Case Results - Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger

Settlement

$1.3B

PG&E NorCal Wildfire Litigation – Electrically Triggered Wildfires

Settlement

$117M

2017 North Bay Fires and 2018 Camp Fire

Jury Verdict

$52M

Propane Explosion Causing Wrongful Death & Personal Injury

Settlement

$50M

Family v Company

Settlement

$47.5M

Adult v. Trucking Company – Truck Driver Negligence

Settlement

$45M

Third Degree Burns / Residential Propane Tank Explosion

Settlement

$42M

Property Defect – Quadriplegia

Jury Verdict

$38.6M

Myrick v. Hansa – Failure To Diagnose Stroke

Jury Verdict

$33.1M

Failure To Treat Stroke

Settlement

$29M

Worksite Injury

Settlement

$26.6M

Property Defect – Traumatic Brain Injury

Settlement

$25M

Summer Camp Drowning

Jury Verdict

$23.2M

Rogers v. AMC Clinic – Obstetrical Negligence Leading to Cerebral Palsy

Settlement

$20M

Negligence – Wrongful Death

Settlement

$20M

Industrial Negligence: Family v. Agricultural Trust

Settlement

$18M

Child v. Any Truck – Truck v. Auto Collision, Pediatric Brain Injury

Jury Verdict

$17M

Mason G. v. Bell Sports Inc. – Bicycle Product Liability Causing Brain Injury

Verdict

$16M

Dangerous Conditions of Public Property

Settlement

$15M

18-Wheeler Sideswipes Bicyclist

Verdict

$15M

Stroke Victim Misdiagnosed

Settlement

$15M

Preschool Playground Accident

Settlement

$15M

Cyclist v. Forest Products Distributor – Big Rig Negligence

Settlement

$14M

Industrial Injury

Settlement

$13.5M

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Acuerdo

$12.5M

Culpabilidad Del Producto

Settlement

$12.5M

Product Liability

Jury Verdict

$12.2M

Pedestrian Injured by Dangerous Roadway Causing Brain Injury

Jury Verdict

$12M

Pedestrian Struck By Car

Settlement

$11.9M

Driver v. Commercial Truck – Freeway Roll Over / Brain Injury to 37 year old

Settlement

$11.1M

Dangerous Crosswalk

Settlement

$11M

Pedestrian Struck By Cable Car

Settlement

$11M

Trucking Liability

Settlement

$10.5M

Construction Site Injury – Wrongful Death

Settlement

$10M

Car Struck by Tractor-Trailer Struck

Settlement

$10M

United Rentals Industrial Machine Failure Causing Wrongful Death

Settlement

$9.9M

Medical Negligence: Homemaker v. Rural Emergency Department

Settlement

$9.5M

Cyclist v. Alameda County – Defective Roadway

Jury Verdict

$9.4M

Dahl v. Stone, M.D. – Delayed Diagnosis of Abscess

Settlement

$9M

Twins v. Fertility Center – Negligent Failure to Diagnose Cystic Fibrosis

Jury Verdict

$8.8M

Child Suffered Head Injuries From Automobile Accident

Settlement

$8.7M

Medical Malpractice – Neurologic Injury

Settlement

$8.7M

Premises Liability

Jury Verdict

$8.7M

Auto Accident Causing Brain Injury

Jury Verdict

$8.3M

Defective Artificial Hip Manufactured by ASR/DePuy

Jury Verdict

$8.3M

Defective Man Lift on Construction Site

Settlement

$8M

Clergy Abuse

Settlement

$7.7M

Big Rig Rollover Caused by Dangerous Highway Merge

Jury Verdict

$7.3M

Car Accident Causing Wrongful Death

Settlement

$7M

Adult Cyclist v. City of Saratoga

Settlement

$7M

Front-end Loader Strikes Workman on Construction Site

Settlement

$7M

Utility Pole Explosion (Electric Short)

