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Motorcycle Crash
Santa Clara County Superior Court-- $5,450,000 Awarded Clients were riding a moped and hit by a police car at an intersection. Clients have on-going back pain. |
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Pedestrian Hit at Crosswalk
San Joaquin County Superior Court-- $2,650,000 Award from City of Stockton 54 years old and 59 years old were hit at a nine-lane crosswalk by a vehicle travelling at 45 mph in Stockton. The police officer found Plaintiffs to be at fault for jaywalking. The driver was uninsured. Plaintiffs suffer traumatic brain injury, fractures to arm, legs, and facial bones, and have post-traumatic stress disorder. |
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Pedestrian Hit at Crosswalk
Santa Clara County Superior Court-- $2,500,000 Policy Limit Award Against State Farm 63-year-old client was hit by a car at a crosswalk. She suffers from traumatic brain injury ("TBI"), complete loss of sense of smell, facial droop, memory loss and back pain. |
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Failure to Perform Background Check
Prelitigation-- Confidential Settlement against Airbnb Client was gang raped by an Airbnb property manager who was on bail for murder. Airbnb failed to disclose the pending murder charge before the booking. Client suffers from PTSD. |
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Pedestrians Hit at Crosswalk
Alameda County Superior Court-- $1,500,000 Policy Limit Award Against Farmers Insurance A family of four were hit by a car at a crosswalk. The father suffers from mild traumatic brain injury ("TBI"), a rib fracture and a left shoulder fracture. The mother has soft tissue hip injury. The son has a fracture of his left hip which requires surgery. The daughter has bruises and abrasions on her legs. |
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Parking Lot Accident
San Mateo County Superior Court-- $1,500,000 Policy Limit Award Against Farmers Insurance 68-year old real estate agent had a low speed collision at an intersection of a Safeway parking lot. The property damage is only $2000. However, because the client had prior breast cancer radiation treatment which weakened her health, she developed hematoma (blood clot) in her left breast from the seatbelt injury which snowballed into multiple surgeries to her left breast that eventually required her to cut away her left breast. The damage is highly disputed by Farmers Insurance. |
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Racial Discrimination
Contra Costa Superior Court-- Confidential Settlement against IASCO Flight Training, Inc. and AVIASCO 21 year old Chinese pilot student was kidnapped by his flight school's general manager and corporate secretary in an attempt to forcefully deport him back to China. The general manager pled to one count of felony. The corporate secretary pled to a misdemeanor for the incident. |
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Uber v. Electric Skateboard
Alameda Superior Court-- $1,000,000 25-year-old veteran, while riding an electric skateboard, was hit by a Uber driver at an intersection. The police found client at fault. Client sustained traumatic brain injury, fracture to his right ankle, and injuries to his neck and back. Uber's driver denies liability and contends that the client did not wear helmet and did not wear a lamp as required by law. |
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Child Abuse - Special Needs Child
Los Angeles Superior Court-- $850,000 12-year-old boy with Down syndrome who was physically abused by his school teacher. The boy suffers from PTSD as a result of the abuse. The school district denies liability. |
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Single Bike Accident, Hitting a Pile of Construction Debris
Alameda County Superior Court-- $800,000 Against Devaney Engineering, Inc. A 61-year-old biker hit a pile of fresh asphalt left by Devaney Engineering, Inc. on the shoulder of a roadway which caused him to fly over his handle bar. He suffers mild traumatic brain injury and fractured his left shoulder and left wrist, which required surgery. |
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Pedestrian Hit at Crosswalk
San Francisco County Superior Court-- $750,000 Award Against Farmers 52-year-old client was hit by a car at a crosswalk. She suffers from traumatic brain injury ("TBI"), left knee partial tear, lower back and neck pain). |
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Child Abuse - Special Needs Child
Alameda Superior Court-- $750,000 11-year-old girl with autism who is nonverbal was physically abused by her behavioral therapist. The girl suffers from PTSD as a result of the abuse. The company that hired the therapist contends that the special needs child's symptoms were pre-existing and have nothing to do with the PTSD. |
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Rear Ender Twice on Freeway
Alameda Superior Court-- $597,778.50 against Yellow Cab of San Francisco and AAA Insurance 25-year-old woman rear ended first by a hit-and-run on I-580 and while she was waiting for the police, a Yellow Cab rear ended her disabled car while making a dangerous lane change. She was not diagnosed with traumatic brain injury (concussion) until a year later. |
