Notable Verdicts & Settlements

$785 MILLION PERSONAL INJURY/WRONGFUL DEATH VERDICT
Personal Injuries (ranging from cancer to brain damage) and wrongful death arising out of exposure to toxic chemicals in the workplace.  Following a four month trial, which included a $760 million punitive damages award (Aguilar v. Ashland Chemical Company)

$20 MILLION PERSONAL INJURY VERDICT
Product Liability, including $7.5 million in punitive damages (Arnold v. Exxon)

$4.5 MILLION PERSONAL INJURY/WRONGFUL DEATH VERDICT
Personal injuries and wrongful death against several Fortune 500 corporations following a three month jury trial (Patterson v. Dupont)

$3 MILLION SETTLEMENT
On behalf of several homeowners who lived next to a landfill (Amador v. L.A. County Sanitation District)

$10.6 MILLION PERSONAL INJURY VERDICT
Personal Injuries and wrongful death on behalf of twenty plaintiffs due to defective products.  (Comas v. Ashland Chemical Company)

$4.5 MILLION PERSONAL INJURY/WRONGFUL DEATH SETTLEMENT
Following 2 week trial in Hawaii Federal Court, representing plaintiffs for personal injuries and wrongful death due to water contamination (Confidential)

$2 MILLION PROPERTY DAMAGE SETTLEMENT
Representing property owner for property damage and loss of water rights due to neighbor’s negligence (Confidential)

$7 MILLION PERSONAL INJURY VERDICT
Following a 6 month trial on behalf of several individuals involving personal injuries due to failure to warn of the hazards of exposure to chemicals (Aguirre v. Lockheed)

$1 MILLION WRONGFUL TERMINATION ARBITRATION AWARD
Representing plaintiff in a wrongful termination suit based on sexual harassment (Confidential)

$2.5 MILLION FRAUD SETTLEMENT
Representing employees against employer for fraud (Confidential)

$1 MILLION SETTLEMENT IN AUTO V. AUTO CASE (Confidential)

$450,000 SETTLEMENT IN AUTO V. PEDESTRIAN (Confidential)

$450,000 SETTLEMENT IN DEPENDENT ADULT ABUSE CASE (Confidential)