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Litigation

Jan. 20, 2011

Poole v. Picazo

Personal Injury, Los Angeles County Superior Court, Compton


It took 1 minute for a jury to side with Donte Poole.


Left paraplegic after his motorcycle slammed into an SUV, Poole was awarded a hefty $14.5 million by a Los Angeles County jury in November. A big factor that swayed jurors, according to his attorney, was defendant Juliana Picazo's less-than-believable story - backed by the two passengers in her SUV - that she stopped at a stop sign for a full 60 seconds before colliding with Poole.


"It felt...

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