William H. Parish represented Brittalia Ventures, a Linden California walnut grower in a three week jury trial to recover damages arising from crown gall infection. The jury awarded nearly $4.5 million in the first case in California to establish that a commercial nursery delivered root stock infected with this devastating disease. Three years later, the California Court of Appeal affirmed the jury’s verdict and Brittalia Ventures was paid the original award plus interest, totaling nearly $6 million. The Court of Appeal’s decision may be found at Brittalia Ventures v. Stuke Nursery, Inc., 153 Cal. App. 4th 17 (2007).