MCCLAFFERTY AND CROFT OBTAIN $2 MILLION JURY VERDICT IN DEFAMATION CASE

McCandlish Lillard Litigation attorneys Alan Croft and Lawrence J. McClafferty recently obtained a jury verdict in excess of $2 million in a defamation case involving two dentists. Alan and Lawrence also successfully argued a post-trial motion for remittitur on the jury’s award of $200,000 on the opposing party’s counterclaim. The Fairfax County Circuit Court granted the motion and reduced the oppositionโ€™s verdict to just $25,000. Of special interest is the fact that the trial was postponed due to COVID after several weeks in March of 2020, but resumed in April of 2022โ€”just down the hall from the Depp-Heard defamation trial.

Virginia Lawyers Weekly has provided coverage of the trial and verdict.