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Jury Verdict in US District Court

The firm represented Morris Multimedia, Inc. and Morris Network, Inc., owners of local affiliate Fox WXXV TV-25, in a case in Federal Court in Gulfport, Mississippi.  Morris sustained significant damage to its tower site transmission and electrical equipment from a high energy electrical transient which Morris alleged was caused by the electric company and its contractor during the performance of work on high voltage power lines.  On December 4, 2009, after a four day trial, the jury returned a unanimous verdict against the defendants, finding our clients' total damages to be $150,000.

Jimmy Colmer tried the case, assisting Doug Lange with the law firm of Foran Glennon Palandech & Ponzi in Chicago,