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Issue 113 | December 2025

THE CAMERA DOES LIE: A NEW EVIDENTIARY BATTLEGROUND

For decades, the “gold standard” of defense evidence has been clear video footage. If a plaintiff claimed a slip-and-fall happened one way, but the security camera showed another, the case was often over. In 2025, that certainty is evaporating.

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By: Andrew J. Philips

Trader Joes Hit With $23.5 Million Verdict in Slip and Fall Case

Zahra Garraee v. Trader Joes Company, et al. (Stanislaus County Super Ct. No. CV-21-005695): On October 3, 2025 a jury entered a verdict of 23.5 million in favor of plaintiff Zahra Garraee, who suffered a slip and fall accident while shopping at a Trader Joe’s store in Modesto, California..

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