CALIFORNIA CASES
Wrongful Death
Settlement: $2,500,000
Plaintiffs claimed that
police officers caused a woman's death through verbal and physical abuse while
handcuffed and failure to provide medical treatment (P.W. v. City of Los
Angeles, Central District Federal Court, plaintiff attorneys: Steven B.
Effres, Benjamin L. Crump).
Ankle/Feet Burns
Settlement: $2,000,000
Table collapsed and hot wax
splashed on woman's ankles and feet at L.A. Auto Show (Meyer v. Confidential, Los Angeles County Superior Court, plaintiff attorneys: Stanley K. Jacobs,
Karen M. Mezger).
Fiery Collision
Verdict: $8,355,451
Los Angeles Metro employee
struck a stalled vehicle on freeway killing the driver after massive impact and
fire (Lin v. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Los
Angeles County Superior Court, plaintiff attorneys: Nicholas C. Rowley,
Courtney Rowley, Carney R. Shegerian).
Sexual Harassment
Verdict: Defense
Car dealership owner
allegedly sexually harassed personal assistant; defendant claimed consensual
affair (Gonzalez v. L.B.S. Inc., Orange County Superior Court, defense attorneys: Christopher P. Wesierski, Christian C. H. Counts).
Sexual Harassment
Verdict: $1,742,691
Dental assistant claimed
defendant dentist sexually harassed her and repeatedly touched her and that
management failed to stop it (Olivares v. Dason, San Bernardino County
Superior Court, plaintiff attorneys: Patrick McNicholas, Eric A. Panitz).
DUI Truck Accident
Verdict: $2,119,875
Truck driver under
influence of drugs rear-ended a vehicle at red light causing mild brain injury
and facet injury (McCall v. Coast Line Distributing Inc., San Luis
Obispo County Superior Court, plaintiff attorneys: Tanya Ortega, Ranger J.
Wiens).
Blindness
Settlement: $425,000
A 48-year-old woman was blinded
in right eye from injection of cosmetic filler (Confidential v. Confidential, Orange County Superior Court, plaintiff attorney: Daniel M. Hodes).
Kidney Removal
Verdict: Defense
Defendants allegedly wrongfully
removed woman's kidney based on renal abscess thought to be cancerous mass (Pletcher
v. Pasin, Orange County Superior Court, defense attorneys: John C. Kelly,
Jamie A. Mason, Terrence J. Schafer).
Spinal problems
Verdict: Defense
A 19-year-old patient allegedly
suffered cauda equina syndrome symptoms after spine surgery (Isbell v. University of
California San Diego Health System, San Diego County Superior Court, defense attorneys: Daniel Scott Belsky, Richard D. Carroll).
NATIONAL CASES
Two-Story Fall
Verdict: $3,000,000
Plaintiff carpenter
reportedly suffered multiple shoulder fractures and other injuries when a
temporary staircase collapsed (White v. Drywall, Inc., Hernandez, Beiler
Construction, LLC, Pennsylvania – Philadelphia County Court of Common
Pleas, plaintiff attorneys: Joseph L. Messa, Jenimae Almquist).
Discrimination Claim
Verdict: Defense
Plaintiff asserted she was
subjected to disparate treatment when she was falsely accused of scientific
research misconduct and terminated (Perez-Melgosa, Ph.D. v. State of
Washington, Washington – King County Superior Court, defense attorneys: Skylar
A. Sherwood, Blake Marks-Dias, James H. Wendell).