On June 19, 2019, the Fourth District Court of Appeal affirmed a $4.4 million dollar verdict that BLHT obtained on behalf of its client against environmental activist Maggy Hurchalla. In Lake Point Phase I, LLC v. Hurchalla, et al., a jury rendered a verdict finding against Hurchalla for her disseminating knowingly false statements in order to harm a local business partnered with Martin County and the South Florida Water Management District. Although the County and the South Florida Water Management District settled with the firm’s client, Hurchalla chose to have the dispute against her tried, and in less than two hours, a jury of her peers concluded that she was liable. The trial team for this matter included Ethan Loeb, Colin Thompson and Christina Dodds.
