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Verdicts and Settlements

  • $57 million verdict
    • Santesson vs. Beech Aircraft
    • Insurance bad-faith action arising from aviation accident which resulted in deaths of three men.
  • $18.6 million verdict
    • Mallabo vs. Wan Hai Lines (America)
    • Negligence; Company president allowed wife to drive company-owned vehicle four days after wife failed DMV road exam; wife then caused serious accident with motorcyclist.
  • $14.4 million verdict
    • Pascua/White vs. Industrial Asphalt
    • Negligence; Improperly serviced asphalt truck caused chain collision on freeway; two died and a surviving passenger suffered brain damage.
  • $13 million verdict
    • Munoz vs. Sierra Autocars
    • Product liability; 42-year-old truck driver rendered a paraplegic after a defective forklift toppled over on top of him while he was making a delivery.
  • $10.8 million verdict
    • William S. vs. Bonita Unified School District
    • Boy sexually abused by teacher off school premises; school district had previously received anonymous letter warning that teacher was acting improperly with boys.
  • $8.75 million verdict
    • Montalvo vs. Los Angeles Sheriff's Dept.
    • Wrongful death; an unarmed 29 year old man shot to death by L.A. County sheriffs
  • $6.75 million verdict
    • Galal vs. City of Long Beach
    • Civil rights action.
  • $6.75 million settlement
    • 6 Boys vs. Confidential School District
    • Boys sexually abused by fourth grade teacher; school principal wrote an untrue "glowing" letter of recommendation for teacher in exchange for his promise to quietly resign from his job.
  • $6.5 million settlement
    • Garcia vs. Confidential Machine Manufacturer
    • Product liability & negligence; 25-year old factory worker suffered arm amputation while operating a defective bread dough mixer.
  • $5.6 million settlement
    • Munoz vs. Confidential Auto Dealership
    • Negligence; Delivery driver rendered paraplegic when fork lift operator allowed lift to topple over onto while plaintiff was making delivery at auto dealership.
  • $5 million settlement
    • Cooper vs. State of California
    • Dangerous condition of public property and negligence; 52-year old women left paralyzed after an auto versus motorcycle accident in a CALTRANS construction zone.
  • $5 million settlement
    • Confidential Family vs. Confidential Manufacturer
    • Product Liability; Defectively-designed power tool malfunctioned causing construction worker's death.
  • $5 million verdict
    • Mollet vs. Farmers Insurance Company
    • Insurance bad faith; Company utilized a racially discriminatory policy in handling uninsured motorist claims.
  • $4.5 million verdict
    • Emma B. and Jaiden P. vs. Carlsbad Unified School District
    • 2 girls sexually assaulted by 3rd grade teacher; negligent supervision by school.
  • $4.5 million settlement
    • Romero vs. Confidential Manufacturing Co.
    • Product liability; Worker seriously injured when he fell from defectively designed man-lift.
  • $4.3 million settlement
    • John Doe vs. Private School
    • Negligence; Pedestrian struck by vehicle driven by school teacher while in "course & scope" of her employment; traumatic brain injury.
  • $4 million verdict
    • Ingram vs. City of Los Angeles
    • Negligence; Vehicular accident with city owned truck caused brain damage to plaintiff.
  • $3.7 million verdict
    • Scholz vs. State of California
    • Dangerous road design leads to death of 10-year-old boy and amputation of adult's leg.
  • $3.5 million settlement
    • Pavlock vs. James H. Clark & Sons, & State of California
    • Wrongful death; dangerous roadway; 38-year old man killed in truck vs. motorcycle collision caused by truck driver's negligence and dangerous condition of public highway.
  • $3.3 million verdict
    • Murillo vs. United States of America
    • Civil rights; High speed pursuit by Border Patrol Agents causes multiple deaths; Largest verdict against U.S. Border Patrol.
  • $3.25 million settlement
    • Rambo vs. Southern California Regional Rail Authority
    • Negligence/common-carrier liability; 39-year old woman severely injured when the Metrolink train in which she was riding collided with another train.
