Harry Plotkin
Harry is a nationally-renowned jury consultant and leading voice in the field of jury decision-making, psychology, and persuasion.
He has helped shape the outcome of over one thousand trials across the country in nearly every state.
HARRY'S RECENT VERDICTS
$11.2 MILLION VERDICT in age discrimination trial in San Diego
Roque v. Octapharma, September 2024
$3.7 MILLION VERDICT in neck injury trial (defense said just a sprain) in Fullerton CA
Sciortino v. Advanced Eye Medical Group, August 2024
DEFENSE VERDICT in Hollywood fraud trial in Santa Monica, billionaire plaintiff asked $100m
Herrick v. Mattel, August 2024
$96.5 MILLION VERDICT in federal trade secrets trial in South Carolina
Prysmian v. Sterlite, August 2024
$60.6 MILLION VERDICT (70% fault) in motorcycle crash/TBI trial in Indianapolis
Dugan v. Tesla, March 2024
$76.4 MILLION VERDICT in federal trade secrets trial in Houston TX
Confidential v. Confidential, January 2024
$41.5 MILLION VERDICT in wrongful termination/retaliation trial in Los Angeles
Gatchalian v. Kaiser Permanent, December 2023
$17.5 MILLION VERDICT in wrongful death trial in Los Angeles
Aviles v. Access Services, December 2023
$12+ MILLION VERDICT (with statutory interest) in insurance bad faith trial in San Jose
Selck v. Geico, October 2023
$14.8 MILLION VERDICT in product defect/construction site injury trial in Oakland
Duran v. NorCal Lumber, October 2023
$20 MILLION VERDICT in failure to accommodate a disability trial in San Francisco
Callahan v. Marriott, September 2023
$39.5 MILLION VERDICT in retaliation/termination trial in San Diego
Murphy v. UC Regents, August 2023
$11 MILLION VERDICT in spinal fusion trial in San Bernardino
Munguia v. County of San Bernardino, August 2023
$62 MILLION VERDICT in trade secret breach trial in federal court Los Angeles
Skye Orthobiologics v. CTM Biomedical, August 2023
$9.5 MILLION VERDICT in wrongful termination trial in federal court Los Angeles
McCray v. Westrock, August 2023
$3.5 MILLION VERDICT in dental malpractice trial in San Diego
Hernandez v. Rose Dental, July 2023
$8.4 MILLION VERDICT in workplace retaliation trial in San Francisco federal court
Pierce/Bland v. East Bay Municipal Utility District, June 2023
$9.1 MILLION VERDICT in wrongful death at an alcohol detox facility in Marin County
Sandoval v. Acadia Healthcare, April 2023
$19.25 MILLION VERDICT in dangerous condition trial in Santa Cruz
Howard v. CalTrans, February 2023
100% LIABILITY VERDICT in liability phase/fall down lift shaft trial in San Mateo
Veimau v. Phillips, December 2022 (settled for large confidential amount before damage phase)
$45 MILLION VERDICT in public school district physical abuse trial in Los Angeles
Wong v. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, October 2022
$464.2 MILLION VERDICT in employment retaliation trial in Los Angeles
Martinez/Page v. Southern California Edison, June 2022
$150 MILLION VERDICT in wrongful death trial in Palm Springs
Collins v. Diamond Generating Company, July 2022
$11 MILLION VERDICT in pedestrian v. auto crash trial in Santa Monica
Knight v. Haskell, August 2022
$34.5 MILLION VERDICT in aiding/abetting wrongful termination in Santa Cruz
Ruvalcaba v. Keenan & Associates, May 2022
$102.5 MILLION VERDICT in public school district sexual abuse trial in San Jose
Doe v. Union School District, March 2022
$25.7 MILLION VERDICT in medical malpractice arbitration in San Diego
Vargas v. Kaiser Permanente, April 2022
$23.2 MILLION VERDICT in care home death (of an 81 year-old) trial in Bakersfield
Mosley v. Pacifica Healthcare, March 2022
$10 MILLION VERDICT in "jaywalking" pedestrian death trial in Long Beach
Garcia v. Herrera, December 2021
$7.2 MILLION VERDICT in federal airline/unruly passenger mistreatment trial in LA
Bandary v. Delta, October 2021
$136.9 MILLION VERDICT in federal hostile work environment/race trial in SF
Diaz v. Tesla, October 2021
$12.6 MILLION VERDICT in spinal fusion/premises liability trial
Acosta v. Athena Management, August 2021
$6.4 MILLION VERDICT in spinal stimulator/vehicle crash trial in Orange County
Castaneda v. Perez, September 2021
