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Personal Injury & Torts

Jan. 26, 2002

Won and Lost

Counsel won $21.4 million by showing the jury how the plaintiffs' prior counsel engaged in malpractice and fraud, which led them to bankruptcy, foreclosure and, he says, the death of the plaintiff's husband.

        
        Verdict: $21,432,000
        Case: Wilt v. Durst, 810918 (Orange County Super. Ct., verdict Oct. 5, 2001)
        Type: Legal malpractice, fraud
        
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