Civil Litigation
Dec. 23, 2019
Kern County jury awards $70.5 million in personal injury trial
Attorneys say the verdict, which includes $5.5 million for post-traumatic stress disorder, is a record in the county.
In what attorneys say is a record verdict in Kern County, a superior court jury recently awarded $70.5 million in a personal injury lawsuit over a car crash that injured a woman and her two children.
Plaintiffs' attorney Joseph H. Low IV said the verdict is a huge win for his clients, whom he described as "beautiful, beautiful people." The mother, Tomasa Cuevas, and her husband are Mexican immigrants who work in the fields and "abso...
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