38.2 MILLION DOLLARS FOR PLAINTIFFS!!!
Kolodziey vs. Kmart
Premises liability – negligent design and maintenance; violation of national electric code. Two electricians suffered 2nd and 3rd degree burns to 65% and 40% of their body surfaces respectively in an electrical explosion, which created a fireball lasting 3-4 seconds and generated a temperature of 5000 degrees Fahrenheit, causing serious injury to the plaintiffs.
Verdict of $27.2 million, plus an additional $3.5 million in pre-trial settlements. The judgment was affirmed in full on appeal. Including interest and costs, the plaintiffs collected over $38.2 million.
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21.4 MILLION DOLLARS FOR PLAINTIFF!!!
Desrosiers vs. Flight International
Failure to maintain navigation equipment on aircraft, wrongful death of one crew member, fractured skull and brain damage to second crew member.
Verdict $21,400,000.00 (This is believed to be the largest Personal Injury verdict ever awarded in the San Joaquin Valley).
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16.1 MILLION DOLLARS FOR PLAINTIFF!!!
Thistlethwaite vs. Veolia Water NA
Intoxicated Driver – Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Hiring/Retention. Wrongful Death, Survival Action and Punitive Damages.
Verdict of $16.1 MILLION DOLLARS. This is believed to be the largest verdict in St. Charles Parish, LA.
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3.6 MILLION DOLLARS FOR PLAINTIFF!!!
Case ID Confidential
A 61-year-old store planner severely burned during construction of a new store settled his negligence claim against the project’s general contractor and electrical subcontractor for negligent installation of a jumper wire.
Settlement: 3.6 million.
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2.5 MILLION DOLLARS FOR PLAINTIFFS!!!
Case I.D.: Confidential
Medical malpractice, medical negligence against the delivering obstetrician and hospital for negligently failing to monitor the fetal heart rate of the baby and the contractions of the mother after negligently overdosing the mother with Pitocin and the negligent application and use of a vacuum extraction device causing brain damage to the baby.
Settlement: $2,535,000
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1.6 MILLION DOLLARS FOR PLAINTIFFS!!!
Case I.D.: Confidential
Product liability/Premises liability – negligent design, negligent fabrication and failure to properly maintain weight lifting machine
A film editor, while attempting a 400 lb. static contraction bench press, sustained a crushed/fractured larynx when the equipment he was using failed, and he lost control of the weight barm which dropped approximately two feet, striking his neck/throat and causing serious permanent injury.
Settlement: $1,650,000
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1 MILLION DOLLARS FOR PLAINTIFF!!!
Rivera vs. Lorenzo Trust
Smoke inhalation, negligent failure to properly install and maintain smoke detector in an apartment.
Settlement: $1,000,000.00
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Hicks vs. Adjei
Motorcycle vs. auto (head-on collision), compound fracture left tibia.
Settlement: $600,000.00
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Medin vs. City of Oxnard
Motorcycle vs. pickup truck, left turn violation of right of way, fractured femur, tibia and fibula, open reduction and internal fixation.
Settlement: $500,000.00
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Miller vs. Angelo Bros.
Wrongful death, motorcycle vs. landowner who strung an invisible water ski rope across driveway; motorcyclist struck rope.
Settlement: $450,000.00
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Weiner vs. Farrand
Auto vs. auto, failure to yield, fractured knee cap, partial removal of knee cap and repair of ligaments.
Settlement: $342,500.00
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Swaim vs. city of Los Angeles
Motorcycle vs. van, left turn violation of right of way, fractured arm, fractured leg, open reduction and internal fixation.
Settlement: $315,000.00
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Nunn vs. Maytag Fueling
Pedestrian vs. fuel truck, fuel truck ran over pedestrian, crush injury to lower extremity, left comminuted proximal fibular fracture with displacement, right proximal fibular fracture.
Settlement: $300,000.00
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