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JAY McCLAUGHERTY'S TRIAL RESULTS FOR 70 DEFENSE TRIALS:

(These trial statistics are summarized here.)

PAST VERDICTS

     
Defense Verner v. Smith Multiple surgeries
Defense Better v. Yearkey Lost teeth
Defense Edwards v. Perry Multiple nasal fractures/ self defense verdict for a fireman who punched mother and daughter in face
Defense Webb v. Baldonado
(offered policy limits)		 Pedestrian brain injury
Defense Chapman v. Manley  
Defense Smith v. McCoy Thoracic surgeries
Defense Garcia v. Martin Multiple back surgeries
Paid $300K in advance of trial to plaintiff
Defense Cervantes v. Arnold Deaths of plaintiff’s only sons
Defense Smith v. Smith Knee surgery
Defense Chien v. Macias Multiple leg surgeries; leg shorter
Defense Martinez v. Muncy  
Defense Orozco v. Henson  
Defense Dart v. Salas  
Defense Wang v. Park  
Defense Feather v. Disneyland Hip replacement with more planned
Defense Lawson v. Parillo Plaintiff bedridden for life; plaintiff in bed in courtroom throughout 6-week trial
Defense Higgins v. Nunemaker * Plaintiff’s attorney was plaintiff trial attorney of the year
Defense Vargas v. Perez  
Defense Padilla Breach of Contract
Defense Fillarelli v. Lakes Leg surgeries
Defense Villanueva v. Estrada Pedestrian death of single mother
Defense Shewan v. Green Hit pedestrian; leg surgeries
Defense Long v. Hilton Turned left in front of plaintiff
Defense Voelker v. Morales Hit police officer directing traffic
Defense Gray v. Patridge Facial lacerations from boat accident
Defense Helberg v. McDaniel  
Defense Durst v. Robinson  
Defense Dalu v. Yniquez  
Defense Folgiarini v. Palmer Imports  
Defense MacFalls v. Valles C-3 neck surgery; All unfavorable independent lay witnesses said defendant ran red light
Defense White v. Bennett Crushed ankle surgeries
Defense Sosa v. Hozen  
Defense Arceo v. Lawton  
Defense Chang v. Phillips  
Defense Terrazas v. Collins  
Defense Kishenoff v. Pearl Passenger testified against defendant
Defense Helberg v. McDaniel  
Defense Flores v. Cordero  
Defense Jensen v. Aguirre ** Plaintiff’s attorney president of plaintiff’s attorney bar association
Defense Florio v. Shulman Abdominal surgery
Defense Hartsock v. O’Conner Dismissed first day of trial
Defense Gutierrez v. Rosas  
Defense Tallon v. Ihrke Jury deliberated two hours (12-0)
$4,500 Robinson v. Ayyeh Net to plaintiff zero
$4,500 Lee v. Hernandez Net to plaintiff zero
$15,000 Coatney v. Reiney Multiple surgeries; Medical bills exceeded policy limits; net to plaintiff zero
$5,000 Pritchard v. Turman Drove car through wall of house; fracture
$4,175 Arriagada v. Sarmiento Net to plaintiff of zero after cost deduction
$12,138 Hanich v. Ramirez  
$610,000 COLA v. Osterman Defendant turned left in front of police officer on motorcycle. Police officer was found to be 70% at fault.
$68,000 Stephens v. Cross Jury awarded no pain and suffering
$4,500 Lee v. Silva Net to plaintiff zero after costs
$60,000 Hodge v. Perez  
$450,000 Kennedy v. Paine Reduced to Limited Jurisdiction maximum of $25,000
$11,963 Spencer v. Peterson Fracture
$5,500 Rodriguez v. Onore Knee surgery
$3,342 Arche v. Way  
$25,000 Darcey v. Paul Same as our pre-trial offer
$3,095 Collier v. Betkhoodu  
$100,413 Bault v. Rives Back surgery
$61,000 Level v. Elder  
$6,108 Zorola v. Yi  
$25,000 Hussakowski v. Matlock Heart damage
$2,000,000 Turner v. Wu Death of motorcyclist; only son of plaintiff; turned left in front of motorcyclist
$250,000
(settled for pre-trial offer during jury deliberations)		 Gomez v. Womack Drove large motor home into elderly lady crossing street; multiple leg surgeries; lifetime disability; plaintiff accepted our pre-trial offer of policy limits of $250,000 on third day of jury deliberations; jury was deadlocked 8-4 for a defense verdict
$53,640 Bayer-Bel v. Litovsky Head-on collision; defendant teenage driver; drove on wrong side of street; defendant had only driven a car once in her life (unlicensed); defendant was only found 16% at fault for accident
$2,500 Langarica v. Kunihiro Admitted liability
Plaintiff 20 years old at time of accident
Plaintiff had 5 mm herniated disc
Plaintiff had epidural injections
Strong recommendation for surgery after trial
$33,143 to plaintiff
Spellman
$49,500 to plaintiff
Robinson		 Spellman v. The Hertz Corporation 35 - 40 mph rear-end accident
Plaintiff found to be 25% at fault for accident
Plaintiff admitted to hospital; surgery
 
$902,329 (reduced to approximately $800,000) DeJanette v. Fadillah Multiple back surgeries
More surgeries planned
 
$28,228 to plaintiff Fay Devor
$57,398 to plaintiff Toni Devor
 		 Devor v. Lovingier

 

 Plaintiffs served 998s for $100K each prior to trial.  Plaintiffs requested $250K for each plaintiff at trial. Neither plaintiff received any money for future pain and suffering or future loss of earnings.

    70 JURY TRIAL VERDICT SUMMARY FOR JAY McCLAUGHERTY

    !         70 JURY TRIAL VERDICTS

    !         43 DEFENSE JURY VERDICTS 

    !         4 DEFENSE VERDICTS WHERE THE DEFENDANT HIT A PEDESTRIAN:

    • One pedestrian had brain injuries
    • One pedestrian had multiple leg surgeries
    • In one case, the defendant hit a pedestrian who was a police officer directing traffic (upheld on appeal)
    • One pedestrian was the wrongful death of a single mother (upheld on appeal)
    • In a fifth pedestrian case, a 48' motorhome ran over a pedestrian. The case was settled for the pre-trial offer after the jury was deadlocked 8-4 for a defense verdict
    • ALL 4 VERDICTS IN CASES WHERE PEDESTRIANS WERE HIT BY CAR WERE DEFENSE VERDICTS

    !       3 DEFENSE VERDICTS WHERE A POLICE OFFICER SAW THE ACCIDENT OCCUR AND TESTIFIED DEFENDANT WAS 100% AT FAULT:

  • In one of the cases, the defendant drove into the police officer directing traffic

    !       2 VERDICTS WHERE DEFENDANT TURNED LEFT IN FRONT OF A MOTORCYCLIST AND THE MOTORCYCLIST WAS FOUND 70% AT FAULT

  • One of the cases involved a police motorcyclist

    !       1 VERDICT WHERE DEFENDANT ADMITTED TO DRIVING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD AND DEFENDANT WAS FOUND ONLY 16% AT FAULT

** TWO OF THESE DEFENSE VERDICTS WERE AGAINST PLAINTIFF ATTORNEYS WHO WERE NAMED PLAINTIFF TRIAL ATTORNEY OF THE YEAR
 

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