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Notable Cases
SIGNIFICANT VERDICTS/SETTLEMENTS/RESULTS:
$3,000,000 Recovery
Manos v. Doe Trucking Co., et al. (defendant’s identity confidential per settlement
terms); (Orange County Superior Court) -
$3,000,000 recovery on behalf of a 46-
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$3,750,000 Wrongful Death Recovery
Maxwell v. Ganduglia Trucking Co., et al. (Sacramento Superior Court) -
$3,750,000 recovery on behalf of the surviving widow and two minor children of their
54-
Defendant denied any fault and claimed that another vehicle pulled suddenly in front of him into his lane causing him to lose control when trying to avoid a collision.
The case was settled at formal mediation in Sacramento before the criminal case against the defendant truck driver went to trial. In the criminal case, the defendant truck driver was found not guilty of negligent homicide after this civil case was settled.
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$1,125,000 Wrongful Death Recovery
Cook v. Medina Trucking Co., et al.; (Riverside Superior Court) $1,125,000 -
$1,125,000 recovery on behalf of family of the decedent who was killed when he rear-
Defendant contended that traffic prohibited the driver from reasonably and safely getting his rig off the freeway into the center median and to safely and effectively put out the appropriate reflective triangle or cones. Defendant also claimed that the decedent was comparatively negligent in failing to observe and avoid the stopped tractor trailer rig.
Case settled just before plaintiff presented closing argument to the jury after a full jury trial.
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$1,655.000 Recovery
Aguilar v. City of Buena Park (Orange County Superior Court) -
$1,655,000 for a 12-
Plaintiffs allege that the subject mid block crosswalk (which had been at the location for approximately 40 years without any significant accident history prior to plaintiff's accident) was nevertheless in a known dangerous condition to the City of Buena Park based on well known published traffic studies indicating the danger of such mid block crosswalks without any active warning devices (i.e. flashing lights, etc.) where the roadway is greater than one lane in each direction with a speed limit above 45 mph without circumstances along the adjacent roadway which would compel the placement of such a crosswalk due to high pedestrian usage which did not exist at this crossing.
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$1,500,000 Wrongful Death Recovery
Pabst v. Twin Labs, et al. (San Bernardino Superior Court) -
$1,500,000 recovery after two formal mediation hearings for the wrongful death of a 37 year old father (for his widow and surviving 7 year old daughter) who suddenly died from a massive cardiac arrhythmia after returning home from his regular morning run.
This was one of the first cases in the U.S. to establish the unreasonable danger
of “Ephedra”-
Twin Labs insisted that their “Ephedra” products (derived from the Chinese herb “MaHuang”)
was “natural” and “safe”, having been used for centuries in China (but for totally
different, short-
The FDA subsequently (after this case was settled and many later claims were brought across the U.S.) banned all of these dangerous Ephedra “natural” supplements.
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$850,000 Recovery
McGowan v. Franklin Steel, et al. (Los Angeles Superior Court) -
$850,000 recovery on behalf of a 46-