Civil Litigation
Apr. 15, 2020
Last trial amid shutdown produced $1.7M plaintiff’s verdict
A jury trial that was on its seventh week in Santa Barbara County received permission from the chief justice to proceed as the state courts closed.
Taylor Ernst of Ernst Law Group (Zina Dichoso / Courtesy of Ernst Law Group)
It was the last civil trial in California, at least for a while.
Attorneys were having their cases declared mistrials left and right in response to court shutdowns.
Ernst Law Group and Daniels, Fine, Israel, Schonbuch & Lebovits LLP were in the middle of closing arguments in Santa Barbara County Superior Court after six weeks and millions of dollars already expended in the case involving a nurse w...
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