A jury in Los Angeles awarded $22.17 million in punitive damages on top of $176 million in compensatory for the deaths of two boys killed by a speeding SUV driver in 2020.
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This prosecutor in Honolulu has an obvious edge on prosecutors in boring mainland states who also try to discredit defense experts by implying they are greedy opportunists merely seeking paid vacations.
A federal judge in Florida today reinstated a jury's defamation verdict against Milagro Cooper, for defaming Megan Thee Stallion.
"The evidence shows Defendant was commissioned by the Peterson family to make the three defamatory statements."
Ex-MLB shortstop Royce Clayton testifies in wrongful death trial over SUV crash that killed boys in crosswalk www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/ex-mlb-sho...
I’m very proud that this amazing Wall Street Journal profile of federal prosecutor Rob Keenan includes my photos of Rob outside the Los Angeles federal courthouse last year.
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My latest article details the trial of a Hawaii man accused of trying to murder his wife on an O'ahu hiking trail.
"Hawaii jury convicts man of attempted manslaughter on 'emotional disturbance' finding" www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/hawaii-jur...
Judge Altonaga tossed the defamatory verdict after the jury said Milagro was a media defendant, which entitled her to pre-suit notice she didn't receive.
The judge, however, concluded in today's order that Milagro is not a media defendant. www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
Two Los Angeles police officers testified this week in a civil trial over a shooting inside a clothing store in 2021 that killed a 14-year-old girl.
My latest has details on the testimony, with video from inside the courtroom. www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/los-angele...
Closing arguments also begin Monday in another wrongful death trial over a Los Angeles police shooting in a clothing store that killed a teenage girl. I have video coverage of both.
Prosecutors presented evidence of premeditation by a Maui anesthesiologist but charged him with second-degree attempted murder, which required jurors to consider emotional disturbance.
The plaintiffs are the parents of a 14-year-old girl who died when an officer fired an AR-15 at an assault suspect three times in a Burlington Coat Factory in North Hollywood in 2021.
