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Verdicts

Oct. 13, 2007

Jury Finds Heater Not at Fault in Fire That Left Man Injured

Duane Morris trial attorneys have successfully defended a Cleveland, Ohio-based manufacturer of portable heaters against claims for $70 million in damages plus punitives in a personal-injury burn case in Modesto.

By William-Arthur Haynes
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      Duane Morris trial attorneys have successfully defended a Cleveland, Ohio-based manufacturer of portable heaters against claims for $70 million in damages plus punitives in a personal injury burn case in Modesto.
      Paul Nelson and associate Christina Marshall, both residents in the firm's San Francisco shop, obtained the 11-1 defens...

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