ClickCease Brain Injury Archives | Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger

Pedestrian Struck By Cable Car

In Commuter v. CCSF (S.F. Sup. Ct.) Michael Kelly and Conor Kelly obtained an $11,000,000 settlement on behalf of a 78-year-old woman who was struck by a cable car while walking inside a marked crosswalk on Hyde Street. Witnesses originally faulted the plaintiff for the accident, but security video from a nearby building revealed that she began…

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Slip and Fall – Brain Injury

Our slip and fall team represented an elderly woman who slipped and fell on uneven pavement while exiting a restaurant.  She fell forward and struck her head on the ground suffering a skull fracture and serious brain injury.  Previously independent and able to drive, pay her own bills, and visit friends, our client now requires…

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Medical Malpractice – Neurologic Injury

We achieved a settlement of $8,750,000 on behalf of a 54-year-old bookkeeper, who suffered Wernicke’s Encephalopathy following bariatric surgery.  Thiamine deficiency is a well-known complication associated with bariatric surgery.  If untreated, the patient can suffer permanent injury to the thalamus and hypothalamus (called Wernicke’s Encephalopathy).  The standard of care requires ingestion of Vitamin B1 (thiamine)…

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Vehicular Negligence

In Laborers v. Grading Company (court and case confidential ) Richard Schoenberger, Michael A. Kelly and Conor M. Kelly obtained a cash and annuity settlement having a present cash value $7,900,000 on behalf of two undocumented ranch laborers injured in a head-on vehicle crash in rural Northern California. The night time collision occurred on a…

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Dangerous Crosswalk

Richard H. Schoenberger, Douglas S. Saeltzer and Jeffrey A. Clause recently obtained an $11,100,000 mediated recovery on behalf of a 6-year-old boy and two surviving heirs of his deceased grandmother following a tragic auto versus pedestrian crash. The boy and his grandmother were crossing the street in a marked crosswalk when they were struck by…

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