Transportation of Disabled Persons
$5.1 Million Settlement
A 51-year-old wheelchair bound disabled cerebral palsy victim with spastic quadriparesis was rendered a quadriplegic when the van in which he was a passenger, operated by a day care provider, was involved in a collision with a lumber truck.
Bad Faith Insurance
250,000 settlement
A Madera homeowner purchased a $25,000 life insurance policy on his wife through their mortgage company. The wife died of cancer, and the insurance company denied the death benefit. The mortgage company and life insurance company settled this bad faith insurance claim on the fifth day of a jury trial.
Product Liability
$250,000 settlement
A middle aged machinist sustained a severe laceration and nerve injury to his left hand while restoring a textile manufacturing machine for a customer. The process required the use of a sharp metallic wire manufactured in another state. The successful claim was based on the fact that the wire was defectively designed because its improper shipment made it unstable and dangerous for machinists attempting to install it.
$450,000 settlement
A retired police officer was injured while exiting his motor home. His injuries included rib fractures and aggravation of a back injury, which required surgery. The successful injury claim was based on the fact that the motor home step at the rear bumper was defectively designed and dangerous.
Personal Injury
$285,000 verdict
A San Luis Obispo man suffered a neck injury requiring surgery when a box of merchandise fell from a shelf in a warehouse store and struck his head.
$795,000 settlement
A man assisting a marina owner in moving a floating dock was injured when a cable used to tow the dock trapped the man's leg against a rock, resulting in a serious fracture.
