| Another B&W Victory! | | 11/18/2008 | | Mikel Watts and his team of men were defeated by three Ball & Weed lawyers, all of whom were women: trial lawyers Cynthia Grimes and Lucretia Marmor and appellate lawyer Ruth Malinas. The suit claimed that Texas Lutheran University was responsible for the death of a cross-country runner, who was hit by a truck while running off-campus with a friend on a Sunday. The jury found the driver of the truck 90% responsible, the runner 5% responsible and the University 5% responsible. On November 17, 2008, however, the trial judge ruled that there was no evidence to support the jury's finding against the University and entered a Final Take Nothing Judgment. Prior to trial, Watts had demanded $11,000,000. | | |
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