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Barber v. Mossy Ford

San Diego County jury returned a record wrongful death verdict of $14,465,864 for the deaths of two adults against a Ford dealership. Before the trial, a settlement was reached with other defendants for $8,300,000, bringing the total to $22,765,864. This is the largest in the history of San Diego County, California for such a case.

Posis v. Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Wrongful death action involving a rear end accident by a tow truck.

Power Balance v. Consumers

Power Balance being sued for company?s fraudulent advertising of its bracelets, which claim to give users physiological benefits they cannot give, including improved balance, strength and flexibility.

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Panish Shea & Boyle LLP Fighting for Athlete Rights

Avery v. Southern Section

Panish Shea & Boyle LLP represents another high school student in his appeal to play basketball after transferring to a new school.

Hunt v. Southern Section

Panish Shea & Boyle LLP represented a high school student in his fight to play football after transferring to a new school to escape violence in his hometown.

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Robert Crenshaw v. Land O’Lakes, Inc.

Panish Shea & Boyle LLP Announces a $6.45 Million Verdict – the largest personal injury verdict in the history of King’s County, California. The previous record for a personal injury verdict in King’s County was $1.6 million.

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Michael Jackson Family v. AEG

The firm is representing the family of Michael Jackson in the wrongful death lawsuit against Anschutz Entertainment Group, Inc. (AEG) and its subsidiaries and principals.

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Carlos & Kaylie, minors v. Sea-Doo Bombardier, et al.

The firm is representing four teenagers and their families after the teenagers were seriously injured when a Sea Doo exploded.

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Panish Shea & Boyle LLP brings wage and hour class action against Mozza LLC and Mario Batali

Mario Batali accused by current and former employees of tip-stealing scheme at Pizzeria Mozza – Panish Shea & Boyle LLP represents a Mozza LLC employee and former employee in a class action lawsuit that alleges claims against Mozza LLC, and Mozza LLC partners Mario Batali and Joseph Bastianich for conversion, failure to provide adequate meal and rest periods, failure to pay all wages due at termination, and unfair business practices. The case stems from Mozza LLC?s illegal policy of deducting from employee tips an amount equal to five percent of all wine sales to fund the company?s ?Wine Program.? California law prohibits the diversion of employee tips in this manner. The case also results from Mozza LLC?s practice of denying employees the opportunity to take rest and meal breaks as required by law. For more information about this case, please contact Jessie Kohler at 877-800-1700.

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Yoon v. Boeing

Don Yoon, a University City man whose wife, two baby daughters, and mother-in-law were killed Dec. 8, 2008, when a Marine Corps jet crashed onto their home, has sued the government and Boeing for negligence.

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DeLew v. NHP (Nevada Highway Patrol)

Brian Panish was involved in the vindication of a family that was on the other side of a tragic police cover up

  • Court Order – Order vindicating plaintiff’s death in police cover up

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Vega Family v. Verizon

$7 Million Awarded to Vega Family for Wrongful Death Claim Against Verizon

  • Press Release – Wrong-Way Driver Victim’s Family Had Filed Wrongful Death Claim Against Verizon and Awarded $7 Million
  • Press Release – Wrong-Way Driver Victim’s Family Had Filed Wrongful Death Claim Against Verizon and Awarded $7 Million

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Michael Nelsen v. Hillyard, Inc., et al.

California’s Million Dollar Verdicts

  • The Recorder – Panish Shea & Boyle LLP recognized in the June edition of The Recorder’s Top Verdicts for the Nelsen v. Hillyard case.

Record $21 Million Verdict for Iraq War Veteran in San Bernardino, CA

  • Press Release – 27 year-old Iraqi War veteran Michael Nelsen injured when Hillyard, Inc. truck rear-ended Mr. Nelsen’s vehicle on the I-15 freeway.

Freeway Crash Victim Awarded $21 Million

  • The Daily Journal – A San Bernardino County jury has awarded a Fullerton man $21 million in damages for severe injuries he sustained in a freeway crash with a cleaning company truck.