  • $3.1 million verdict
    • Chao vs. Ma
    • Conspiracy; Defendant linked to organized crime conspired to kidnap and murder plaintiff.
  • $3 million settlement
    • John Doe vs. Public School District
    • male high school special needs student sexually assaulted by student; negligent supervision by school.
  • $2.7 million verdict
    • Velasquez vs. City of Compton
    • Civil rights; 15-year-old boy shot by police due to improper suspect pursuit techniques; Largest verdict against Compton Police Department.
  • $2.5 million settlement
    • John Doe vs. Doe Manufacturer
    • Product liability; 40-year old male suffered debilitating illness after ingesting over-the-counter vitamin supplement.
  • $2.4 million settlement
    • Schultz vs. Confidential Defendants
    • Wrongful death action brought by the parents of a 36-year special needs son who was struck and killed by an automobile while waiting at a bus stop.
  • $2.2 million settlement
    • Smith vs. Confidential Defendants
    • Wrongful death/common-carrier liability; Man and child killed when their automobile was struck by a train.
  • $2.2 million verdict
    • Saltzberg vs. Hawkins
    • Medical malpractice action against homeopathic doctor for improper neck adjustments resulting in brain damage.
  • $2.15 million settlement
    • Aubrey P. vs. Bonita Unified School District
    • Teenage girl seduced by adult male teacher who had "dated" previous female students and married one of them shortly after she graduated.
  • $2.1 million settlement
    • Timashpolsky vs. Manufacturer; Apartment Owner
    • Product liability; Premises liability; older lady died from burns suffered after she fell in shower and was scalded by hot water from defective water heater.
  • $2.025 million verdict
    • Espindola vs. Latin American Security Patrol
    • Negligence; Plaintiff rendered paraplegic after negligent shooting by defendant guard.
  • $2.0 million settlement
    • Jane Doe vs. Confidential doctor
    • Medical malpractice; Negligent medical care of female patient by her doctor after she delivered triplets. Plaintiff suffered hemiplegia and brain injury.
  • $1.95 million settlement
    • Erica B. vs. Los Angeles County MTA
    • Female raped by MTA bus driver; MTA knew the same driver sexually assaulted another female passenger years earlier, yet continued to employ him.
  • $1.85 million settlement
    • Brian C. vs. Los Angeles County MTA
    • Teenage boy visiting Hollywood sexually assaulted by MTA bus driver in parked bus; boy turned on camcorder and audiotaped the assault as it occurred; driver had prior felony conviction involving violent conduct.
  • $1.8 million verdict
    • Higgins vs. Toshiba
    • Age discrimination; Male business executive discharged from his job because of age-bias by Japanese executives.
  • $1.75 million settlement
    • Glousman vs. St. John's Hospital
    • Premises liability; 78-year old women sustained multiple fractures after being struck by a hit-and-run driver while walking into a medical center.
  • $1.6 million verdict
    • Marianne V., Diana C., & Katharina C. vs. LAUSD
    • 3 young girls fondled by day care aide at LAUSD school;
      LAUSD admitted fault but argued the girls' damages were minimal.
  • $1.6 million settlement
    • Jane Doe vs. Confidential School
    • Teenage girl seduced by adult male coach; school's coaches had voiced suspicions about the relationship to administrators, who conducted inadequate investigation.
  • $1.5 million settlement
    • D'Argento vs. Solar World
    • 49-year old auto mechanic cut-off by left-turning vehicle while his riding motorcycle crashes into a parked car and fractures his hip.
  • $1.5 million settlement
    • Two girls vs. City of Los Angeles
    • Sex abuse; City camp director sexually abused and assaulted two girls.
  • $1.5 million settlement
    • Parents vs. Confidential Construction Companies
    • Premises liability; 20-year old man fell to death from apartment complex walkway due to missing railing removed by construction crews during remodel; action brought by decedent's parents who lived in Mexico and had not seen son in several years.
  • $1.5 million settlement
    • John Doe vs. Confidential Construction Co.
    • Negligence; Construction worker severely injured at subway construction project site.
  • $1.5 million settlement
    • Two Sisters vs. Confidential School District
    • Middle school teacher sexually molested two sisters; one sister reported the abuse to a school aide, who failed to report it to authorities.
