{"id":120296,"date":"2025-05-23T12:04:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T20:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/05\/23\/state-appellate-court-affirms-75m-verdict-against-ups-2\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T12:04:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T20:04:33","slug":"state-appellate-court-affirms-75m-verdict-against-ups-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/05\/23\/state-appellate-court-affirms-75m-verdict-against-ups-2\/","title":{"rendered":"State Appellate Court Affirms $75M Verdict Against UPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Judge Lisa White Hardwick authored the opinion for the three-judge panel, which unanimously rejected UPS&#8217;s argument, saying the jury was able to distinguish between UPS&#8217;s liability for the driver missing the stop sign and any additional liability from his cocaine use.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" 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