Our Track Record Speaks For Itself

Examine the highlights of some of our more interesting cases and see for yourself. We have the depth of talent and breadth of legal experience it takes to win today's tough courtroom battles. Each case is unique, and the outcome of your individual case will depend on its own facts and merits. These highlights are offered as a help in evaluating the experience of our firm and not a representation of the outcome of any particular future case.

Insurance Litigation
Civil Litigation
Personal Injury
Construction Defect
Medical Malpractice
Worker's Compensation

Insurance Litigation

$1,275,000
Jury Verdict
Fraud and unfair competition case brought by an insurance agent when Insurance Company distributed his customer list to 5 other agents and systematically renewed his policyholders after promising him that he would own his own files, expirations and other assets of his agency. Settled after appeal.

$275,000
Jury Verdict
An insurance agent sued Insurance Company for wrongful termination, breach of contract.

$1,000,000
Jury Verdict
Suit for fraud, misappropriation of trade secrets and interference with prospective economic advantage. Settlement after jury verdict but before punitive damage phase of trial.

$2,499,000
Jury Verdict
Suit for fraud and unfair competition when insurance company promised to buy plaintiff's business, took his files and then refused to make payment. Court order exemplary damages and attorney's fees of an additional $800,000. Settled while on appeal.

Civil Litigation

$2,000,000
Settlement
Eleven families sued contending refuse was illegally buried in part of backyard years before they purchased homes. Government entity agreed to remediate, provide indemnity, and paid attorneys fees and costs of homeowners. Court order prohibits disclosure of true name of case.

$1,100,000
Settlement
Fraud action against seller of apartment house who failed to disclose leaky fire sprinkler system. Suit for recission and fraud.

$1,790,000
Settlement
Fraud action against Realtor for failure to disclose that tenant was without authority to sublease.

$325,000
Settlement
Suit brought by 14 homeowners against a new home developer for failing to disclose that local water district was planning to build a large water tank across the street from their residences which would block their hillside views.

$111,333.10
Jury Verdict
Plaintiff was denied accommodation after she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Discrimination action against City and supervisor for violating Fair Employment and Housing Act.

$600,000
Settlement
Malpractice action by City against its lawyers for failing to disclose conflict of interest with defendant in underlying suit. Unsubstantiated actual damage, but suit to void fees paid.

$1,100,000
Jury Verdict
Breach of contract brought by management company. Recovered benefits, attorney fees, and damage claims.

$475,000
Jury Verdict plus Settlement
Fraud against sellers of real property for failure to disclose

$800,000
Jury Verdict
Client was a nurse who was struck by a diagnostic machine while at work and suffered a partially severed Achilles' tendon.

$568,000
Settlement after Jury Verdict
Suit against the City for damages incurred when City pumping station failed during heavy rain storms.

Settlement Gagged
High profile security fraud litigation case against lending institutions, accountants and attorneys involved with a now defunct car dealership. Main defendant fled country to avoid testifying.

$1,500,000
Settlement
Food broker lost his business when his customers were wrongfully interfered with by employees of defendant, a food distribution company. Settlement agreement prohibits disclosure of true name of case.

Personal Injury

$1,050,000
Arbitration Award
Brake failure case against manufacturer of the vehicle chassis, the designer of the left rear brake assembly and the outside brake repair company. Client suffered a fractured skull and closed head injury, fractured pelvis and right leg which required rodding. The firm's largest court-ordered arbitration award.

$2,475,281
Jury Verdict
Construction site accident against a general contractor and a subcontractor, Plaintiff fell from an incomplete catwalk, suffering severe back injury leading to several lumbar fusions. Subcontractor settled prior to trial for $400,000.

$2,100,000
Structured Settlement
Federal Court case for violation of civil rights, medical malpractice and failure to provide medical care. Client arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia and incarcerated in jail. Prior bacterial infection ignored by jailer and developed into a spinal abscess. Abscess went untreated resulting in complete quadriplegia. *Settlement agreement prohibits disclosure of true name of case.

$7,667,532
Cash Plus Structured Settlement
Payout over expected lifetime of client who was a passenger and was injured during a high speed car chase when company car went over a cliff. Spinal injury resulting in quadriplegia. Contested liability.

$1,851,120
Cash Plus Structured Settlements
Child molestation of six female preschool students by teacher.

