A Portland jury has rejected a $10 million lawsuit brought by a man who was shot three times while breaking into an Army veteran’s countertop shop, siding with the veteran who fired on him.
Jurors in Multnomah County Circuit Court in Oregon sided 10-2 with James Grant, 72, on Aug. 18. They found him not liable after a trial that lasted about a week. The verdict spares Grant from paying $5 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages that Voyles sought.
The jury deliberated for only a few hours before reaching a decision, according to The Oregonian. They determined that Kenneth Voyles, 43, prying a board off the building, cutting metal bars, and wiggling through an old doggie door to get inside was a “substantial factor” that contributed to his wounds…