Taylor v. LAUSD, et al.

Summary

A California state court jury has awarded $30 million to the mother of a six-year-old child who was beaten to death by a Los Angeles Unified School District employee.

Read more via the CVN News Blog:
https://blog.cvn.com/la-jury-awards-30m-for-murder-of-child-by-school-employee-beating-75k-settlement-offer

Outcome

Verdict for plaintiff.
Total damages: $30 million.

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Taylor, Kenya
Defense
Verdict: $30,000,000

Judge: Michael Harwin
Jurisdiction: Superior Court of California, Los Angeles
Court: Van Nuys Courthouse East

Case Number: 20STCV33128
Industry: Education
Practice Area: Employment Law, Negligence

Plaintiff

Taylor, Kenya

Represented By:
Vartazarian, Steve (The Vartazarian Law Firm)

Defense

Represented By:
Bacio, Gary (Bacio & Associates)

Expert Witnesses

Bainbridge, Dr. William Ph.D.

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:19:12	Opening Statement	Vartazarian, Steve
01:08:24	Break
01:30:55	Opening Statement	Vartazarian, Steve
02:01:50	End of Session

PM Session

Openings

12 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Opening Statement	Bacio, Gary
00:36:10	Witness Direct Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	Lopez, Betty	Video Recording
01:07:19	Break
01:26:43	Witness Direct Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	Hernandez, Carlos	In Person
01:42:12	Witness Cross Examination	Bacio, Gary	Hernandez, Carlos	In Person
01:50:25	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	Hernandez, Carlos	In Person
01:57:29	Witness Cross Examination	Bacio, Gary	Hernandez, Carlos	In Person
02:04:34	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	Hernandez, Carlos	In Person
02:06:37	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Bacio, Gary	Hernandez, Carlos	In Person
02:08:19	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	Hernandez, Carlos	In Person
02:10:57	Witness Direct Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	Bainbridge, Dr. William Ph.D.	Video Recording
02:47:52	End of Session

AUG

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	Bracamonte, Marie	Video Recording
		00:23:51	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	Bainbridge, Dr. William Ph.D.	Video Recording
00:45:42	Break
01:06:43	Witness Direct Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	Bainbridge, Dr. William Ph.D.	Video Recording
01:29:18	End of Session

AUG

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Bacio, Gary	Lopez, Betty	In Person
00:53:34	Break
01:21:16	Witness Direct Examination	Bacio, Gary	Lopez, Betty	In Person
01:31:41	Witness Cross Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	Lopez, Betty	In Person
02:00:49	End of Session

PM Session

Closings

7 Chapters

AUG

AM Session

Closings

6 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

4 Chapters

AUG

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Taylor v. LAUSD, et al.

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	Closing Statement	Vartazarian, Steve
00:11:17	Closing Statement	Bacio, Gary
01:01:08	Break
01:22:42	Closing Statement	Vartazarian, Steve
01:35:14	General Case Activities
02:06:23	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Reading of the Verdict
		00:12:40	Break
		00:19:01	General Case Activities
		00:20:50	End of Session