Recent Case Results

Wagner vs. Grantham: Offer: $250,000.00 Verdict: $2,916,712

Case #YC046981. Reduced 55% for the negligence of Plaintiff Wagner-Believed to be the largest gross damage award for a Plaintiff in an automobile accident in the Torrance court. This was a three car freeway accident. Plaintiff was the middle car and was struck from behind by the Grantham Mercedes which pushed her into the car ahead. The defendant contended that the Plaintiff=s car struck the car ahead before they struck her which deprived the defendant of normal stopping distance....
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Tripke vs. Pizza Hut: Settled prior to trial for $850,000.00

Case #BC157261. Plaintiff was traveling eastbound on Sunset Boulevard near the intersection of Las Palmas on his friend's motorcycle. There are three lanes on Sunset going eastbound. At the time of this accident, the light at Cherokee had turned red and traffic had begun to back up. The number #1 and #2 lanes were stopped but the #3 lane was clear for Plaintiff. The Defendant was a driver for Pizza Hut and was westbound on Sunset making a left turn into the strip center driveway for the Pizza Hut where he worked. Defendant made a quick left turn into the driveway in front of the cars stopped in the #1 and #2 lanes. He did not see the Plaintiff and he ended up striking Plaintiff dead center into his left leg, crushing the leg and knocking the motorcycle and the Plaintiff first onto the curb and than eventually into a pole.

Molny vs. Dive West Inc. Dallas, Texas: Settled prior to trial $850,000.00.

Case #97-02242-B. Plaintiff and his wife were scuba diving in Cozumel Mexico. The dive plan was for everyone to meet at the Asandy bottom@. However the captain of the boat took the diver to the wrong spot and there was no sandy bottom. It turned out that the Acaptain@ was not a captain at all and had no license or certification. When Plaintiff realized he was to deep he began to surface. While Plaintiff waiting at his AF@ stop, his wife began to float to the surface to fast and she signaled to him to help her. In going after her, he got decompression illness (bends) and an air embolism (arterial gas embolism). His real injury came because the dive boat had no oxygen. Plaintiff survived the injury and can walk but has numbness from the chest to his feet.

Lujan vs. Doe Trucking Company (Arizona Case): Settled prior to trial $750,000.00

Plaintiff was riding his motorcycle with a friend down a highway just outside Phoenix. The truck driver fell asleep at the wheel and lost control of his truck running over Plaintiff. Plaintiff=s left leg was severed. As he lay bleeding witness tried to get the truck driver to help stem Plaintiff=s bleed but he was too busy changing his trucking logs. He had driven more hours that week then federal regulations allowed.

Gomez vs. Becerra, Dog Attack Trial: Offer: $0, Verdict: $417,000.00 (plus costs & interest)

Case No. VC32956. According to plaintiff: A young girl was viciously attacked by a pit bull while in a neighbor's yard. The plaintiffs were Natalie Gomez, eight years old at the time of the attack, and Valerie Gomez, ten years old at the time of the attack...
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Goldstone v. Naughton, Santa Monica Superior Court: Verdict $300,000.00

This case arose out of a two car collision on Sunset Blvd. in West Los Angeles. Defendant, the now deceased singer known as Aaliyah, was driving next to the Plaintiff when she made a suddenly u-turn. The impact cased all the airbags in Plaintiff's vehicle to deploy. Plaintiff suffered an injury to her back which resulted in a spinal fusion. The case went to trial and jury awarded Plaintiff $300,000.00.

Barger vs. Burwitt, Inc., Slip and Fall trial verdict in Glendale Superior Court: Offer: $35,000.00, Verdict: $250,000.00 (plus costs & interest)

Case No. EC028192. Plaintiff fell four feet from a loading dock onto his left hand. He fractured two fingers on his non-dominant hand, a slight concussion and 5 to 7 weeks of soft-tissue back injury...
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Hickman v. Ostoich, Riverside County: Settlement prior to trial: $145,000.00

Plaintiff, a young man, was riding his Suzuki motorcycle through a three-way intersection when the defendant failed to yield, turning left directly in the Plaintiff's path. Plaintiff was thrown from his motorcycle, fracturing both his arm and leg...
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Mc Daniel vs. Williams, Auto Accident Trial: Offer $60,000.00, Verdict: $128,000.00

Case No. LC052539. This trial arose from a single car accident where Plaintiff was a passenger in a car hitting a power pole. Plaintiff suffered three broken ribs, minor post-concussive syndrome and soft-tissue neck and back injuries.
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Valenzuela vs. Viva Marker: Offer: $17,000.00 Verdict $126,000.00

Case #664436. Plaintiff slipped and fell on candle wax while shopping at Viva Market. Her injuries were chondromalcia of her knee and a left wrist sprain

Dundas v. Su, Mailbu Court: Offer: $30,000.00, Verdict $48,000.00 (plus costs & interest)

This accident was caused by the defendant's failure to yield when turning left. Plaintiff suffered soft tissue injuries and aggravation of prior severe depression from an earlier accident in 1990. Defense had offered $30,000.00, but Plaintiff refused. At trial Plainitff's verdict was 48,500.00 and costs of trial.

Christianson v. Staerker & Oracle et al, Los Angeles: Settled Prior to Trial: Settlement Amount Confidential

This wrongful death case arose out of a collision caused by Defendant, an employee of Oracle Corporation. The Plaintiff was making a left turn when the Defendant, having a blood alcohol level of .16, sped through a yellow light going approximately...
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Pando v. Cheski, et al, Los Angeles

This wrongful death case arose out of the negligence of the defendant in performing a breast augmentation. Plaintiff's mother, a 31 year old women, sought out Defendant's services. Settled After the 4th Day Trial Amount Confidential - Click here to see Fox New Report.
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Prince vs County of Los Angeles et al.: Death of Two Children in Foster Care

Case Number: MC015648. Settled Prior to Trial: Settlement Amount Confidential. This case was all over both the Los Angeles and Lancaster newspapers. Plaintiffs filed a wrongful death suit after their two young boys died while in the case of their Foster Mother Leslie SMOOT. Defendant left the children in her Cadillac Escalade for five hours in near 100 degree heat outside her Lancaster child care center. Leslie SMOOT served a 9 month jail term.

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