In Commercial House Cleaners v. Residential Gas Supply (court and caption confidential), Matthew D. Davis, Spencer J. Pahlke and Valerie N. Rose represented a couple who were cleaning a vacation rental home when leaking gas vapors ignited. Both clients suffered severe full thickness third degree burns in the ensuing explosion. Matt, Spencer and Valerie established…
In Teen v. Outdoor Recreational Group (court and settlement confidential), Doris Cheng and Jeffrey A. Clause obtained a multi-million dollar confidential award on behalf of a young teen who suffered frostbite and exposure injuries while a participant at the defendant’s facility. The defendant’s employees failed to properly equip and supervise a group of teens on…
In Heirs v. International Manufacturer (confidential settlement), Michael A. Kelly, Doris Cheng and Andrew P. McDevitt obtained a confidential multi-million dollar settlement for the wife and newborn baby of a Northern California deliveryman who suffered fatal injuries while working. The decedent was riding in the middle position of the front bench seat of the delivery…
Khaldoun Baghdadi and Valerie Rose have filed a civil rights lawsuit against school administrators and the Clark County Nevada School District in Las Vegas on behalf of three special needs children for failing to protect them from physical abuse, and thereafter intentionally concealing the abuse from their parents. Our team is prosecuting the cases in…
In Filosa v. Alagappan (First District Court of Appeal Case No. A156412), Michael A. Kelly and Valerie N. Rose obtained a significant Court of Appeal victory benefitting claimants in medical malpractice cases. The First District Court of Appeal reversed summary judgment dismissal by the Contra Costa County Superior Court which erroneously held that the one…
In the midst of a pandemic-induced floundering economy, Kaiser Permanente announced it had achieved $2.2 billion in operating income in 2020. HCA Healthcare reported a profit of $1.4 billion for the fourth quarter of 2020 alone. In a year of belt-tightening and job losses, healthcare profits remain sizeable. This is not surprising. Even with a…
We are proud to introduce the 2020-2021 Fellow for the Walkup Civil Justice Fellowship Program. Kelsey Constantin grew up in Irvine, California and attended UC Santa Barbara where she received her B.A. in psychology. After graduation, she moved up the coast to Oakland and enjoyed Bay Area living while exploring different career paths. When she…
Mike Kelly was selected to the LawDragon 500 Hall of Fame. Mike was also honored to be the top vote-getter among all Northern California Super Lawyers in the balloting for 2020 and 2021. In the spring he has been invited to present the second annual Connecticut Trial Lawyers “Michael Koskoff Memorial Lecture.” The presentation honors…
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…
Firm partners Michael A. Kelly, Richard H. Schoenberger and Matthew D. Davis acted as co-lead counsel in a Federal District Court action that forced the City and County of San Francisco to address the massive proliferation of tents and encampments on the sidewalks and streets of the City’s Tenderloin district. The positive impact suit was…
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