Torts/Personal Injury,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
May 6, 2025
Sanctions mulled for counsel walkout during jury selection
A San Francisco judge allowed new defense attorneys to substitute into a $100 million personal injury case after a mistrial, deferring a decision regarding sanctions for prior counsel's walkout amid their clients' conflict of interest.
A judge granted two defense attorney substitutions Monday and deferred a ruling on sanctions for the previous counsel, who walked out during jury selection, causing a mistrial in a potential $100 million personal injury case.
During the third day of jury selection for the trial in April, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Victor M. Hwang declared a mistrial when attorneys for the defendants, Lisa Angelo and James Kahn, partners at Murchison and Cummings LLP, walked out. They said...
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