Representative Cases
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Plaintiff was sexually abused by an employee of a nursing care facility. The employee was proven to be unfit and was precluded by law from working in an elder care institution at all by reason of a criminal conviction. Plaintiff was prepared to prove that the defendant engaged in a cover-up of the employee’s wrongdoing. Proof established that the employee had sexually abused the Plaintiff who was disabled and unable to protect herself.
Case Settlement
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Plaintiff was struck by a heavy duty loader that was moving two full-size vehicles at a high rate of speed at defendant’s business. He lost consciousness and sustained a herniated disc at L5-S1, disc tears at L3-L5, and underwent two discectomy surgical procedures. He also has cognitive deficits and was unable to return to his managerial position.
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Negligent care of a newborn at Lemoore Naval Air Station’s hospital. Plaintiff was three days old when dropped in the nursery at the defendant’s facility in Lemoore sustaining a skull fracture and intra-cranial bleeding. Discovery revealed that the orderly responsible for the infant’s care had had one day of training provided by another orderly who himself had had only one day of training in the care of infants.
Jury Verdict
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Multiple vehicle rear-end MVA with high impact causing mild traumatic brain injury.
Jury Verdict
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Jury trial in wrongful termination case. Plaintiff was terminated from his employment after seventeen years. Plaintiff could not be terminated without cause. Plaintiff presented evidence in trial that the defendant’s true reason for terminating him was to save money and split his territory. Discovery revealed altered documents.
Jury Verdict
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Jury trial involving wrongful death of 39-year-old father and husband killed at Union Pacific rail crossing. Plaintiff provided evidence of negligent maintenance of the signal and the city’s maintenance of a dangerous condition of public property. Ten week jury trial.
Settlement
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Minor severely burned after being place in a tub of hot water by foster parent’s grandson, who was not qualified as a caregiver. Discovery also revealed that appropriate screening processes were not followed by Angels of Grace, the placement agency, and that a previous home inspection revealed that the hot water heater produced dangerously hot water in excess of 120 degrees Fahrenheit, even when it was set on a low setting.
Settlement
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Wrongful death case involving a trailer with a defective design and poor warnings that collapsed on decedent when he was attempting to release a pin causing the trailer to activate which fell on his chest killing him.
Verdict resulting in judgment
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Husband and wife brought suit against a major reporting bureau for Fair Credit Reporting Act violations arising out of tax liens that had been released by the Internal Revenue Service. The bureau continued to report the tax liens despite disputes requiring an investigation. The investigation failed to determine that the tax liens had been released and thus the bureau continued to report the tax liens as valid. The adverse credit report prevented purchases and refinancing and the loss of employment as well as severe emotional distress. Plaintiffs alleged lost income, damage to reputation, emotional distress, and lost opportunities.
Jury Verdict
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Jury Trial involving a trip and fall in a market caused by the negligent placement of a carton next to the plaintiff causing her to fall. Injury was a shattered humerus requiring a partial shoulder replacement resulting in her dominant arm being rendered virtually useless and in pain.
Settlement of policy limits
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Minor with Downs Syndrome waiting in her father’s car on the side of a rural road while her father discussed employment with a farmer. When the child exited her vehicle to join her father, the defendant approached straddling the center line causing the child to believe that she was in danger staying on the side of the road. The vehicle struck the child throwing her 75′ and causing further permanent injury.
Settlement
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Plaintiff was injured in a motor vehicle collision. Defendant driver was driving his employer’s vehicle while intoxicated. Plaintiff sustained a fractured left clavicle, laceration to his head and a severe injury to his left eye and forehead. He underwent surgery to correct his eye injury but was left with a significant cosmetic deformity known as lid retraction. He will also have “dry eye” for the rest of his life.
Settlement
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Plaintiff was struck while turning left to enter the freeway. Defendant’s employee ran a red light causing the accident resulting in fractures to the hip and ribs.
Settlement
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Wrongful death of husband and father of four. Defendant company welded on a tank that decedent brought to the business. He returned the tank a few days later because it was leaking and they again welded on the tank. While at the business, decedent put air in the tank and it exploded killing him.
