 million awarded by Federal jury.

Case Name: Kandace Simplis, et al. v. Culver City Police Department, et al
Date of Jury Verdict: Thursday, May 09, 2013
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Production worker fired for insubordination awarded $482,511. Los Angeles County.

57-year-old production worker is fired when he fails to clean out a storage trailer after being told to do so; he says that he was physically injured off-the-job and unable to perform the task.

Case Name: Kivman v. Worldwide Aeros, et al.
Date of Jury Verdict: Thursday, April 25, 2013
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