Firefighter's 12.75 Million Dollar Verdict upheld by judge-Defendant wanted verdict thrown out alleging fraud

10-18-10

A King County Superior Court Judge refused to throw out a jury verdict of 12.75 million dollars after the City of Seattle hired a private investigator to follow the firefighter around and videotape him after the jury trial. The City of Seattle argued the firefighter committed fraud when he testified about his injuries, but the Plaintiff's attorney successfully argued that the excerpts of the firefighter on vacation after the trial were cherry picked and misleading and "beyond the pale".

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