A confidential settlement was reached by Matthew Davis and Joseph Nicholson on behalf of a 69-year-old woman who suffered serious injuries when she was run over by a car as she walked her dog in Sausalito. The defendant driver was clearly at fault, but only carried $100,000 in insurance coverage. The driver worked as a…
In a Napa Superior Court action, Joseph Nicholson negotiated a settlement of $725,000 for a young woman injured in an auto versus auto collision on a busy section of Trancas Street in Napa. The defendant, an elderly woman driving her daughter’s vehicle, attempted a left turn across oncoming traffic into a Safeway parking lot. Plaintiff’s…
In this Santa Clara County case, Jeffrey A. Clause recovered $600,000 on behalf of the parents of an 18-year-old who was fatally struck from behind by a tow truck driver. Plaintiffs’ son was walking at 1:00 a.m. in the bicycle lane of a roadway beneath a major overpass. Although six overhead lights were installed, the…
In a Sonoma County Superior Court matter, Spencer Pahlke negotiated a policy limit settlement in the amount of $1,500,000 on behalf of a mother and 17-month-old son who were struck by a left-turning car while crossing a street in downtown Petaluma. Plaintiff, a licensed psychologist, was on a walk with her young son in a…
In this confidential settlement, Conor M. Kelly and Spencer Pahlke secured a seven figure policy limit settlement on behalf of the surviving spouse and adult son of a 62-year-old telecommunications manager who died of bladder cancer after proving that the defendant internal medicine physician had improperly back-dated medical records. The decedent had a family history…
In a Yolo County Superior Court action, Walkup attorneys Matthew Davis and Spencer Pahlke recovered a global resolution of $3,000,000 on behalf of a young woman who suffered burn injuries while visiting a winery where she is a member. During a wine tasting event, plaintiff sat down at a barrel shaped wine table. A winery…
Khaldoun A. Baghdadi, Justin Chou and Jade Smith-Williams obtained a seven-figure confidential settlement on behalf of a man who developed terminal kidney cancer after breathing tetrachloroethylene contaminated air in the workplace. Plaintiff, employed at a warehouse for 15 years, was unaware that it had been constructed above a known groundwater plume of tetrachloroethylene. The owner…
In this Santa Clara County Superior Court trial where a $1 million verdict was awarded, Matthew Davis and Justin Chou represented the daughter and widow of a man killed when struck by a diseased tree while in a public park. The retired decedent was from oversees visiting his daughter, and bicycled to a local park…
Venued in Santa Clara County Superior Court, Michael Kelly, Matthew Davis and Andrew McDevitt represented a 47-year-old tech company VP who sustained paralyzing injuries when struck by a left-turning car while bicycling on the path of a popular Peninsula bike route. Eight years earlier a local newspaper labeled the location where the crash occurred as…
Following three weeks of evidence and argument, we are pleased to report that Rich Schoenberger and Joe Nicholson obtained one of the largest verdicts in San Luis Obispo County history in the amount of $5,510,000 arising out of a poorly designed highway construction project. Rich and Joe were associated into the case just two months…
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