Taylor & Ring obtained a $4.25 million settlement against the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) on behalf of their client Gilberto Rebollar. This is considered the largest amount paid to a single pedestrian injury case by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. On April 6, 2009, Mr. Rebollar was struck by an LACMTA train when…
As reported in ABC7, Los Angeles Daily News , CBS Los Angeles, NBC Los Angeles and Reuters , Taylor & Ring filed a lawsuit against Tutor Time, a school for children as young as infants through kindergarten, and two of its teachers in Agoura Hills, California alleging negligence, negligent supervision and hiring, failure to report…
Taylor & Ring, a Los Angeles-based trial law firm, filed a lawsuit against Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital (Cottage) and nursing assistant Pedro Perez Hernandez on behalf of 69-year-old Manuel T. and his wife Michelle T. alleging sexual battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, elder abuse and negligence. The lawsuit alleges that Mr. Hernandez inappropriately touched…
The Recorder published its list of “California’s Million Dollar Verdicts” featuring the largest verdicts in 2014 across a range of practice areas. John Taylor and James Lewis’s verdict against Here Lounge in West Hollywood was ranked the fourth largest premises liability verdict of the year. Mr. Taylor and Mr. Lewis secured a jury verdict against…
Partners John Taylor, David Ring, Robert Clayton, and Louanne Masry were selected for inclusion on the 2015 Southern California Super Lawyers list in recognition for their plaintiff work in personal injury. Mr. Taylor was selected for inclusion on the “Top 100” list and Ms. Masry was selected for inclusion on the “Top 50 Women” list.…
Effective January 2015, Assembly Bill (AB) 1432 requires school districts to provide training for all employees so that they are well-equipped to quickly identify and report suspected child abuse, both sexual and physical. Partner Dave Ring discuss the new law in the Daily Journal article “AB 1432: Teachers are positioned to spot abuse”. The new…
Sexual abuse is rarely talked about in the media when it involves a female predator and a male victim. Partner Dave Ring discusses this paradox in the Washington Post article, “He was abused by a female teacher, but he was treated like the perpetrator”. In a sexual abuse case in Minnesota, a black high school…
Taylor & Ring is pleased to announce Partner Dave Ring has been named California Lawyer‘s 2015 “Personal Injury Attorney of the Year” for his record-setting settlement of $14 million on behalf of two women who were sexually abused by their science teacher. This is the largest “per victim” settlement in the country from a public…
Taylor & Ring will be featured in the 2015 issue of Southern California Super Lawyers Magazine. The firm handles high-profile cases that garner national and local media attention and yield record-setting verdicts and settlements. Partners John Taylor, David Ring, Robert Clayton and Louanne Masry were named to the 2015 Southern California Super Lawyers list. Additionally,…
Taylor & Ring’s record breaking settlement in the case Doe v. Moraga was included in The Recorder’s Top California Settlements of 2014 annual report. The $14 million settlement ranked #4 overall and #1 in the Intentional Torts: Sexual Assault category. Lead attorney Dave Ring and attorney Natalie Weatherford obtained the landmark settlement on behalf of…