Settlement
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Plaintiffs were struck by a van that was transporting patients to and from the hospital for appointments. The van driver was an employee of the hospital. She ran a red flashing signal directly striking the right front passenger door at a high rate of speed causing the Plaintiffs’ car to strike a concrete abutment that was part of the freeway overpass bridge and then there was a second collision with the van. The passenger was seriously injured and was hospitalized for 26 days. Her injuries included nine rib fractures, four pelvic fractures, fractured sternum, had acute respiratory failure, and numerous bruises and contusions. The driver sustained shoulder, neck and leg pain, eye discomfort, and some bruises from the radiator on the van spewing heat, steam and water.
Settlement
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Defendant driving made an illegal U-turn on State Route 99 despite signage that no U-turns were allowed at the intersection. The accident occurred when it was dark and Plaintiff could not see the tractor trailer blocking the lanes until it was too late. One of the Plaintiffs sustained serious injuries causing her to wear a clamshell brace for four months.
Settlement
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This is a wrongful death case of a husband and father of two young girls. He was commuting home from his job and traffic was heavy. As two vehicles behind the tractor trailer being operated by Defendant and their employee decided to pass the truck and pull in front of it, they realized that traffic ahead was stopped due to an accident further down the freeway. They each swerved in different directions which left the truck unable to stop and it collided with the decedent’s vehicle.
Jury verdict of bad faith
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Plaintiff was seriously injured in a three car collision. The accident injured four other persons. The “at fault” driver had a policy with limits of $15,000/$30,000 limits. Plaintiff, whose claim was worth in excess of $750,000, demanded the payment of the policy limits for his claim. The carrier offered the entire $30,000 to divide in any manner all of the claimants wished. Plaintiff settled with the adverse driver for a judgment and a covenant to not execute and tried the case against the carrier for bad faith.
Settlement
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Plaintiff was seriously injured when her vehicle was stopped at a stop light behind a tractor trailer rig and the tractor trailer traveling behind her failed to stop and ran on top of her vehicle. She was trapped inside her vehicle in a flexed position until she was able to be removed by emergency personnel.
Settlement
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Plaintiff was seriously injured when the defendant vehicle pulled directly into the path of her vehicle from a stop sign. She sustained numerous injuries including a fractured wrist and internal injuries including a torn aorta, damaged spleen, liver, lungs and kidneys. She was hospitalized for four days locally before she was transported by helicopter to Stanford for an additional eight days. As a result of her injuries including RSD and kidney damage, she is now permanently disabled.
Settlement
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Plaintiffs were an elderly couple who were traveling on Academy to meet some friends for dinner. Defendant driver was the son of the company’s owner. He was speeding and when he attempted to pass the vehicle in front of him, he drove across double yellow lines and struck the Plaintiffs’ vehicle causing serious injuries to the driver who sustained a mild closed-head injury, rib fractures with lung contusions, mandibular fractures, splenic laceration, and respiratory failure.
Judgment by the United States District Court
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Plaintiffs’ parents were driving in the mountains next to Pine Flat Reservoir at night on the way to a meeting. The Army Corps of Engineers had converted a county road into a boat ramp. The decedents drove on the county road and continued driving into the lake causing them both to drown. The ramp was not properly signed and was not lighted.
Settlement
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Wrongful death of a father of two young children. He was killed when he was delivering grain to a dairy which required him to fill the top of the calf grain tank from the top using a stinger truck and an auger boom. The auger boom contacted electrical lines directly above the tank and he was electrocuted and died at the scene.
Settlement
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Plaintiff was seriously injured when she was struck by a vehicle while crossing the street to get to her vehicle in an unlighted parking area provided by her employer following her shift in the early morning hours. There had been a number of complaints including complaints about the lack of a safe crossing to the parking area. The employer knew about the complaints and safety issues but didn’t make any changes to make the area safer. Also, they failed to maintain light standards on the property that would have illuminated the crossing. They were either burned out or not functioning. Plaintiff was struck by a pickup traveling at 55 mph without its headlights on. She sustained numerous injuries including multi-level lumbar fractures, left humerus fracture, mild closed head injury, and vertigo.
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