Latest jury verdicts, settlements, and legal outcome analysis
A San Francisco jury found that a driver's negligent left turn into a parking lot caused a serious collision with a cyclist on Post Street, awarding the injured cyclist over $12 million in damages. The jury also found the cyclist partly responsible, splitting fault 70-30 between the driver and the cyclist.
A Texas jury found that Daiichi Sankyo's cancer drug Enhertu infringed Seagen's antibody-drug conjugate patent, awarding $41.8 million in damages and finding the infringement willful. However, the Federal Circuit later reversed, ruling that Seagen's patent could not claim priority to its 2004 application since it failed to specifically describe the narrow group of amino acid combinations later claimed, and that the patent failed to enable the full scope of its claims without undue experimentation, rendering it invalid.
A San Bernardino County jury examined claims that a cardiologist and his medical group failed to properly diagnose and treat a 73-year-old patient's worsening heart condition, which the patient's family said led to his death just days after emergency surgery. While jurors found the cardiologist had been negligent in the care provided, they determined that this negligence was not a substantial factor in causing the patient's death, resulting in no damages being awarded to the family.
A California jury found a surgeon negligent after a routine hip arthroscopy went wrong, causing a 4cm laceration to the patient's femoral artery during surgery. The resulting blood loss required emergency vascular reconstruction and left the patient with permanent femoral nerve damage, loss of feeling above the knee, and confinement to a wheelchair. After a two-week trial, the jury awarded $2 million in damages, later adjusted to $1.536 million under California's cap on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases.
A California jury found a driver negligent after she struck a pedestrian and his dog while driving with an obstructed windshield on a residential road in Orinda. The pedestrian suffered injuries and his dog was permanently hurt in the collision. The jury awarded the pedestrian over $255,000 in combined past and future damages, including medical expenses and non-economic losses, after finding the driver at fault and the pedestrian free of any negligence.
A Los Angeles Superior Court awarded $4.1 million to a nonverbal autistic preschooler after finding that a school aide repeatedly abused him during diaper changes and that the Glendale Unified School District failed to train or supervise its staff.
A Waco jury unanimously found ASUSTeK Computer Inc. willfully infringed four patents covering LED-backlit LCD display technology owned by SVV Technology Innovations Inc. The jury awarded $22,434,055 in damages, which the Court doubled as enhanced damages. The amended final judgment also included supplemental damages, prejudgment interest, ongoing royalties at $5.34 per unit, and costs.
A Multnomah County jury awarded $38,629,961 to seven Plaintiffs who suffered property destruction and emotional distress during Oregon's 2020 Labor Day wildfires. The Phase II damages trial found PacifiCorp liable for losses from the Echo Mountain Complex fire and the 242 fire, with individual noneconomic awards ranging from $1.69 million to $5.92 million.
A Hamilton County jury returned a $10 million verdict against Good Samaritan Hospital after finding the facility negligently admitted a 68-year-old woman with delirium to its psychiatric unit, where nursing staff dismissed her medical complaints for seven days until she died of septic shock from bowel perforation.
