miracle recoveries – Overlawyered https://www.overlawyered.com/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:24:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Meter maid’s miracle recovery no bar to $1.6 million award https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/07/meter-maids-miracle-recovery-no-bar-to-16-million-award/ https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/07/meter-maids-miracle-recovery-no-bar-to-16-million-award/#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:24:51 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7349 When meter maid Mercy Zamora’s cart crashed, she was injured — with such serious and permanent injuries, testified her husband, that she could no longer engage in strenuous or demanding physical activities. Then a defense lawyer introduced a photo showing Zamora with arms thrown over her head in triumph after completing a 10-kilometer race. If […]

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]]> When meter maid Mercy Zamora’s cart crashed, she was injured — with such serious and permanent injuries, testified her husband, that she could no longer engage in strenuous or demanding physical activities. Then a defense lawyer introduced a photo showing Zamora with arms thrown over her head in triumph after completing a 10-kilometer race. If you think that spelled an ignominious end to the case, you must be a new reader here: the jury nonetheless “awarded about $1.6 million against Cushman Inc., maker of the cart Zamora was driving, and employer city of San Francisco, which had already settled out.” (Scott Graham, CalLaw “Legal Pad”, Jul. 22; CJAC, Jul. 24).

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