Torts/Personal Injury
Jan. 3, 2024
Parris Law gets $3.1M, praise from judge for wrongful death case
"The court has never seen this in a courtroom in 30 years of service on the court," Los Angeles Judge Mary Ann Murphy said in praise of the plaintiffs' attorneys' work.
A Los Angeles Couinty judge awarded more than $3.1 million in attorney fees to Parris Law Firm three months after a jury awarded $20 million to the family of a woman killed in Lancaster by a drunken driving elementary school principal.
Judge Mary Ann Murphy's award -- along with extensive praise for the plaintiffs' attorneys in her order -- is the latest event in a complex case that was filed in 2020. It went through three courthouses and four judges. It involved extensive ...