$13 MILLION VERDICT *county record* in wrongful death/product trial in rural Missouri
Church v. CNH Industrial, November 2020
$25.6 MILLION VERDICT in dangerous condition/pedestrian stuck in crosswalk trial
Tusant v. City of Hemet, February 2020
$17 MILLION VERDICT (with fees) in right of publicity trial in San Diego
Hansen IP Trust v. Coca Cola, Monster Energy, February 2020
$13.3 MILLION VERDICT in traumatic brain injury trial against County sheriffs/nurses
Collins v. County of San Diego, July 2019
$2 MILLION VERDICT in non-termination retaliation trial against a public university
Linskey v. UC Irvine, April 2019
$6.5 MILLION VERDICT in zero-offer, coffee burn trial against a hotel
DeRuyver v. Omni La Costa, March 2019
$7 MILLION VERDICT in 70-mph motorcyclist's wrongful death against local city
Ascensio v. Covina, October 2018
$45.4 MILLION VERDICT in failure to prevent sexual abuse trial against local County
F.M. v. Los Angeles County DCFS, July 2018
$2 MILLION VERDICT in non-termination retaliation trial against a public university
Linskey. v. UC Regents, April 2019
$16.2 MILLION VERDICT in disputed slip-and-fall, disputed brain injury trial
Kidd v. WKS/El Pollo Loco, February 2018
$25 MILLION VERDICT in product liability/wrongful death trial
Cruz, Mathenge v. Nissan North America, July 2017
DEFENSE VERDICT ($30M+ demand) in fraud/fiduciary duty trial
Hotze v. Hotze, October 2018
DEFENSE VERDICT ($30M demand) in fraud/elder abuse trial
Howard v. Howard, September 2018
$25.1 MILLION VERDICT in whistleblower retaliation trial
Babyak v. Cardiovascular Systems, April 2017
$29 MILLION VERDICT in medical malpractice trial
Williams v. Pilapil, March 2017
$16.3 MILLION VERDICT in trip and fall trial
Picazzo v. CW Driver, October 2017
DEFENSE VERDICT ($16M demand)in fraud/breach of contract trial
Oregon Ice Cream v. Gleason, April 2017
$256 MILLION VERDICT in fraud/breach of contract trial
Kahn v. Nissan, May 2017
$26 MILLION VERDICT in wrongful death (of a minor) trial
Zisette v. Starline, November 2016
$5.3 MILLION VERDICT plus malice in negligence/molestation trial
Doe v. Five Acres, May 2017
$27 MILLION VERDICT in wrongful death/construction site trial
Gonzalez v. Atlas Supply, July 2016
$47 MILLION VERDICT in breach of contract/employment trial
Stewart v. AAPS, February 2016
$2.9 MILLION VERDICT (plus malice) in wrongful termination trial
Mackey v. Helinet, January 2016
$14 MILLION VERDICT in insurance bad faith trial
Madrigal v. Allstate, November 2015
$7.1 MILLION VERDICT in age discrimination trial
Simers v. LA Times, November 2015
$10.5 MILLION VERDICT in breach of contract trial
Stelluti Kerr v. Mapei Corporation, November 2015
$3.5 MILLION VERDICT in eye injury trial versus charter bus
Guerra v. Starline, November 2015
$9.7 MILLION VERDICT in product liability/design defect trial
Rivera v. Volvo, August 2015
$28 MILLION VERDICT in medical malpractice/failure to diagnose trial
Rahm v. Kaiser Permanente, March 2015
$60 MILLION VERDICT in federal wrongful death/product liability trial
Shinedling v. Sunbeam, June 2015
$8.7 MILLION VERDICT in single-plaintiff discrimination/retaliation trial
Leggins v. Rite Aide, July 2015
DEFENSE VERDICT in class-action bad faith trial
Keller, et. al. v. California State University, April 2015
Class sought $58 million in damages, plus interest
$1.75 MILLION VERDICT + MALICE in employment retaliation trial
Wascher v. Kaiser, June 2015
No claims for economic damages, only emotional distress
$3.3 MILLION VERDICT + MALICE in breach of fiduciary duty trial
Colaco v. Cavotec, June 2015
DEFENSE VERDICT on claims, won on counter-claims
$16.2 MILLION VERDICT against employer in car crash/injury trial
Evans v. Prospect Education, February 2015
Jury found driver was in “course and scope” while commuting
$58 MILLION VERDICT in personal injury/car crash trial
Herman v. Cardiel, June 2014
Verdict included $45 million in non-economic damages
RECORD VERDICT in a federal whistleblower trial
Zulfer v. Playboy, March 2014
$6 million verdict, plus finding of malice (settled)
DEFENSE VERDICT against Tom Girardi in a wrongful death trial
Chen v. BusWest, April 2015
Plaintiff’s attorney asked for $57 million in closing