ACTIVE CASES and
VERDICTS AND SETTLEMENTS

Divine Dining, Inc. v. Kompany, LLC.
Enforcing fair and
honest dealings.
Breach of lease and interference with
business case. Complex litigation.
Status:
Pending in California Superior Court,
Central District, Los Angeles.
Fabian v. Loma Linda University Hospital
Medical safety.
Medical negligence action
alleging cerebral palsy and spastic quadriplegia from birth injury.
Status: Notice of
settlement filed.
Koch v. Markel Insurance Co.
Enforcing
professional
standards for
insurance. Breach of
insurance contract
and bad faith. Status: Dismissal on demurrer reversed.
Pending in California Superior
Court, North West District, Los Angeles. Status: Discovery pending.
Trial set for May
2012.
Swirsky v. Depuy Orthopaedics
Medical device
safety.
Product Liability /
Personal Injury.
Status: Pending
MDL, U.S. District
Court, Ohio.
Vello v. City of Selma
Pedestrian safety.
Dangerous condition, public entity, auto versus
pedestrian personal injury. Alleging traumatic brain injury requiring 24
hour care for injured pedestrian.
Status: Pending in California Superior
Court, Fresno.

Following are recent
verdicts and settlements
we have achieved on
behalf of our clients.
Anderson v.
Village Covenant
Church | $980,000 Child
safety. School
safety. Pediatric
brain injury.
Kaufman v. Record Surplus | $425,000
Pedestrian and elder safety. Traumatic brain injury and premises liability.
Luksan v. Colvin | $306, 590
Enforcing fair
dealing among heirs.
Breach of oral
contract to make a
will.
Read client letter.
Doe v. Luster |
$20,526,000
Personal safety.
Max Factor heir, Andrew
Luster, drugged and
raped his live-in
girlfriend and
videotaped the crimes.
An action was filed and
went to trial in Ventura
County, California.
Doe HOA vs. Roe Ins. Co.
| $13,500,000
Enforcing fair dealing
in insurance.
Following the January
17, 1994 Northridge
Earthquake, the
insurance company made
advance payments to the
Homeowners Association
and then stopped. The
HOA sued for bad faith
refusal to pay the
claim.
Doe Insured v. Doe
Disability Insurance Co.
| $6,900,000
Enforcing fair dealing
in insurance.
A prominent transplant
surgeon found himself
disabled after suffering
a sports-related brain
injury. He subsequently
made a claim on his
three disability
policies, all of which
promised to pay him
monthly benefits in the
event he was ever unable
to perform his regular
transplant surgeon
duties. Despite a
documented hand tremor,
cognitive deficits and
visual acuity problem,
the disability carrier
refused to pay. When a
bad faith lawsuit was
filed, the carrier
defended ferociously.
Even so, the matter
settled for nearly $7
million, believed a
record settlement for
the defendant insurance
carrier.
Mary Doe vs.
Pharmaceutical Company |
$6,000,000
Drug safety.
A young woman suffered
severe physical injury
including primary
pulmonary hypertension
after ingesting a
defective drug.
Oasis v. Doe Insurance
Co. | $4,700,000
Enforcing fair dealing
in insurance.
When a nightclub
tragically burned to the
ground, the insurance
company refused to pay
and sued their own
insured for fraud.
Despite the carrier's
repeated threat that it
would "never pay a dime"
on the claim, the matter
settled on the eve of
trial for a substantial
premium.
Zevada v. Sasson |
$3,500,000
Enforcing fair and
honest dealings.
We represented a
family-owned supermarket
chain that mistakenly
signed a lease with a
gross percentage rental
clause that effectively
stripped the profits
from the business. The
court ruled that the
term was a mistake and
awarded significant
damages.
Alvarado v. City of
Anaheim | $2,500,000
Workplace safety.
A construction worker
suffered brain injury
following a fall at a
construction site.
Gonzalez v. Dewalt Brown
and Pasa Alta Manor,
Inc. | $2,000,000
Disability safety.
In this cutting edge
case against a
residential care
facility, failure to
provide promised medical
services to a mentally
challenged woman
resulted in the birth of
a tragically disabled
child. Despite a
vigorous defense based
on constitutional law,
the matter settled on
the eve of trial for the
total available
insurance.
Doe, Driver v. Doe Car
Rental Company |
$1,300,000
Automotive product
safety.
A 15-passenger van
overturned on a Nevada
highway causing the
death of a 60-year old
woman. A product
liability claim was
filed which claimed the
accident was caused by
handling and stability
design defects. Despite
the defendant's claims
that the accident was
caused by the driver
falling asleep, the
product case settled
shortly before trial.
Doe, Mike v. Roe
Disability Ins. Co. |
$1,000,000
Enforcing fair dealing
in insurance.
A disabled businessman
was cut off by his
disability insurance
carrier in a dispute
over whether his
disability was physical
or psychological. After
providing an expert
report documenting the
true nature of the
disability, the
Defendant quickly
settled.
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