 

Contreras v. State of California

$9 million settlement for amputation caused by a damaged freeway guardrail.

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Tilton v. Southern California Gas & Electric

$15 million verdict for brain injury to minor resulting from a power company truck hitting a family vehicle.

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Gonzalez v. Dresick Farms

Jury Awards $5.6 Million for Imperial County Crash Injuries

  • The Daily Journal – A jury has awarded $5.6 million to a woman who was seriously injured when a minivan she was riding in was struck by a farm truck at a crossroads in Imperial County six years ago.

Jury awards collision victim $5.64 million

  • Imperial Valley Press – An Imperial County jury awarded $5.64 million to Teresa Gonzalez of Brawley on Tuesday, who was severely injured when the van she was riding in was hit by a truck.

Panish Shea & Boyle LLP announces $5.64 million verdict for a 15 year-old girl hit by a Dresick Farms commercial truck

  • Press Release – September 10, 2007 – Today an Imperial County, California jury awarded a $5.64 million verdict to Teresa Gonzalez who was horribly injured when the family van she was riding in was hit by a Dresick Farms commercial truck when she was 15 years-old…

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Beltran v. Boeing, et al.

$13.55 million settlement for Army maintenance officers

Judge OKs $13 Million Settlement for Soldiers

  • The Daily Journal – In what plaintiffs’ lawyers described as the largest settlement for military personnel injured during the Iraq war, a federal judge in Los Angeles Wednesday approved a $13.5 million settlement against Boeing and four other companies.

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  • dBusiness News – Panish Shea & Boyle LLP Announces That Court Approves Largest Known Settlement for Military Personnel Injured During War in Iraq: Major Settlement with Manufacturers of Army’s Apache Longbow Helicopter.
  • The Spinal Cord Injury Zone – Court approves $13.55M personal injury settlement against Boeing and others over Iraq Apache Longbow accident.
  • Seattle PI – Boeing, others settle with soldiers injured in helicopter crash.
  • FOX News – $13.5M Settlement in Army Copter Crash.
  • CBS 2 – Boeing To Pay $13.5M To Settle Soldiers’ Lawsuit.

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Jimenez v. City of Los Angeles

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Pellicano Wiretapping Scandal

Lawyering Up Pellicano’s Victims

  • Deadline Hollywood Daily – Neville Johnson (of the firm Johnson and Rishwain) and Brian Panish (of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP) are meeting with many victims of the Pellicano wiretapping scandal to jointly represent them.

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Dominguez v. San Francisco

$21 million settlement while case was on appeal. Wrongful death of 4 year-old girl. Largest settlement ever paid by San Francisco.

Record $27 Million Jury Award Against City and County of San Francisco for Pedestrians in Muni Crash

  • San Francisco – A San Francisco Superior Court jury returned a verdict of over $27 million ($27,394,567) today for the victims of a Municipal Railway truck crash

TOP VERDICTS OF 2005

S.F. Hit With $27 Million Verdict

  • The Recorder – A superior court jury decided Thursday that the city of San Francisco should pay $27.4 million to two families…

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Griggs v. Caterpillar, et al.

Taste of Success

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Sherman v. Courrege

Jury Gives Kin $25.5 Million for Family Deaths

  • The Daily Journal – A Superior Court jury in Burbank on Wednesday awarded three adult siblings $25.5 million for the St. Patrick’s Day deaths five years ago of their parents and teen-age brother who were hit by a drunken driver.

Parents and Son Killed in Drunk Driving Accident

  • Verdict Search – Motor Vehicle – Alcohol Involvement / Wrongful Death

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Sorenson v. Burlington N. Santa Fe Railroad

$2.67 Million Awarded to Parents for the Wrongful Death of Their 48 Year-Old Son

  • The Daily Journal – In April 2002, Larry Sorenson, a 48-year-old computer engineer, was a passenger on a commuter train that was struck head-on by a freight train.

