Litigation & Arbitration
Jan. 26, 2024
$42.4M verdict for pregnant woman in a coma from collision
"The issue became, was pleading no-contest equivalent to conviction? We pled it was and won," said plaintiff's attorney Ricardo Echeverria.
A jury in Lancaster awarded $42.4 million to a pregnant mother who has been in a coma since a head-on collision in 2015.
The jury awarded $2 million for past medical expenses; $4 million for future medical expenses; $1.4 million for past and future lost earnings; $5 million for past non-economic damages and $30 million for future non-economic damages. With interest, the award will likely reach $55 million, according to the plaintiff's trial lawyers at Shernoff Bidart Echeverri...