ClickCease E-Newsletter Winter 2019 Archives | Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger

Auto Product Liability: Servicemen v. Foreign Automaker – $4,850,000 Settlement During Expert Discovery

In this confidential action, Michael A. Kelly, Andrew McDevitt and Valerie Rose represented two passengers of a sedan that crashed into a tree in central California, suffering enhanced injuries when the car’s rear seat passenger restrain system failed resulting in orthopedic and residual brain injuries. The case settled for $4.85 million during expert discovery following…

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Vehicular Negligence: Grandmother v. Construction Company – $1,000,000 Settlement Prior to Expert Discovery

In this San Francisco Superior Court case, Sara Peters represented a senior citizen from El Salvador who was run over by a construction company truck outside of her grandson’s elementary school. Plaintiff sustained major injuries including brain damage due to loss of blood. There were no witnesses, and our injured client could not recall the…

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Vehicular Negligence: Auto v. Auto – $725,000 Settlement Following Court-Ordered Settlement Conference

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…

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Medical Negligence: Heirs v. Internist – 7-Figure Confidential Settlement

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…

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Toxic Exposure: Worker v. Consulting Firm – 7-Figure Confidential Settlement

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…

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