On May 7, 2026, a jury in Riverside County, California, returned a unanimous defense verdict in favor of our client after a two-week jury trial in a wrongful death case. The jury determined that the defendant company’s employee was not negligent when the side mirror of his service van struck a woman running in the roadway before sunrise. Plaintiffs’ counsel asked the jury to award $25.7 million in damages.

The trial included expert witnesses in accident reconstruction and nighttime visibility and conspicuity, police officers who investigated the accident and did a forensic examination of the driver’s cell phones, an expert economist, and other fact witnesses.

Mollie Benedict served as trial counsel alongside co-counsel, Chris Lam of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP. The trial team was supported by Aggie Lee, Peter Choate, Mike Zellers, Alex Chamchikh, and Ashley Avakian.