Jury explains why it clobbered Samsung with a $290 million verdict

After awarding Apple a $290 million win in a damages retrial part of the first Apple vs Samsung U.S. trial, jurors told Bloomberg that one Apple witness was the determining factor for the outcome of the case. According to Colleen Allen and Barry Goldman-Hall, two of the jurors assigned to the case, it was expert Julie L. Davis that tipped the balance in Apple’s favor. “Ms. Davies was on it,” Allen said, adding that Davies was a “superstar witness” even when under fire from Samsung’s cross-examination. Davies, a certified public accountant, was a new witness for Apple’s side, which largely brought up the same witnesses as last year. Called to replace an Apple damages expert who passed away, Davies apparently

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