A jury in California Superior Court returned a $7,000,000 verdict for the family of a motorcyclist who was killed in a collision with a vehicle operated by a city.
Cases against a city, county, or other public entity in California run on a different clock. A government claim generally must be presented within six months of the incident, before a lawsuit can even be filed. Missing that deadline can end the case regardless of how strong it is.
This result was tried to verdict.
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