Settlement

$7M

Vehicle Negligence

Settlement

$7M

Civil Rights

Settlement

$7M

Slip and Fall – Brain Injury

Settlement

$6.5M

Minor v. Valley HMO – Negligent Neurosurgery Causing Personal Injury

Settlement

$6.3M

Kaiser- Negligently Performed Pediatric Neurosurgery / Quadriplegia

Settlement

$6M

Delayed Cesarean Section/HIE Causing Birth Injury

Settlement

$6M

Workplace Injury

Settlement

$6M

Seat Belt Defect

Settlement

$5.8M

Medical Negligence

Jury Verdict

$5.7M

Defective Seat Belt Design

Settlement

$5.7M

Motorcycle Collision Causing Paraplegia

Settlement

$5.6M

Postoperative Pain Medication Error

Settlement

$5.6M

Vehicular Negligence: Pedestrian v. Motorist

Jury Verdict

$5.5M

Highway Safety Verdict

Settlement

$5.5M

Motor Home Manufacturer Product Defect Causing Wrongful Death

Settlement

$5.5M

Medical Negligence

Settlement

$5.5M

Delay In Diagnosing Infection

Settlement

$5.2M

Family v. Motor Home Retailer – Mismatched Car and Trailer Causing Wrongful Death

Settlement

$5.1M

Patient v. Medical Device Manufacturer – Dangerous Surgical Device/Medical Malpractice

Settlement

$5M

Defective Computer-Controlled Lathe

Settlement

$5M

Propane Gas Explosion – Third-Degree Burns And Wrongful Death

Settlement

$5M

Child v. Doctor – Failure to Recognize Fetal Distress Causing Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy

Settlement

$5M

Ramirez v. Anonymous Health Plan – Medical Malpractice/Birth Injury Causing Cerebral Palsy

Settlement

$5M

Mismanagement Of Anesthesia

Settlement

$5M

Child Brain Damage

Settlement

$4.8M

Obstetrical Malpractice

Settlement

$4.8M

Auto Product Liability: Servicemen v. Foreign Automaker

Settlement

$4.7M

Product Liability- Heirs v. Equipment Rental Center

Settlement

$4.5M

Child Brain Injury from Car Accident

Settlement

$4.5M

Motorcycle Collision Causing Loss of Leg

Settlement

$4.5M

Defective Industrial Metal Forming Machine

Settlement

$4.5M

Defective Elevator

Settlement

$4.5M

Lack of Supervision at School

Settlement

$4.4M

Delayed Diagnosis Of Appendicitis, Brain Damage

Settlement

$4.3M

Civil Rights

Settlement

$4.3M

Disabled Driver Strikes Pedestrian

Settlement

$4.2M

Defective Folding Bicycle

Arbitration Award

$4.1M

Newborn v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan – Medical Malpractice Leading to Birth Injury

