In Lindquist v. State of California, Walkup partners Rich Schoenberger and Doug Saeltzer, together with associate Joseph Nicholson, obtained what is believed to be a record verdict for Sonoma County against Caltrans for a dangerous condition of public property. Following a highly contested trial, the jury awarded Scott Lindquist $15,136,112 for his injuries, and his wife…
In Parents v. California Trucking Group (Central Cal. Sup. Ct.) Doris Cheng and Clifton Smoot obtained a policy-limits $3,000,000 settlement, as well as changes to the defendant trucking company’s safety policies. Plaintiffs were the parents of an unmarried adult child. The decedent was studying medicine at the time of the crash and planning a career helping underserved…
Walkup Melodia proudly represented a 25-year-old crane mechanic who sustained a spinal cord injury when he was injured riding his motorcycle in San Leandro. The plaintiff was struck by a car making a turn across five lanes of traffic at a blind curve. The driver initially denied liability for the collision, arguing that the plaintiff,…
Our Walkup motorcycle accident lawyers recovered this settlement in the amount of $4.5 million on behalf of a 50-year-old attorney who suffered a left leg below-the-knee amputation when he was struck by a left-turning semi-truck. Our Sacramento motorcycle accident lawyers demonstrated through the testimony of both experts and nonparty witnesses that the headlight of the…
Our attorneys represented a 26-year-old Marine who was injured in a motorcycle accident in Southern California. He sustained significant head and spinal injuries when he was struck by a vehicle. The opposing driver claimed that the motorcyclist was speeding and not positioned in the correct place on the roadway. Using experts who specialize in motorcycle…
We recovered this settlement on behalf of a motorcyclist who was forced to “lay down” her cycle in the face of a left-turning BMW. The defendant BMW operator had turned left in front of the plaintiff to enter a garage located midblock. His view of oncoming traffic was obscured by a stopped MUNI bus. He…
In Cyclist v. Caltrans Contractor (Bay Area Sup. Ct., confidential court and case number) Michael A. Kelly and Conor M. Kelly negotiated a cash and annuity package having a present value of $5,000,000 on behalf of a 30-year-old school janitor who was injured while riding his motorcycle home from work on northbound Skyline Boulevard. The…
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