Trials
Trials Law360 provides breaking news and analysis of major state and federal trials across the U.S. Coverage includes on-the-ground reporting of trials from opening statements to sentencing, as well as pre- and post-trial disputes.
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Latest News in Trials
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May 17, 2019
'Crazy Expensive' Law Firm Wouldn't Return Calls, Jury Told
The wife of a former U.K. attorney who hired Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP to pursue a failed privacy suit against the Daily Mail tabloid told a California jury Friday that the firm did little work, billed "crazy expensive" invoices and failed to return phone calls.
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May 17, 2019
Geico Can't Escape Driver's $1M Punitive Damages Award
A California appellate court on Friday affirmed a jury's $1 million punitive damages award against Geico General Insurance Co. over its unreasonable delay in paying an injured policyholder the full limits of his policy following a serious car crash.
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May 17, 2019
Fla. Motorcyclist Scores $3.8M Verdict Over Debilitating Crash
A Florida state jury awarded approximately $3.83 million on Thursday to a motorcyclist T-boned by a Geico customer after the insurer refused to settle the claim within coverage limits, according to the motorcyclist's lawyers.
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May 17, 2019
Airplane Broker Can't Slip 7-Year Sentence For Skimming
The Eleventh Circuit said Friday that the lower court did not err in ordering a 90-month prison sentence, and more than $600,000 in restitution, for a former airplane salesman convicted of skimming from his employer.
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May 17, 2019
Esformes Seeks New Trial, Says Feds Violated His Rights
Nursing home mogul and convicted fraudster Philip Esformes has urged a Florida federal judge to grant him a new trial, arguing that the prosecution infringed his due process rights by using hollow charges of Medicare violations to influence the jury with weeks of evidence about unhappy patients at his facilities.
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