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Civil Litigation,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Nov. 19, 2018

Beverage company says plaintiff’s counsel’s press release could taint jury

In what could be the first personal injury lawsuit against Monster Beverage Corporation to reach a jury verdict, the company's defense team accused the plaintiff's counsel of attempting to taint the jury through improper publicity the day before opening arguments in Riverside County Superior Court.

Beverage company says plaintiff’s counsel’s press release could taint jury
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In what could be the first personal injury lawsuit against Monster Beverage Corporation to reach a jury verdict, the company's defense team accused the plaintiff's counsel of attempting to taint the jury through improper publicity the day before opening arguments in Riverside County Superior Court.

In a notice filed Thursday, defense attorneys Marc P. Miles and Kristy A. Schlesinger of Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP mentioned that medi...

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