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The Defense Offered Less. The Juries Said More.

Numerous eight-, seven-, and six-figure jury verdicts. Time and again, Gavin Long has rejected six-figure offers, tried the case, and won.

Featured · California Record
$11,000,000: The Largest Facility Suicide Verdict in California History
Cunningham v. New Life Recovery · Santa Cruz County Superior Court, Case No. 16CV02213 · 12-day trial · Pretrial offers: $350,000 and $100,000. Suicide cases are among the hardest wrongful death cases to win; this one set the record.
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Rejected
$350,000 + $100,000
Jury verdict
$11M
Facility suicide wrongful death · Santa Cruz County
Rejected
$200,000
Jury verdict
$5M
Motorcycle collision · Santa Clara County
Rejected
$100,000
Jury verdict
$3M
Pedestrian collision · Los Angeles County

Three separate matters. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Each case is unique and decided on its own facts.

Recent trial results

$1,741,489.95 jury verdict: Barbara v. Stater Bros. Markets

Orange County Superior Court, Case No. 30-2023-01300974-CU-PO-CJC (May 2025). Premises liability. The defense offered $100,000 before trial. The jury returned $1,741,489.95. The verdict was reported in the Daily Journal's Verdicts & Settlements, listing Harrison Gavin Long as plaintiff's counsel.

Numerous eight-, seven-, and six-figure verdicts

Beyond the results above, Gavin has obtained numerous additional jury verdicts in wrongful death, facility negligence, premises liability, and catastrophic injury cases, including verdicts above the defendant's insurance policy limits. Juries in Orange County, Los Angeles, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, Kern, and Contra Costa counties have heard his cases.

These results share a pattern. Insurers made offers based on what they thought the family would accept. Gavin prepared every case as if it would be tried, and when the offer did not reflect the loss, he tried it.

What this means for your case

No lawyer can promise a result, and every case turns on its own facts. What a family can control is whether their lawyer is prepared, and willing, to take the case in front of a jury. That willingness is what moves insurers. Learn more about Gavin, see why he is known as a trial lawyer, or read how California wrongful death claims work.

Results listed include results obtained by Gavin Long while at Bisnar | Chase. Verdict amounts are the amounts returned by the jury; amounts ultimately collected may differ. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes.

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