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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. 

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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

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