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Record Sacramento Personal Injury Verdict

By Bruce Nye

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Today's post is not about a runaway jury in Los Angeles, San Francisco or Alameda Counties.  Nope, this report is from Sacramento, California's conservative state capitol, where the jurors know the value of a dollar. . . .

Horizon West And where they, like jurors just about everywhere, really hate nursing homes.  Which is why, after they banged Horizon West Healthcare for $1.1 million in a wrongful death case involving a 79-year-old patient, they finished the job with a punitive damage award of $28 million.  A mere 25 to 1 ratio that obviously isn't going to stick.

Per the Sacramento Bee, the previous record personal injury verdict in that county was $22.5 million.

Hat tip to California Punitive Damages, An Exemplary Blog, always a good source for information on this subject.

Full post as published by CalBizLit on May 14, 2010 (boomark / email).

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