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LA Jury Awards $49.6 Million Verdict for a CHP Officer Injured in a Motorcycle Accident
A Los Angeles jury awarded $49.6 million to a California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer who was severely injured on the 5 Freeway while attempting to pull a driver over. While on duty, Officer Eric Bejar was attempting to make an enforcement stop on the 5 Freeway near Honor Ranch Road in Los Angeles. However,… Read More »
Shannen Doherty awarded $6.3M in State Farm fire lawsuit
Devin McRae of The Early Sullivan Wright Gizer & McRae Firm, represented actress Shannen Doherty in a lawsuit she filed against State Farm. She accused the insurance company of not adequately paying for damage that her house sustained in a 2018 California wildfire. Doherty was awarded $6.3 million by a federal jury in Los… Read More »
Ex-NYPD lieutenant awarded $872,000 for retaliation at Manhattan precinct
John Scola of the Law Office of John A. Scola, PLLC, represented a former NYPD lieutenant who claimed she faced retaliation for sticking up for a fellow officer. Lt. Angelique Olaechea testified in Manhattan Federal Court that the officer then in charge of the 9th Precinct in the East Village, Captain Vincent Greany, and… Read More »
Cyclist Paralyzed After Beam Falls From Elevated Subway Tracks Awarded $110M
Scott Occhiogrosso and Daniel P. O’Toole of Block, O’Toole’, and Murphy won a $110 million dollar verdict for a cyclist who was left paralyzed by a falling railroad tie due to subway maintenance in the state of New York. Robert Liciaga was biking along a narrow stretch when he noticed an area up ahead… Read More »
Jury orders Walmart to pay $125M after firing worker with Down syndrome
Gregory Gochanour, regional attorney of the EEOC’s Chicago District Office, represented Marlo Spaeth, a former 16 year Walmart employee. A Wisconsin jury has determined that Walmart violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when it fired a sales associate who has Down syndrome over schedule-related issues. The jury awarded Marlo Spaeth more than $125 million… Read More »
Federal jury awards $350,000 to mother of young man shot by police officer in Bridgeport
Antonio Ponvert III of the Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder, PC firm represented the mother of a 21-year old Bridgeport man who was shot in the back as he ran from a city detective eight years ago. A federal jury returned a rare verdict against a police officer Friday, awarding $350,000 to the mother. The… Read More »
$1.76 million verdict,representing the estate of Jose F. Escano-Reyes
Brad Sohn of the Brad Sohn Law Firm, obtained a $1.76 million verdict,representing the estate of Jose F. Escano-Reyes. Mr. Escano-Reyes was an illegal immigrant who was caught driving without a license and committed suicide just days before his pre-trial hearing while in jail. The estate sued Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson and… Read More »
Goings Law Firm, LLC Wins $12.5 Million Verdict For Injured Client
Personal injury attorneys Robert F. Goings and Jessica L. Gooding of Columbia-based Goings Law Firm, LLC, in South Carolina secured a massive $12,500,000.00 million verdict from Richland County, for their client, a South Carolina highway construction worker who was severely injured in an accident caused by a drunk driver in 2018. This is the… Read More »
Nursing home, parent company must pay almost $20 million for neglecting patients
A Hayward nursing home that saw major COVID-19 outbreaks during the peak of the pandemic and allegedly neglected patients well before then will have to pay almost $20 million in damages and court costs after a jury found it responsible for the deaths and abuse of residents. Susan Kang Gordon, 1 of the 3… Read More »
Former Canoga Park apartment managers awarded $7.6 million in lawsuit
Gary Ross of the Ross and Morrison firm represented former Canoga Park apartment managers Albert ,and Stephanie Garcia in a lawsuit against Gresham Apartments. The couple sued Gresham Apartments Investors, owners of the building on Gresham Street, and the property managers, Seltzer-Doren Management Co. Inc., for wrongful termination in March 2018. The former… Read More »
