Two Hours of Deliberation

Short summary

The Musk v. OpenAI verdict took only two hours because it hinged on statute of limitations, not legal merit. Musk's $150B charitable-trust claim survived all pretrial motions but failed when the jury found he knew of the alleged conduct outside the three-year window. The pattern shows how large-exposure theories die at procedural gates: 67% of claims fell at pretrial, most Microsoft theories at summary judgment, and the remaining three at the jury's calendar calculation.

• •Two-hour verdict signals clean statute-of-limitations answer, not jury confusion
• •Largest claim ($150B charitable trust) survived pretrial but failed on timing, not merit
• •67% of original claims eliminated at pretrial; remaining three fell to procedural calendar math

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