Couple Get Award in O.C. Train Wreck Suit

  • Los Angeles Times – An Orange County jury on Friday ordered the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway to pay $2.8 million to the parents of a Riverside commuter who died in a 2002 Metrolink accident in Placentia.

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2005 Glendale Metrolink Train Derailment

Decision on Criminal Charges in Metrolink Crash Expected Tomorrow, District Attorney Says

  • Metropolitan News-Enterprise – District Attorney Steve Cooley said yesterday he expects a decision by tomorrow on charges a man could face for a derailment-crash that killed 10 people and injured scores, some of them critically.

 

Witham v. Avjet

Jet Crash Suit Settled for $11.7 Million

  • Associated Press – The families of three people among 18 killed in a charter jet crash in Aspen, Colo., accepted $11.7 million Monday in a last-minute settlement with the plane’s operators.

The Valley; Suits Settled in Aspen Jet Crash

  • Los Angeles Times – Avjet Corp., a Burbank-based charter jet company, reached an $11.7-million settlement Monday with the families of three people killed two years ago in a plane crash in Aspen, Colo.

Families of Victims in Aspen Plane Crash Awarded $10.2 Million

  • Associated Press – LOS ANGELES – A Southern California charter jet company must pay $10.2 million to families of three people killed in the 2001 plane crash near the Aspen airport, a jury ruled Wednesday.

Settlement Ends Aspen Jet Crash Lawsuit for $11.7 Million

  • Aspen Daily News – The families of three people among 18 killed in a charter jet crash in Aspen accepted $11.7 million…

Aspen Crash Awarded

Avjet Press

  • Press Releases – Bradach – nalls seventh engineer support battalion was clearing mines near the city of Karbala Tuesday when the accident happened.

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Alaska Airlines and Boeing Plane Crashes

Alaska Airlines, Boeing Admit Crash Role

  • The Associated Press – Dateline: SEATTLE Alaska Airlines has taken legal responsibility for a January 2000 jet crash that killed all 88 aboard, and Boeing said it would not contest liability over the plane’s design.

Suit Filed in Fallout From Alaska Airlines Crash

  • CNN – Relatives of a passenger who died in the January 31 crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 filed a lawsuit in federal court…

Liability Accepted in Alaska Jet Crash

  • San Francisco Chronicle – A federal judge found Alaska Airlines and Boeing Co. legally responsible Tuesday for the January 2000 crash of a San Francisco-bound jet that killed 88 people…

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Aaliyah Lawsuit

Families of two victims of crash that killed R&B singer Aaliyah file lawsuits

  • The Associated Press – LOS ANGELES (AP) — Virgin Records was negligent in chartering a small plane in which singer-actress Aaliyah and eight other people died last year, according to wrongful death lawsuits filed Wednesday on behalf of two victims’ families.

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Lampe v. Continental General Tire

Rollover Victim Gets $55 Million

Tire trial may set record

Two tire companies punctured by juries

Tire Firm Assessed Damages in Crash

  • Los Angeles Times – Court: A jury orders Continental General to pay $55 million for a defect that caused a rollover. The verdict is believed to be the largest involving tread-separation failure.

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Wu v. Singapore Airlines

Children Who Lost Parents in Plane Crash get $15 Million

  • CNN Law Center – Jurors Friday awarded $15 million to the children of a couple who perished aboard a Singapore Airlines jetliner…

Victims’ Families Sue Singapore Airlines

  • India West – A lawsuit was filed against Singapore Airlines Feb. 23 in U.S. District Court here on behalf of family members of seven passengers…

Airline Crash in Taiwan Claimed Lives of Plaintiff’s Parents

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Pesso v. Meyers

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Wishum v. RiteAid

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Anderson v. General Motors Corp.

