Landmark Case:
Greener v. Del Mar Jiu-Jitsu
The Verdict:
$46,475,112.33
Case Articles:
Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP trial attorneys Rahul Ravipudi, Paul Traina, John Shaller, and Trevor Weitzenberg obtained a landmark $46,475,112.33 jury verdict for Plaintiff Jack Greener, a beginning Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu student who suffered a catastrophic spinal cord injury while sparring with a Del Mar Jiu-Jitsu Club instructor who performed a technique on Mr. Greener which rendered him an incomplete quadriplegic.
The verdict was rendered on Tuesday, March 28th before the Honorable James D. Mangione at the San Diego County Civil Court Hall of Justice. Mr. Greener was also represented in the case and at trial by co-counsel Shawn D. Morris, Michael Malady, and Christian W. Barton of Morris, Sullivan & Lemkul, LLP.