Settlement

$4M

SUV Struck By Truck

Settlement

$4M

Failure To Treat Infection

Settlement

$4M

Cardiologist’s Failure to Diagnose Cardiomyopathy Causing Brain Injury

Jury Verdict

$4M

$4 Million Verdict Returned Against L.A. Transit District

Settlement

$4M

Runaway Cable Car

Settlement

$4M

Wrongful Death by Physician Specialty Group

Settlement

$4M

Car Vs. Pedestrian Accident

Settlement

$4M

Brain Damage Due to Machine Failure

Settlement

$3.9M

On-Campus Sexual Assault

Jury Verdict

$3.7M

Polaris Design Defect

Settlement

$3.6M

Brain Damage During Birth

Settlement

$3.3M

Burn Injury – Summer Home Fire

Settlement

$3.2M

Parents v. Sonoma County Group – Obstetrical Negligence Causing Birth Injury

Settlement

$3.2M

Cardiac Malpractice Causing Wrongful Death

Recovery

$3.2M

Streetcar Hits Pedestrian On Embarcadero

Settlement

$3.2M

Bell Helicopter Crash Causing Wrongful Death

Annuity Settlement

$3.2M

Kaiser – Undiagnosed Cardiac Tamponade / Brain Damage

Jury Verdict

$3.1M

In-Office Anesthesia Overdose

Settlement

$3.1M

Patient v. Hospital – Medical Malpractice Causing Personal Injury

Settlement

$3M

Vehicle Collision Caused by Highway Defects

Settlement

$3M

Defective Airplane Component

Settlement

$3M

Senior Citizen Injured by Negligent Transit Bus Driver

Settlement

$3M

Dangerous Property Condition

settlement

$3M

Motorcyclist Struck by Truck

Jury Verdict

$3M

Ethier v. Poindexter – Medical Negligence Causing Personal Injury

Settlement

$3M

Medical Negligence

Settlement

$3M

Baby Anthony v. Pediatrician – Hospital Negligence Causing Birth Injury

Settlement

$3M

Woman Struck By Salinas Transit Bus

Jury Verdict

$3M

Failure to Diagnose Skull Fracture Causing Wrongful Death

Settlement

$3M

Air Ambulance Crash

Settlement

$3M

Railway Negligence

Settlement

$3M

Premises Liability: Patron v. Propane Fire Pit Maker

Settlement

$3M

Fatal Bus Accident – Salinas-Monterrey County Transit

Settlement

$2.9M

SUV Rollover Caused by Defective Design

Verdict

$2.8M

Vehicular Negligence

Settlement

$2.8M

Pedestrian Struck By Bus

Settlement

$2.8M

MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE: Patient v. National HMO

Settlement

$2.8M

Negligent Spinal Surgery Causing Brain Injury

Settlement

$2.7M

Improper Supervision at School

Settlement

$2.7M

Car Accident Caused by Defective Highway Design

Settlement

$2.5M

Worksite Injuries

Settlement

$2.5M

Airport Shuttle Accident

Settlement

$2.5M

Dangerous Drug

Settlement

$2.5M

Defective Hot Tub – Fatal Burns

Settlement

$2.5M

Woman Injured in Boat Accident

Settlement

$2.4M

Wrongful Birth

Arbitration Verdict

$2.4M

Kaiser – Death Resulting from Advice Nurse Error

Settlement

$2.2M

Failure To Recognize Neonatal Hypoglycemia

Settlement

$2.2M

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Settlement

$2.2M

Medical Malpractice

Settlement

$2.2M

Parents v. Municipality – Drowning Causing Wrongful Death

Settlement

$2.2M

Premises Liability

Settlement

$2.1M

Premises Liability – Office Building Trip-And-Fall

Settlement

$2M

Cable Car Derailment

Settlement

$2M

Disabled Minor Physically Abused by Teacher

Settlement

$2M

Big Rig Head-On / Fatal Collision

Settlement

$2M

Crane Truck Hits Senior Citizen

Settlement

$2M

Alaska Airlines Commercial Air Crash Causing Wrongful Death

Settlement

$2M

Construction Worker Site Fall Causing Wrongful Death

Settlement

$2M

Pedestrian Injured by San Francisco Light Rail

Settlement

$2M

Senior Citizen Pedestrian Injured by San Francisco Streetcar

Settlement

$2M

Wrongful Death of Prisoner

Arbitration Award

$2M

Kaiser – Negligent Care

Settlement

$2M

Defective Pool Heater

Settlement

$1.9M

Brain Damage – Bus Vs. Pedestrian (Government Liability)

Settlement

$1.9M

Kaiser – Failure to Diagnose Spinal Cord Abscess / Permanent Disability

Settlement

$1.8M

Vehicular Negligence: Octogenarian v. Commercial Construction Co.