The Biggest Jury Verdict of 1999

Lasting Impact – How an Internal Memo Written 26 Years Ago Is Costing GM Dearly

Burn Victims Say They’ll Split Award to Benefit Others

  • Los Angeles Times – Appealing to the court of public opinion as they try to protect the largest personal injury award in history, the survivors of a fiery crash will donate half the $4.9 billion.

Litigator Profile – Going Long

  • Verdicts & Settlements – The GM case’s lead plaintiff lawyer – an ex-football player – muscles through cases with tenacity in the courtroom and commitment to his clients…

Was it the boom or was it good lawyering?

Burn Victims Offer to Trade Cash for Recall

  • Los Angeles Times – Court: Attorney for six who won $4.9-billion judgement against General Motors says they will forgo most of it if cars similar to theirs are fixed.

The Low Road

  • The Daily Journal – GM Deserves Punitives for Valuing Profit More Than Human Lives.

Senate Mulls Criminalizing A Tort Issue

Road Kill

  • California Law Business – General Motors, Ford, Firestone and now Goodyear are learning to fear [Santa Monica attorney]. With other consumer attorneys, he’s on a mission to shed new light on the auto industry’s dirty little secrets.

TOP 10 VERDICTS – Thinking Big

  • Verdicts & Settlements – California juries awarded over $5.5 billion in the 10 biggest verdicts reported in 1999. Is the Golden State taking a stand against injustice, or merely feeling the effects of a prosperous era?…

Anderson v. GM Case Summary

  • Anderson Case Summary – On July 9, 1999, a Los Angeles jury unanimously held General Motors liable for $4.9 billion dollars in punitive damages and $107 million in compensatory damages.

The Big Top

  • Los Angeles Daily Journal – Attorney Brian Panish won a record $5 billion for Alisha Parker, Ty-shon Haney and Pat Anderson in last year’s No. 1 verdict, a product liability case against General Motors.

GM Should Stop Passing the Buck

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Gandy, Estrada, and Reyes v. R.W. Mfg., Williams Patent Crusher, Imperial Mfg., Action Equip., Bolder UTP Welding, and Praxair Dist.

S99-03-01

  • Tri-Service – 9/29/95: Plaintiffs Gandy, a 47-year-old ripsaw foreman, Estrada, a 30-year-old laborer, and Reyes, a 28-year-old laborer, were injured in an explosion

Gandy v. R.W. Mfg.

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Joel Cohen v. Sports Connection

The Latest Word

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Shirlee Fuller v. Greater Bethany Community Church

Church found Liable in crash

  • Press Telegram – Settlement: Former L.B. Resident, who was crushed by van, awarded $10 million.

Woman Awarded Damages in Crash

  • Los Angeles Times – A Superior Court jury awarded $10 million to a woman who was crushed by a van after a tire blowout while traveling from a South-Central Los Angeles church to a religious convention in Ohio, attorneys said Wednesday.

Shirlee Fuller v. Greater Bethany Community Church

  • Confidential Report for Attorneys – Pltfs were members of Deft church, located in South Central Los Angeles. The church’s Praise Ministry was responsible for the sale of tapes, books and other items used to spread the gospel.

Personal Injury

  • Tri-Service – Plaintiffs were members of the Greater Bethany Community Church located in South Central Los Angeles. The Church sold video and audio tapes and books in an effort to spread the gospel through their tape ministry.

Church Loses $10M Verdict Over Van’s Blown Tire

  • January 19, 1999 – On Aug, 4, 1993, Shirlee Fuller was a passenger in a church van driven by Geoffrey Hunte when its left rear tire blew out near Albuquerque, N.M., and Mr. Hunte lost control of the van, said plaintiffs’ attorney Brian J. Panish.

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Staley v. Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Agency

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Pogosyan v. SCRTD

Panish and [Another Attorney] Report $22 Million Verdict

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Teraberanyans v. Browning-Ferris Industries

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Doe v. Auto Manufacturer

Major Confidential Settlement – Woman sustained paraplegia when the right rear tire on the family’s Ford Windstar van experienced a tread belt separation, causing the vehicle to roll over.

