We negotiated a settlement in the amount of $1 million on behalf of the surviving heirs of a woman killed when a 30-foot length of a diseased pine tree fractured and fell, striking and killing her at the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary in Pacific Grove. Our dangerous condition attorneys were able to prove that at least six pine trees, each more than 100 tall, had been tagged three years earlier for removal because of the very risk that resulted in the woman’s death.
The plaintiffs included the son and daughter of the deceased and three of her grandchildren. The son and grandchildren witnessed the event and had claims for both emotional distress and wrongful death.
