PERSONAL INJURY & WRONGFUL DEATH

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

• Plaintiff a female construction worker gets hit in the head when another worker drops a table on her while she was in a trench. Nature and extent of the head injury hotly contested.

• Trip on grass adjacent to sidewalk improvement project abutting P's residence.  Injury claimed was a surgical left ankle.

• Industrial accident at a waste water treatment facility. Plaintiff suffered 3rd degree burn after coming in contact with a chemical spill from a decommissioned storage tank. Defendant asserted comparative fault and a failure to mitigate.

• Quasi-professional bowler slipped while bowling and claimed that a sticky surface on the lane had not been properly cleaned up. Injury included a dominant shoulder. Event ended his bowling career. 

• Plaintiff tripped on a small manhole cover in an outside patio at a hotel bistro. Primary injury was an avulsion fracture to her ankle. 

• Plaintiff's mother died weeks following a complex liver biopsy that resulted in internal bleeding. The parties each had experts on the standard of care and causation in this specific procedure. The core issues included the alleged failure to assess the decedent prior to her discharge. Settled at mediation.

• Plaintiff suffered a TBI and a fractured ankle when she was being moved to get an ultrasound performed. Liability and the nature and extent of the TBI were challenged by the defendant.

• Plaintiff's son died after leaving a sober living home. Death was an overdose of Fentanyl. Plaintiff contended Defendant failed to transport her son to a hospital following an on-site use of the drug.Plaintiff was taking out her trash cans where she tripped on a 2 inch height differential created during a street improvement project in front of her home. Injuries included a foot fracture.

• Truck accident on the 405 Freeway. Rear impact admitted liability case. First impact pushed the truck forward into a larger box truck. Med over $400,000 from a lumbar fusion.

• Slip and fall in a restroom at a big box store. Disputed liability case on the condition of the floor and nature of the substance. Plaintiff contended she suffered a cervical injury and will be having a fusion in the future

• Settled an Ophthalmologic medical malpractice case resulting in the plaintiff losing sight in one eye.

• Butte County collision involving a commercial truck running a stop sign on rural country road. Injuries claimed included a torn rotator cuff and labral tear requiring surgical repair.

• Shasta County trucking accident on I-5. Trailer of jack-knifed semi came over the center median k-rail and landed on another semi coming in the opposite direction. Injuries included major injuries to the driver's hand requiring surgery, neck and back injuries with epidurals and trigger point injections

• Plaintiff suffered injuries to both her cervical spine and shoulders in an admitted liability trucking accident. Defendant contested causation of her bilateral breast implant exchange.

• Wrongful death case following a 6 week stay in hospital. prior to his passing plaintiff's father developed stage 4 sacral wounds

• Elder abuse claims involving a residential care facility for the elderly (RCFE). Plaintiff's contend that their mother contracted scabies that developed into a secondary bacterial infection, leading to sepsis and her demise a short time later. Defendant felt the cause of her death was her failure to thrive.

• 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.