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Roger Klier v. Southern Contracting

Roger Klier v. Southern Contracting

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Bye v. Louisiana Pacific

Railroads

  • Law Reporter – Hobbs, a Louisiana Pacific employee, was operating a skiploader on a private road owned by the railroad.

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Susan Elizabeth Johnson v. Pratt & Whitney Canada, Inc.

Marines’ kin win $4.9 million suit

  • Navy Times – SANTA ANA, Calif. – The families of two Marines killed when their Cobra attack helicopter crashed in the Cleveland National Forest won $4.9 million from the maker of a fuel nozzle that failed, causing the crash.

Jury Awards $5 Million in Marine Deaths

Dead Marines’ families win $4.9 million award

  • Orange County Register – The families of two Marines killed when their Cobra attack helicopter crashed in the Cleveland National Forest won $4.9 million…

Helicopter Crash: Marine Corps Pilots

CASE SUMMARY: Susan Elizabeth Johnson v. Pratt & Whitney Canada, Inc.

  • Case Summary – The heirs of two marines killed in a helicopter crash brought a wrongful death action against the manufacturer of the helicopter’s engines.

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Cellamare v. Laidlaw

  • Verdict Search – Motor Vehicle / Pedestrian – Cellamare v. Laidlaw $5,600,000 case details

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Castillo & Perez v. SCRTD

Castillo & Perez vs. SCRTD

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Ramirez v. Patterson

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Vanmalibhai Galal v. City of Long Beach

Landlord Gets Largest Settlement in City’s History

  • Los Angeles Times – Vanmalibhai Galal had just collected rent from a tenant in his central Long Beach hotel and turned to walk to his apartment a few feet away. Before he made it home, however, he saw “a very big blue light.”

Man mistakenly shot by L.B. police wins case

  • Press-Telegram – $6.25 million civil award biggest in city’s history

Late Mail Deals City a Setback in Effort to Reduce $6.75-Million Award

  • Los Angeles Times – Courts: A new trial in a police shooting case is denied after the paperwork arrives after the deadline

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Maurice Dahn v. Rockwell International

Maurice Dahn v. Rockwell International

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Charles Davin v. Skyview Limousine Service and Palm Springs
Limousine Service

Charles Davin v. Skyview Limousine Service and Palm Springs Limousine Service

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Patrick Coyle v. City of Torrance

Patrick Coyle v. City of Torrance

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Rastello v. City of Torrance

Policing the Police

  • Trial Lawyers Doing Public Justice – Citizens need the police to protect their rights. But what happens when citizens’ rights are put at risk because a police department covers up the misconduct of its own officers?

Rastello v. City of Torrance

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Ledesma v. Patel

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Doiron v. City of Riverside

Doiron v. City of Riverside

  • Verdicta – The Plaintiff, an 18 year old high school student, passenger in a 1967 Volkswagen Bug, was traveling on a main roadway in Riverside at approximately 10:00 p.m…

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Juan Cruz v. Hertz Corporation

Hertz to pay $2.5 Million to Disabled Crash Victim

  • The Los Angeles Times – The Hertz Corp. has agreed to pay $2.5 million in an out-of-court settlement to a former Van Nuys resident left paralyzed from the neck down by a multi-vehicle pileup after one of the company’s rental cars stalled on the Ventura Freeway.

Juan Cruz v. Hertz Corporation

  • Verdicta – A multi-vehicle accident which occurred on the ventura Freeway on October 12, 1985 at approximately 2:30 an,. A Hertz vehicle stalled in the number five lane and was rear ended.

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Maria Castillo v. Avila Trucking Company

Glenn County Superior Courts

  • Jury Verdicts Weekly – April 23, 1984, the plaintiff, 40 years old, was injured when the auto in which she was a passenger struck an olive barrel (6′ x 4′) on Interstate 5 in Glenn County.

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