PERSONAL INJURY & WRONGFUL DEATH

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

• Wrongful death auto collision between a sedan and a Peterbilt truck. The sedan rear-ended the semi that was making an unsafe maneuver into the car’s lane. Decedent was a young single male survived by his two parents.

• Settled disputed liability claim with minimal property damage rear-end collision. At issue was the reasonableness and causation of plaintiff’s back surgery.  Plaintiff had a history of 4 prior back surgeries 20 years earlier.

• Wrongful death case against major amusement park. Decedent ingested an undercooked hamburger and died within 72 hours of e. coli.

• Road Design case against the state for improper maintaining a state highway resulting in flooding that led to a fatal single car accident.

• Auto v. Pedestrian claim. Runner struck by driver running a stop sign resulting in a severed patella tendon.

• Elder abuse at a assisted living facility. Staff failed to recognize and obtain treatment for elderly resident resulting in wrongful death claim.

• Auto v. Auto claim on Sunset Blvd. Fatality occurred when a speeding sports car crossed over the center line and hit plaintiff’s car head on.

• Plaintiff rendered a quadriplegic in the back seat of a taxi on the Strip in Las Vegas when the cab was struck by a drunk driver crossing the center median.

• Road Design case involving the failure to maintain a large tree abutting the roadway. Tree fell in a storm triggering a multi-car accident with injuries.

• Landlord tenant dispute over habitability as a result of water intrusion. Plaintiff alleged personal injuries.

• Slip and fall case. Plaintiff was a LPGA professional whose career was cut short following a fall at a coffee shop resulting in a back surgery.

• Trip and fall case. Plaintiff was a doctor who sustained an ankle fracture at a private golf club. The defect had been identified but not repaired providing notice to the defendant.

• Auto v. Pedestrian. Plaintiff was stuck by a speeding vehicle while rescuing a dog on the center divider. Injuries required a spinal fusion.

• Fatal car crash against a tavern for knowingly serving alcohol to an intoxicated minor.

• Loading dock accident. Plaintiff alleged he was pinned between the semi and the loading dock when the driver was instructed to back up prior to the dock being cleared. Plaintiff was rendered paralyzed from the waist down and suffered from a traumatic brain injury (TBI).

• Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) cases following a fall at a boutique hotel where a shower curtain rod came off the wall with minimal force applied.

• Shooting case in Nevada involving several thousand victims and 59 deaths. Claims against the hotel where the shooter was located for violating the Inn Keeper Statute. Other legal issues included the Homeland Security Act and issues of the liability of the concert promoter.

• Uber and Lyft cases involving violence by the driver against the passenger as well as injury claims for negligent driving.

• Auto case involving significant life care plan for quadriplegic minor.

• Long haul truck driver killed when struck head on by another Semi. Decedent had ten children in ten different states and issues and involved mediating the allocation of the policy limits.

• Claims against a Security company for negligent hiring after an employee was arrested and charged for burglarizing a home where he had installed the security system.