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Old 05-21-2018, 02:21 PM   #903
Tyrone Slothrop
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Re: Whew

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Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane? View Post
I was part of a trial team that lost a jury trial - $200+M verdict for the plaintiffs.

We should have never tried the case - should have won on SJ. Thankfully, the appellate court agreed and the state supreme court declined it.

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I did that to the tune of $800 m once, except it was a bench trial before a particularly dim judge. Trying cases is fun, but it was very frustrating to invest so much time on something to be decided by the dullest knife in the drawer.
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