On November 19, 2008, a Lee County, Alabama jury
returned a defense verdict for Black & Decker (U.S.) Inc. in a product liability suit in which the plaintiff alleged that a Dewalt small angle grinder was defectively designed.
The jury
returned a defense verdict for our client while finding the other attorney liable.
After the jury
returned a defense verdict for Resurgens and Dr. Daftaria, Elliott appealed to the court of appeals arguing that the trial judge's exclusion of Sullivan was an error.
Jury awarded a portion of the damages claimed on the drainage and development claims and
returned a defense verdict on other claims.
After more than eight years of litigation, the jury
returned a defense verdict on all five claims submitted.
The jury
returned a defense verdict after deliberating for 50 minutes.
Both phases of the case took two weeks to try and at the conclusion of the second phase of the case, the jury
returned a defense verdict after deliberating just 30 minutes.
After deliberating for two days, the jury
returned a defense verdict.
The jury
returned a defense verdict in 22 minutes.
After hearing the evidence, the jury
returned a defense verdict after roughly two hours of deliberations.
Insurance carriers wont listen because juries often
return defense verdicts on those facts.
The jury
returned a defense verdict.
After a two week jury trial, the jury
returned a defense verdict.
Not exact matches
In
returning its
verdict Thursday afternoon on the sixth day of deliberations, the Superior Court jury also pronounced Jose Ines Garcia Zarate not guilty of assault with a firearm, finding credence in
defense attorneys» argument that the shot that ricocheted off the concrete ground before piercing Steinle's heart was an accident, with the gun discharging after the defendant stumbled upon it on the waterfront on July 1, 2015.
For example,
defense attorneys» scores for Courtroom Demeanor, Sincerity, and Competence dropped twice as much as those of plaintiff attorneys when the juries
returned unfavorable
verdicts.
For example, on a scale of 1 = Excellent and 5 = Very Poor, jurors gave
defense attorneys, on average, a competence score of 1.68 when they
returned a
verdict that was completely in favor of the defendant, 1.95 when they
returned a split
verdict, and 2.23 when they
returned a
verdict that was all in favor of the state / plaintiff.
However, even in the categories where jurors come close to rating both sides equally, the plaintiff attorneys are still not rated as low as the
defense attorneys when the
verdict is not
returned in their favor and they are rated significantly higher than the
defense attorneys when the
verdict is
returned in their favor.
If the jurors rated similarly situated attorneys equally, as one might expect, the lines on the graphs would appear as a perfect «X.» One would expect the
defense attorneys to be rated significantly higher than the plaintiff attorneys when the juries
return a
verdict in favor of the defendant on all counts and the plaintiff attorneys to be rated significantly higher than the
defense attorneys when the juries
return a
verdict in favor of the plaintiff on all counts.
After a five - day trial, the jury
returned a unanimous
defense verdict.
After a two - week trial and less than an hour of deliberations, the jury
returned a complete
defense verdict for our client, finding no conspiracy.
The jury of 12
returned a unanimous
defense verdict.
The case was tried reverse bifurcated and after phase I the jury
returned a
verdict in favor of the
defense, finding that the decedent's mesothelioma was not caused by his asbestos exposure.
The case was tried reverse bifurcated and after 40 minutes the jury
returned a
verdict for the
defense after the first phase of the case.
However, the jury
returned a
verdict in favor of the
defense, based on the plaintiff's inability to establish that her damages were a result of the accident.
Are there «classes» or types of criminal
defense lawyers (like those who cop a plea and make a buck versus those who get crushed when the jury
returns a guilty
verdict)?
Siding with the arguments of an Orrick litigation team, a Los Angeles jury
returned a complete
defense verdict on behalf of Union Carbide Corp. and...
A California jury
returned an 11 - 1
defense verdict in favor of Nissan North America, Inc. in the case Steiner v. Nissan.