  • $1.35 million settlement
    • John Doe vs. Confidential School District
    • Student bullied by his classmates; as a result he overdosed on medication in an attempted suicide; negligent supervision and investigation asserted against school.
  • $1.35 million verdict
    • Thompson vs. South Bay Urology Medical Group
    • Medical malpractice; urologist failed to properly diagnose prostate cancer in patient.
  • $1.25 million settlement
    • Jane Doe vs. Confidential Psychiatric Hospital
    • Hospital worker had sex with 13-year old psychiatric patient with history of acting out sexually; hospital knew of prior sexual misconduct by other workers at facility.
  • $1.15 million settlement
    • Mazariego vs. Standard Brands
    • Defendant's store employee instructed customer to use gasoline to remove tile adhesive from kitchen floor; when customer did as instructed, gasoline fumes ignited, resulting in severe burn injuries.
  • $1.14 million verdict
    • Bridges vs. Kwon
    • Discrimination; African-American surgeon was discharged from job after purchasing a new home in his boss's neighborhood; boss did not want minorities moving into his neighborhood and fired surgeon with hope that surgeon would then be forced to move from neighborhood.
  • $1.125 million settlement
    • Taylor H. vs. La Habra City School District; Dance Studio
    • Sex abuse; Teenage boy sexually exploited by middle school teacher; negligent supervision of teacher by school district and by independent dance studio.
  • $1.11 million verdict
    • Vides vs. Nimov
    • Negligence; Pedestrian standing on corner struck by car after it collided with another car in intersection.
  • $1.1 million settlement
    • Gordon vs. Community Arms
    • Wrongful death/premises liability; 18-year old man dies from thermal burns in the shower as a result of the negligent installation of a water heater at his apartment.
  • $1.1 million settlement
    • Gabriela F. vs. Montebello Unified School District
    • Sexual assault of a minor; 13-year old special needs student was fondled by a female special education case worker in a school restroom.
  • $1 million settlement
    • Kohl vs. Paula Abdul
    • Premises Liability; 43-year old woman falls and sustains a back injury at the home of choreographer/singer Paula Abdul.
  • $1 million settlement
    • Jane Doe vs. Montebello Unified School District
    • Sex assault and abuse by teacher; Female special education student molested several times by her female teacher on campus during school.
  • $1 million settlement
    • Edward W. vs. Confidential Business
    • Employment Discrimination; Top salesman wrongfully fired because company did not like the fact that the salesman was gay and did not want a homesexual dealing with its customers.
  • $1 million settlement
    • Corbett vs. Confidential Carpet Cleaning Co.
    • Negligence; 62-year old woman from Guatemala killed by young driver as she crossed street; driver's employer had asked him to run an errand in his personal vehicle.
  • $1 million settlement
    • Canela vs. Tom's Vending Company
    • Product Liability; Defective interlock system on microwave failed, causing deep burns to plaintiff's hand.
  • $1 million settlement
    • Downey vs. Signal Hill Police Department
    • Adult female sexually exploited by two male police officers when she was a teenage explorer scout; Police department had hired one of the officers after he was fired from different police department for similar misconduct.
  • $1 million settlement
    • Lee vs. Confidential Hospital
    • Wrongful Death action; 33-year old male was assaulted by security officer for hospital over a parking dispute and died from injuries to his head.
  • $1 million settlement
    • Jane Doe vs. Confidential Bus Co.
    • Sex assault of a minor; Bus company negligent in supervision of special needs girl who was sexually assaulted by boys on defendant's bus.
  • $1 million settlement
    • Graver vs. Yegiazarian
    • Policy limits settlement
  • Confidential Settlement
    • Clarkson vs. Phil Spector
    • Wrongful death; The mother of 40-year old actress Lana Clarkson reached a confidential settlement with music producer Phil Spector for the 2003 shooting death of her daughter.Spector is currently in jail serving 19 years to life for the murder of Lana Clarkson.
  • Confidential Settlement
    • Paniccia vs. CNN
    • Part-time reporter for CNN alleged pregnancy discrimination.
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