A $13 million verdict and a high-low deal erupted into a posttrial feud in Lowndes County State Court.

Less than a week after the trial, the defense lawyers asked the judge to sanction the plaintiffs lawyers for talking about it, alleging a “blatant violation” of a confidentiality agreement. The plaintiff’s team called that a “bizarre” attempt to “twist” a private high-low pact into a gag order on widely known facts in the public record.