$1,500,000
Jury Verdict
Water skiing accident resulting in head injury.

$450,000
Settlement
15-year-old boy was shot dead by police who claimed he had shot at them.

$1,512,000
Structured Settlement
Pay out over expected lifetime of client. Case against owners of residential apartment for broken latch on screen door. Toddler exited door and fell off second story balcony sustaining major neurological injury.

$1,300,000
Settlement
An accident caused by the sudden arcing of an electrical bus inside power plant.

$1,200,000
Jury Verdict and Structured Settlement
Auto accident caused by modifications to public streets in preparation for the Long Beach Grand Prix.

$2,400,000
Jury Verdict
Exposure to Toluene diisocyanate in pulmonary dysfunction.

$1,000,000
Jury Verdict
Female truck driver lost frontal portion of foot during unloading of truck by third party.

$2,435,865
Cash Plus Structured Settlement
Crane operator killed in offshore drilling rig accident.

$6,400,000
Structured Settlement
Pay out over expected lifetime of client. Plaintiff was stopped at an intersection while riding a motorscooter and was rear-ended by the defendant resulting in quadriplegia.

Construction Defect

$7,000,000 plus $10,000,000 Bond Issue for Repairs
Settlement
Representing individual homeowners against the County of Los Angeles involving a landslide on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. Settlement structured to include $4 million in cash, $3 million in low interest loans to homeowners and a $10 million bond issue by the County for slide mitigation (without recourse to plaintiffs).

$580,000
Jury Verdict
Landslide and construction defect case against downhill landowner.

$475,000
Jury Verdict
Defect/subsidence case against developer.

$16,000,000
Jury Verdicts and Settlement
Inverse condemnation and negligence case against government entities and homeowners association for conduct resulting in a major landslide in the City of Rolling Hills, California.

$1,000,000
Settlement
Construction defect case involving a multi-unit condo complex. Homeowners association sued the builder for numerous defects as a result of water intrusion, inadequate drainage and poor construction. *Settlement agreement prohibits disclosure of true name of case.

$1,600,000
Settlement
Subsidence/construction defect case for 22 condominium owners, not all of whom suffered actual physical damage. *Court order prohibits disclosure of true name of case.

$525,000
Jury Verdict
Construction defect and earth movement case against developers.

Medical Malpractice

$8,563,000
Confidential Settlement
Pay out over expected lifetime of client for medical malpractice when hospital fell below standard of care in performing endoscopy and administering anesthesia when infant brought to hospital with coin lodged in esophagus. Baby is developmentally delayed but attends school and is able to walk and talk. *Settlement agreement prohibits disclosure of true name of case.

$740,000
Structured Settlement
Medical malpractice case against care provider for failure to follow proper care procedures. Profoundly retarded 32 year old male developed heat stroke while on a field trip to the San Diego Wild Animal Park.

$500,000
Confidential Settlement
59 year old presented for a mammogram and the result was incorrectly read as a negative exam. Three years later client was diagnosed with infiltrating ductal carcinoma. As a result of the failure to diagnose, client suffered a statistical decrease in her chances for survival and had to undergo a mastectomy. *Settlement agreement prohibits disclosure of true name of case.

$2,570,000
Confidential Settlement
Infant received an overdose of parenteral nutrition. During emergency resuscitation efforts, an overdose of anti-seizure medication was given and as a result infant was neurologically devastated. This was a medical malpractice case against the hospital and a product liability against the manufacturer of the infusion pump. *Settlement agreement prohibits disclosure of true name of case.

Worker's Compensation

$500,000.00
Settlement
Roe v. Doe
Extensive back injury to client working at steel mill. Nine surgeries over five years. All medical expenses paid and over $100,000 in living expenses paid in addition to cash settlement.

$744,500.00
Settlement
Roe v. Doe
Client crushed by forklift, without paralysis. $450,000 cash and $294,000 structured settlement plus paid lifetime medical expenses.

$175,000.00
Trial Award
Roe v. Doe
Motorcycle escort with fatal injuries caused by traffic accident. Employer was uninsured. Minor son to receive maximum benefits until age 18.

$180,000.00
Settlement
Roe v. Doe
Client had carpal tunnel syndrome of both wrists requiring surgery.