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Verdicts

Feb. 27, 2008

Jury Rejects Federal Judge's Injury Lawsuit

A Superior Court jury took less than two hours to find that U.S. District Judge George Schiavelli tumbled on his own accord from a mall escalator, not as the result of negligence on the part of the mall’s corporate owners.

By Cortney Fielding
Daily Journal Staff Writer
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      A Los Angeles federal judge who said he sustained crippling injuries after a fall from a mall escalator has been denied the $21 million in damages he sought for lost wages, pain and suffering.
      A Superior Court jury took less than two hours to deliberate Friday before unanimously finding that U.S. Dist...

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