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Rear Ender Car Crash
Alameda Superior Court-- $575,000 against J.S. Builders, Inc. An 18-year-old man was rear ended on a freeway by a pickup truck owned by J.S. Builders, Inc. The client did not complained of head injury related symptoms until 6 months later. The client suffers from mild traumatic brain injury, left shoulder injury (SLAP tear and AC joint pain), and neck injuries (annular tear and disc bulging). |
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Product Liability
Marin County Superior Court-- $500,000 55-year-old real estate agent fell off a barstool, sustained rib fracture, had lung surgeries, had to replace his bio prosthetic heart valve, and discovered traumatic brain injury 2 years later. Defendants denied liability and claimed that they are not responsible for the heart valve replacement surgery because the client would need to do it anyways and questioned traumatic brain injury because it was discovered 2 years later. |
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Improper Lane Change
Santa Clara Superior Court and Arbitration-- $500,000 Policy Limit Award against Travelers 54-year-old driver was injured when another improperly changed lane and side swiped her vehicle. Client suffered traumatic brain injury (concussion), annular tears in cervical (neck) and lumbar (lower back) spine discs. |
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Passenger in Car Crash
San Francisco Superior Court-- $500,000 Policy Limit Award against AAA 66-year-old passenger was injured when the driver lost control of the car and hit a fire hydrant and a garage door. Client broke his ribs and spine and has Post-traumatic Stress Disorder ("PTSD"). |
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Rear Ender Car Crash
Arbitration-- $500,000 Policy Limit Award against Allstate A 45-year-old software engineer sustained traumatic brain injury, herniations in cervical spine. She was on disability for about a year. Her salary is around $200,000 a year as a software engineer. Three months before this accident, she was in another car accident. |
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Product Liability
Alameda Superior Court-- $450,000 Settlement Client sustained 2nd and 3rd degree burn from a defective product purchased from a local grocery store. The grocery store disputed that it sold the product. |
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Fraud Case
Alameda Superior Court-- $450,000 Settlement Client claimed the commercial landlord falsely promised to a long-term lease if client purchased the tenant's restaurant but after the client purchased the business, the landlord refused to put client on a long-term lease. |
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Neighbor Disputes
San Mateo Superior Court-- $439,800 Judgment Hired on the day of trial, tried the case against the president/CEO of a major company who had attorneys for 3 years already. The case involves trespass, negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and violation of privacy issues. |
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Bus Accident
San Francisco Superior Court - $385,000 Settlement - City and County of San Francisco Client was a passenger in a SF Muni Bus and hit his head when the driver abruptly braked the bus to avoid a jaywalking pedestrian. The identity of the pedestrian is unknown. Client sustained traumatic brain injury. |
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Birth Injury
Settlement-- $375,000 Awarded against a Medical Provider Clients lost their baby girl after malpractice of a hospital doctors and staff. |
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Pedestrian v. Bike Accident
Settlement-- $300,000 Policy Limit Awarded against a Nationwide Insurance Client was hit by a cyclist in a public park and sustained facial fracture and dental fracture. |
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Premises Liability
Contra Costa Superior Court -- $295,000 Settlement against a Major Apartment Complex Client was tripped over by a river rock placed on her way out of a laundry room in a major apartment complex. Client sustained a fracture to her ankle that required an open reduction internal fixation surgery. |
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Failure to Perform Background Check
San Francisco Superior Court-- Confidential Settlement against Airbnb Client was sexually assaulted by an Airbnb Superhost who settled a criminal case against him for battery. Airbnb failed to disclose the prior criminal settlement. Client suffers from PTSD. |
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Rear-Ender Car Crash
San Mateo Superior Court-- $260,000 Policy Limit against Chubb Insurance 51-year-old client was rear ended with minimum property damage. He mild concussion, lower back pain, left knee pain. He developed right knee pain a few months after the incident from overcompensation, which required surgery. |
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Head-on Collision
