Verdict News
A jury awarded a $1.37 million verdict to a woman who suffered serious injuries
In a completely virtual trial that took place in Alameda County Superior Court, a jury awarded a $1.37 million verdict to a woman who suffered serious injuries as the result of a college student’s negligence. Grace DeWitt was a student at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and while walking with friends she… Read More »
$842.4 million sexual abuse settlement
Mike Arias, managing partner of Los Angeles–based Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Torrijos, LLP (ASWT), and Howard Janet, managing partner of Baltimore-based Janet, Janet and Suggs, LLC (JJS), announced today that a group of 702 plaintiffs who brought litigation against USC related to the sexual abuse, assault, and harassment of Dr. George Tyndall have settled… Read More »
Yolo County awarded $10.5 million to a former truck driver
In one of the first civil jury trials to reach a verdict since the lockdown of courthouses across California began in March, a jury in Yolo County awarded $10.5 million to a former truck driver who had his leg amputated after a forklift accident at a warehouse in Capay, CA. Bhupinder Singh was a… Read More »
$120 million jury verdict in Lancaster court
Attorneys from The PARRIS Law Firm obtained a $120 million jury verdict in Lancaster court today in a trial involving a distracted driver who caused a “T-Bone” style accident. According to the complaint, in February of 2018, the plaintiff was driving his 2015 Dodge Ram in Lancaster, CA when the defendant failed to yield… Read More »
SoCalGas agrees to pay up to $1.8 billion in settlement for 2015 Aliso Canyon gas leak
The PARRIS Law Firm, together with Panish, Shea & Boyle and plaintiffs’ counsel, announced a $1.8 billion settlement with Sempra Energy and SoCalGas over the Aliso Canyon gas well blow-out in Porter Ranch which released nearly 100,000 tons of methane and other toxins into the atmosphere over the span of almost 4 months. The… Read More »
Los Angeles jury awarded $7.619 million to the family of a man who died from the injuries
A Los Angeles jury awarded $7.619 million to the family of a man who died from the injuries he sustained after a collision between his pickup truck and a tractor trailer that had stopped in the middle of a state highway in Washington while attempting to making an unsafe left turn. On December 22,… Read More »
Man Sentenced In 2016 Ghost Ship Warehouse Fire In Oakland, Calif., That Killed 36
Mary Alexander has announced that 3 ½ years after the Ghost Ship fires occurred, costing the lives of 36 people and injuring several others, the first portion of the case has settled for $32.7 million for dozens of families and one of the injured parties. Thirty-two (32) families along with Samuel Maxell (who suffered… Read More »
Settlement of a civil lawsuit against the County of Los Angeles for $450,000
Mike Arias and Jamie Goldstein of Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Torrijos announced a settlement of a civil lawsuit against the County of Los Angeles for $450,000. The public defender who was accused of sexually assaulting his own client in a Los Angeles County Courthouse in September of 2015. The settlement was agreed upon in… Read More »
Tesla is ordered to pay former worker $137 million for racism at plant
Lawrence Organ of the California Civil Rights Law Group represented Owen Diaz, a black man and former contract worker at Tesla. Daaz was racially taunted and had to experience offensive graffiti at the electric-car maker’s Northern California plant. Tesla was ordered to pay Diaz a total of $137 million, a federal jury in San… Read More »
Los Angeles jury in Van Nuys handed down a $10.6 million verdict
A Los Angeles jury in Van Nuys handed down a $10.6 million verdict to the parents of two brothers who were killed by a wrong-way driver. In the early morning hours of January 21, 2017, Rodney Deshone Wright drove his Ford F-150 the wrong way on the 405 North and collided head-on with Aidan… Read More »
Jury awards family of Black man nearly $2.3 million after death in Anaheim police custody
Eric Dubin, of the Dubin Law Firm represented the parents of Christopher Eisenger a black man who died in an encounter with police March 12, 2018. Officers responding to reports of a person trying to break into cars at a mobile home park just after midnight spotted the man, who had a history of… Read More »
Alameda County agrees to $5 million settlement in Fremont man’s jail hanging
Elise Sanguinetti of Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Torrijos obtained the largest settlement in a prisoner suicide case against Alameda County in history. The $2.375 million settlement is for the family who filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the county on behalf of man who hung himself while under suicide watch at Santa Rita Jail… Read More »
Ricardo Echeverria obtained a six-figure verdict in an “in-person” trial in Orange County Superior Court
Ricardo Echeverria obtained a six-figure verdict in an “in-person” trial in Orange County Superior Court in a personal injury case involving a man who was injured while attending a party. The verdict came down on Tuesday, November 10, 2020. Thomas Ryan was attending a social function at defendant Daniel Haspert’s home in Laguna Beach… Read More »
Intel is told to pay $2.18 billion after losing a patent trial
Morgan Chu of the Irell & Manella firm, won a trial in which Intel Corp. was told to pay VLSI Technology $2.18 billion .This is one of the largest patent-damages awards in the U.S. The jury awarded $1.5 billion for infringement of one patent and $675 million for infringement of the second. Intel’s contention… Read More »
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 »
$29.5 million wrongful death verdict for the family of a woman who was left brain damaged
Christian Morris of The Nettles|Morris Law Firm obtained a $29.5 million wrongful death verdict for the family of a woman who was left brain damaged after being treated for a severe allergic reaction by an ambulance service in Las Vegas in 2013. The woman was 27 years old when she went into anaphylactic shock… Read More »
Jury Awards $1.37 Million Verdict to Grace DeWitt
In a completely virtual trial that took place in Alameda County Superior Court, a jury awarded a $1.37 million verdict to a woman who suffered serious injuries as the result of a college student’s negligence. Grace DeWitt was a student at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and while walking with friends she… Read More »