Latest jury verdicts, settlements, and legal outcome analysis
Luz Rivas bought a 2022 Ford F-150 for over $60,000 in Los Angeles. The truck developed defects within the warranty period, and despite multiple repair visits, she claimed Ford never fixed it or offered a refund. The jury agreed the truck was defective but found Ford did not fail to repair it after a reasonable number of attempts, cutting off her damages on both warranty claims.
A five-year legal battle ended in defeat for an Indiana couple who sued their city's utility over a fire that destroyed their apartment complex. Thomas and Maria LaRosa claimed that sagging electric lines owned by Lawrenceburg Municipal Utilities were blown against their Short Street property during a January 2019 storm, sparking a fire that spread through all the units. The jury disagreed and ruled in favor of the city and its utility on November 19, 2025.
A Wayne County, Indiana jury awarded Arthur Fields, Jr. $900,000 and Patricia Fields $92,600 after a 2018 car crash in Richmond caused by an underinsured driver. Based on stipulations between the parties, the Court reduced the judgments to $150,000 and $67,600 respectively. The Court then added prejudgment interest, bringing the final figures to $86,686.65 for Arthur and $78,133.55 for Patricia, plus $162.10 in Court costs.
A registered nurse on a compliance team sued the County of Los Angeles under California's Fair Employment and Housing Act after the County repeatedly failed to provide workplace accommodations for her physical disabilities, including a task chair, anti-fatigue mat, and sit-and-stand workstation. The jury found the County's failure to accommodate was a substantial factor in causing harm and awarded $11,845,510 in past and future economic and noneconomic damages.
A San Bernardino County jury awarded Cynthia Fortier $72,000 in damages after finding that Rene Martinez Lopez and vehicle owner Jose Munoz, Jr. were negligent in a 2019 rear-end collision on the eastbound 210 freeway near Euclid Avenue in Upland, California. The jury awarded $42,000 in past economic damages and $30,000 in past noneconomic damages but declined to award any future damages.
A San Francisco jury ruled in favor of a mother-daughter pair accused of causing injuries in a March 2023 intersection collision, finding the driver was not negligent and awarding the Plaintiff nothing.
A 71-year-old car salesman who worked at BMW of Pembroke Pines for nearly six years sued his former employer claiming he was fired because of his age, race, national origin, and sex, and in retaliation for complaining about discriminatory treatment. The dealership argued he was terminated for repeatedly threatening coworkers and violating the company's workplace safety and violence prevention policy. After a seven-day trial in federal Court in South Florida, the jury found that while the company did take an adverse employment action against him and he had engaged in protected activity, neither his age nor his protected complaints were the reason for his termination. The Court entered final judgment in favor of the dealership.
A Los Angeles jury awarded security guard Jerry Woldum $1,051,277.50 after a massive metal gate at a dialysis center collapsed on him and crushed his legs during his overnight shift. The jury found that the dialysis center, its property owner, and a physician-owner all negligently controlled the work conditions that led to the accident, even though they had received multiple warnings about the defective gate weeks before it fell.
Two Black officers with the Texas Department of Public Safety won a combined $1,662,600 jury verdict after proving their agency harassed them because of their race, retaliated against one of them for complaining about discrimination, and failed to take corrective action despite knowing the harassment was happening. The jury found that McPherson was denied a career assignment and his agency vehicle because he spoke up about racial discrimination, while both officers were subjected to a racially hostile work environment that the agency did nothing to fix.