Pre-Lawsuit Settlement-- $250,000 Policy Limit against the Hartford Insurance 53-year-old woman was hit head-on by a vehicle that made an illegal u-turn. She sustained traumatic brain injury and cervical tear. |
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Rear-Ender Car Crash
Arbitration-- $250,000 Policy Limit against Allstate Insurance 63-year-old client was rear ended. He fractured his nose, sustained traumatic brain injury, and PTSD. He was a famous Chinese folk dancer and as a result the accident, he could not perform. |
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Rear-Ender Car Crash
Arbitration-- $250,000 Policy Limit against Farmers Insurance Exchange 40-year-old pediatric nurse was rear ended at 70 mph. She sustained mild traumatic brain injury (vertigo, headache, post-traumatic headache). She was unable to work for six months. |
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Bike Crash - Product Defect
Pre-Lawsuit Settlement-- $205,000 21-year-old college student crashed his e-bike due to the front wheel suddenly locked on him. He sustained fractures to his jaw and wrist, and broke his teeth. He alleges product defect in the e-bike. |
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Rear-Ender Car Crash
Pre-Lawsuit Settlement-- $175,000 against Farmers Insurance 62-year-old client was rear ended. She has a rotator cuff tear from the accident and missed two days from work. |
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Pedestrian Hit at Crosswalk - Hit and Run
Pre-lawsuit Settlement - $110,000 Policy Limit against AAA 35-year-old client was hit by a hit-and-run car at a crosswalk. She suffers from traumatic brain injury ("TBI"), neck, shoulder, and knee injuries. The claim was made to her own auto insurance AAA that tendered the policy limit of $110,000. |
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Rear Ender with Light Property Damage
Pre-lawsuit Settlement - $110,000 against Travelers 48-year-old client was rear ended at a low speed. She suffers from traumatic brain injury ("TBI"), neck, and back injuries. She has had pre-existing conditions with her neck and lower back and previously injured her head. |
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Car Hit a CalTran Sign on Freeway
Pre-lawsuit Settlement - $105,000 Policy Limit against Nationwide 33 year old man with Autism hit a CalTran Sign that was left in his lane of travel on a freeway due to a prior hit-and-run accident. Client suffers from TBI and herniation in his neck. |
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Improper Lane Change Car Crash
San Mateo Superior Court-- $102,000 Policy Limit Award against AAA 26-year-old client was hit by another car (Hertz rental) that made an improper lane change. The driver had no insurance or driver's license. Client sustained traumatic brain injury, lower back pain, and pulmonary embolism 7 months later, and was on disability for eight months. |
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Pedestrian Hit at Crosswalk
Pre-lawsuit Settlement - $100,000 Policy Limit against Progressive 45-year-old client was hit by a car at a crosswalk in San Francisco. He suffers from traumatic brain injury ("TBI"), and fractured his clavicle. The claim was made to the vehicle's Progressive insurance that tendered the policy limit of $100,000. |
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T-Bone at Intersection
Pre-lawsuit Settlement - $100,000 Policy Limit against GEICO 72-year-old woman was hit by a car at an intersection when the car ran the red light, and fractured her finger and sustained a mild concussion. Client was working as market business partner at a law firm and lost around $3500 in wages due to the injuries. |
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Rear-Ender Car Crash
San Francisco Superior Court-- $100,000 Policy Limit Award against GEICO 60-year-old client was rear ended. Although the damage to the car is only $600, client broke his upper back and has constant back pain. |
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Rear-Ender Car Crash
Pre-Lawsuit Settlement-- $100,000 Policy Limit Award against GEICO 35-year-old client was rear ended. Client has disc herniation and impingement in the nerves on his back. |
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Rear-Ender Car Crash
Pre-Lawsuit Settlement-- $100,000 Policy Limit Award against Farmers Insurance 34-year-old software engineer was rear ended. She suffers from traumatic brain injury ("TBI") from hitting her head on the airbag. |
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Improper Lane Change Car Crash
Contra Costa Superior Court-- $100,000 Policy Limit Award against GEICO 34-year-old client was hit by another car that made an improper lane change. Client had a meniscus tear in his knee that required surgery, two bulging discs in his neck and mid-back, and was on disability for five months. |
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Food Poisoning
Pre-Lawsuit Settlement-- $25,000 Awarded against Sabra Hummus Client family was ill for 11 days from eating Saba Hummus that had alleged listeria contamination. |
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