Following a six-week trial in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, Robert J. Kelly, along with California local counsel, obtained a defense verdict for our helmet manufacturing client. The high stakes case involved a seventeen-year old motor cross rider, who suffered a severe and permanent brain injury as a result of a crash. The plaintiffs' demand entering trial was over $15 million. At trial, the plaintiffs contented that the helmet worn by the rider was defective and should have prevented the brain injury. We argued that the helmet performed as required and prevented any direct injury. The rider's brain injury could not have been prevented by the helmet, as this type of injury could not have occurred from impact. All defendants with the exception of our client settled prior to trial. After 10 hours of deliberations, the jury returned a defense verdict finding that the subject helmet was not defective and the manufacturer did not fail to warn plaintiff.