KUSI lawyer Ken Fitzgerald told the station that if his motion to set aside the verdict were denied, "we'll appeal," which he said would take about a year.
The San Diego Union-Tribune reviewed almost two dozen lawsuits filed in the past five years that accused San Diego or other local jurisdictions of failing to comply with the state open-records law by claiming unjustified exemptions or denying there were any documents to release. All but two were lodged against San Diego.