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Litigation

Jan. 20, 2011

Eubanks v. KBC America Inc.

Products Liability, Los Angeles County Superior Court, Los Angeles


When the family of 17-year-old Kevin Eubanks, who suffered a traumatic brain injury during a 2007 motocross jumping accident in Ventura County, turned down a large settlement offer from a helmet manufacturer, the lawsuit's mediator had ominous words for defense lawyer James J. Yukevich.


His client's case was doomed, Yukevich recalled the mediator saying. Jurors would sympathize with a grieving family over a Korean helmet manufacturer, he said. Other obse...

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