On March 30, 2022, twelve Orange County jurors found that Straus Meyers, LLP’s client and defendant in a civil lawsuit was not responsible for any of the injuries claimed by plaintiffs.  Plaintiffs claimed neck and back musculoskeletal injuries, as well as, spinal injuries.  Plaintiffs requested over $500,000 at trial.    Defendant admitted liability but not causation at trial.  The trial was subject to multiple motions and 402 hearings that unsuccessfully attempted to exclude defense experts from testifying at trial.  The trial started on March 4, 2022 and the jury reached its verdict on March 30, 2022.  Partner Marvin Straus tried the case with the assistance of associate Claudia Murga.

This verdict follows another defense verdict obtained just days earlier by Straus Meyers, LLP’s senior trial attorney, Douglas Petkoff, in a two-week jury trial wherein Plaintiff demanded over $2M in closing. The jury concluded no injury causation and found in favor of Defendants.