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Jerri and Laurie have obtained yet another defense verdict in Los Angeles, this time from a downtown jury in a trip and fall case.  Plaintiff ran through a planter, instead of the designated walkway, in a mall parking lot and fell.  He claimed a finger fracture and CRPS from his fall.  Acker & Whipple represented the janitorial company defendant.  Plaintiff settled with the property owner, the security company and landscaping company prior to trial and asked the jury for $1,700,000 from the janitorial company alone.  The jury instead returned a defense verdict of no liability.