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Oct. 30, 2026

Orange County jury awards nearly $4M over airport parking garage fall

Jurors found a renovation program manager solely responsible for injuries suffered by a 66-year-old woman who tripped over exposed bolts at John Wayne Airport, rejecting the defense's attempt to shift blame to a construction contractor.

An Orange County jury awarded nearly $4 million to a 66-year-old grandmother injured after tripping over exposed bolts in a John Wayne Airport parking structure, finding renovation program manager Jeff Oviedo & Associates Inc. 100% at fault.

Bentley More & Lucich attorneys Clare Lucich and Nico D. Mamone secured the verdict after a three-week trial and two hours of deliberation. The defense had originally offered $300,000.

On Sept. 2, 2020, Afsaneh Hamidian trippe...

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