In October 2021, Finkelstein & Partners trial partners Kenneth Fromson and Andrew Finkelstein argued successfully in front of an Orange County jury that a company’s employee who drove distracted and hit the firm’s client in the rear caused serious bodily injury and should be held accountable for their actions. The jury’s verdict, totaling $13,500,000, was the second highest in the entire state that year. But there’s more to the story than the happy ending.