Settlement

$1.8M

Auto Accident – Fracture

Settlement

$1.7M

Error In Treating Blood Clots

Settlement

$1.6M

Motorcycle Accident — Head And Spinal Cord Injuries

Settlement

$1.6M

Premises Liability – Fall Over Faulty Railing

Settlement

$1.5M

Dump Truck Brake Failure / Fatal Collision

Settlement

$1.5M

Vehicular Negligence: Mom and Toddler v. Driver

Settlement

$1.5M

Police Misconduct/Dog Bite

Settlement

$1.5M

Maritime Injury

Settlement

$1.5M

Premises Liability – Residential Fire

Settlement

$1.4M

Dangerous And Defective Urological Surgical Instrument

Settlement

$1.3M

Kaiser – Failure To Diagnose Bladder Cancer / Wrongful Death

Settlement

$1.3M

Bicyclist Injured By Dangerous Railroad Crossing

Settlement

$1.2M

Kaiser – Delayed Diagnosis of Thoracic Disc Disease / Paraplegia

Settlement

$1.2M

VEHICULAR NEGLIGENCE: Electrician v. Trucking Company

Settlement

$1.1M

Defective Catheter

Mediated Settlement

$1.1M

Kaiser – Misdiagnosis of Aortic Dissection / Amputation & Brain Damage

Settlement

$1M

Defective Apartment Heater / Carbon Monoxide

Settlement

$1M

Vehicular Negligence: Grandmother v. Construction Company

Settlement

$1M

Dangerous Public Park – Visitor Killed By Falling Tree

Settlement

$1M

Dangerous Roadway Results in City Settlement

Settlement

$1M

Passenger Falls From Motorized Cable Car

Settlement

$1M

Bicyclist Suffers Spinal Cord Injury In Accident Caused By Taxi

Settlement

$999K

Premises Liability: Customer v. Grocery Chain Store

Settlement

$999K

Product Liability: Heirs v. International Manufacturer

Settlement

$999K

Industrial Negligence: Mechanic v. Industrial Toolmaker

Structured Settlement

$999K

Kaiser – Failure To Diagnose Heart Attack

Settlement

$999K

Chemical Burns To Scalp

Settlement

$999K

Kaiser – Delayed Diagnoses of Breast Cancer

Settlement

$999K

Sisters Burned In Van Vs. Auto Collision

Settlement

$999K

Wrongful Death In Taxi Collision

Arbitration Award

$946K

Kaiser – Failure to Appreciate Results of Blood Pressure Test / Death

Settlement

$925K

Premises Liability: Patron v. Night Club

Settlement

$900K

Government Negligence

Settlement

$899K

Government Liability

Settlement

$875K

Failure to Diagnose Down Syndrome

Settlement

$875K

Premises Liability – Trip-And-Fall On Sidewalk Defect

Settlement

$850K

Kaiser – Heart Catheterization Mistake / Death

Settlement

$800K

Motorcycle v. Left-Turning Auto

Settlement

$750K

MUNI Train Strikes Truck

Settlement

$750K

Muni Bus Strikes Car / Wrongful Death

Settlement

$750K

Bicycle – San Francisco Market Street Collision

Settlement

$745K

Pedestrian Hit by Left-Turning Car

Settlement

$735K

Pedestrian Hit by Taxicab

Settlement

$725K

Vehicular Negligence: Auto v. Auto

Settlement

$600K

Kaiser – Failure to Timely Diagnose Lung Cancer / Metastatic Spread

Settlement

$600K

Vehicular Negligence: Parents v. Tow Truck

Settlement

$575K

Kaiser – Failure to Monitor Following Brain Surgery / Death

Settlement

$500K

Premises Liability – Mervyn’s Department Store Slip-And-Fall

Settlement

$500K

Cycling Injury

Settlement

$425K

Child Injury at Amusement Park

Settlement

$425K

Pedestrian Hit by Taxi

Settlement

$421K

Physician v Mercury Insurance

Settlement

$410K

Pedestrian Injured in Taxi Accident

Settlement

$400K

Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Settlement

$350K

Taxicab-Pedestrian Accident

Settlement

$350K

Kaiser – Fatal Administration of Antithrombolytic Agent / Wrongful Death

Settlement

$325K

Disembarking Passenger Injured As Taxi Drives Away

Mediated Settlement

$250K

Kaiser – Delay in Diagnosis of Breast Cancer / Shortened Life Expectancy

Settlement

$225K

Taxicab-moped Collision

Settlement

$200K

Premises Liability – Falling Store Merchandise

Settlement

$125K

Premises Liability – Defective Restaurant Chair