Civil Litigation
Jul. 12, 2019
Texts, emails, credibility produced $23.3M verdict in hot sauce trial, winning attorney says
The most difficult aspect of the case in Ventura County Superior Court was proving the existence of a contract between the two companies, Underwood Ranches attorney said.
A broken 30-year business relationship between a sriracha maker and its pepper grower, much of it based only on spoken agreements, ended in a $23.3 million unanimous jury verdict because of the defense team's extensive use of videotaped depositions and hours spent poring through texts and emails, said the victorious lead attorney.
The most difficult aspect of the case that ended July 3 in Ventura County Superior Court was proving t...
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