Candace Conti was originally awarded $28M in her lawsuit against the Watchtower and the North Fremont (California) Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses in July 2012. The following court documents and jury transcripts relate to Candace Conti’s child abuse lawsuit against the Watchtower heard in Alameda County Court in Oakland, California. The Watchtower’s appeal was heard in April 2015 with a portion of the original court decision overturned. The parties finally settled in June 2015 and the case is now considered to be closed.
- MSNBC article about Candace Conti’s $28M Award
- Conti Jane Doe v Watchtower Register of Actions 1-28-11 (900MB file) [link not working]
- Conti Rulings and CMC orders 5-19-11
- Conti Minutes 6-14-11
- Conti-Def Mtn JNOV & Intent Mtn for New Trial 07-9-12
- Conti Compliance Hearing 07-17-12
- Conti JNOV and New Trial Defts’ Memorandum of Points and Authorities 07-17-12
- Conti Plaintiff’s MPA in Opposition to Motions for New Trial and JNOV 8-2-12
- Conti Surreply in Opposition 8-9-12
- Conti Defendants Reply Brief 8-13-12
- Conti Supp Briefing on Punitive Damage Issues 8-17-12
- Conti v. WTBTS Bond Undertaking and Bond Security (complete set) 9-21-12
- Conti-Jury Trial Transcript-Day 1 May 29, 2012
- Conti-Jury Trial Transcript-Day 2 May 30, 2012
- Conti-Jury Trial Transcript-Day 3 May 31, 2012
- Conti-Jury Trial Transcript-Day 4 June 4, 2012
- Conti-Jury Trial Transcript-Day 5 June 5, 2012
- Conti-Jury Trial Transcript-Day 6 June 6, 2012
- Conti-Jury Trial Transcript-Day 7 June 11, 2012
- Conti-Jury Trial Transcript-Day 8 June 12, 2012
- Conti-Jury Trial Transcript-Day 9 June 13, 2012 [link not working]
- Conti Jury Trial Transcript-Day 10 June 14, 2012
- Watchtower appellate brief 10-23-12 [link not working]
- Watchtower appeal application for Moreno to appear as counsel 3-25-13
- Watchtower appeal application to file brief with excessive Word Count 3-26-13
- Watchtower North Freemont Cong. appellate brief 3-26-13
- Rick Simons (Conti Attorney) resume: Lawyer.com (2013)
- Conti Respondents Brief: Richard Simons, Submitted June 3, 2013
- Conti: Court of Appeal Decision 4-13-2015
[ Note that when the site was damaged for several months most of these links were not available. There are still three links above that need to be replaced. If any others become damaged or unavailable please email Barbara at [email protected] ]