The Judgement:
$56,087,983
Case Synopsis:
Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP partners Brian Panish and Rahul Ravipudi, and attorneys Lyssa Roberts, and Melody Saadian obtained a $74,000,000 settlement for the surviving spouse and daughter whose husband/father and son/brother were killed as a result of corporate negligence.
Original $46,475,112 verdict for a novice BJJ student left an incomplete quadriplegic by a Del Mar instructor grew to a final judgment of $56,087,983 after a two-year appellate battle, including nearly $10,000,000 in post-judgment interest. More than 56 times the defendants’ $1 million insurance policy limits.