
Plaintiff sued the employer for negligence and for failure to take reasonable measures to prevent violence. Throughout the case, the Defendants claimed that Plaintiff was faking and/or exaggerating his injuries, even though the victim's own treaters confirmed the severity of the injuries and the pain that Plaintiff was dealing with. I can imagine that accusing Plaintiff of faking his injuries, given the traumatic nature of his injuries, angered the jury and contributed to the generous award in this case. The Solano County jury returned a veridict for Plaintiff in the amount of $420k in wage loss, $15,150 in past medical expenses and $1.5m in pain and suffering damages for a total of nearly $2m. (Affonso v Miguel Rocha D.B.A. M.R. Enterprise, Case No. FCS-040957).