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Spencer LucasSpencer Lucas is an attorney at Panish, Shea, & Boyle. He currently focuses his practice on cases involving catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, products liability, and business torts. Mr. Lucas has successfully recovered over $50,000,000 for his clients. Spencer Lucas was recently trial counsel with Brian Panish in Tilton v. Southern California Gas Company in which they successfully received a jury verdict in excess of $15 million dollars in compensatory damages for a teenager who sustained a closed head injury after his vehicle was struck by a Southern California Gas Company utility truck. In August of 2007, Mr. Lucas was trial counsel with Mr. Panish in Avila v. Dresick Farms. In this 20 day jury trial in El Centro California, the jury returned a $5.6 million dollar verdict, which is considered to be the largest personal injury jury verdict in the history of Imperial County. Spencer Lucas graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Business Administration. During his undergraduate work, he completed an International Business program with honors from the University of Sevilla in 1999. Mr. Lucas graduated from Pepperdine University School of Law in 2004, where he was the co-founder of the Pepperdine International Human Rights Mission in Honduras. While at Pepperdine, Mr. Lucas studied International Law in London and was the winner of the Middle Temple Hall Moot Court Competition. Mr. Lucas speaks fluent Spanish and volunteers his time as an advocate for various international human rights groups. Mr. Lucas became a member of the State Bar of California in November of 2004. He is an active member of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, Consumer Attorneys of California, and Los Angeles County Bar Association. |
Product Defects
Bus Accidents
Business Litigation
Aviation Disasters
Pharmaceutical Litigation
Corporate Fraud
Government Liability
General Personal Injury
Wrongful Death
Automotive / Tire Defects
ATV/ Rhino Rollovers
More Practice Areas
Latest Firm NewsTilton v. Sempra - $15 million verdict for brain injury to minor resulting from a power company truck hitting a family vehicle. 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. Contreras v. State of California - $9 million settlment for amputation caused by a damaged freeway guardrail. Don Gino Dominguez v. South Central Los Angeles Regional Care Center - $2 million verdict for wrongful death of a mentally and physically disabled 39 year-old man. Health care center left man unsupervised and he choked to death. Doe v. Driver - $5.5 million settlement for death of pedestrian in an auto accident. Doe v. Oil Refinery - $6.2 Million settlement for wrongful death and personal injury caused by the collapse of tank floating roof. Avila v. Dresick Farms - $5.64 million dollar jury verdict for girl injured in truck v. van collision. Believed to be the largest verdict in the history of Imperial County, California. Konrad, et al. v. Hewlett-Packard - Lawsuit filed against Hewlett-Packard for pretexting journalists and their families Chief Warrant Officers v. Boeing, et al. - $13.55 million settlement for Army maintenance officers severely injured in the crash of Apache Longbow helicopter on a maintenance test flight during Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq. Does v. Doe Auto Manufacturer: confidential multimillion dollar settlement on behalf of a family involved in on-road rollover of sport utility vehicle. Does v. Van Manufacturer and Rental Company - Confidential multi-million dollar settlement on behalf of the survivors and family members of 14 church group members involved in a fifteen passenger van rollover. Hill v. Titan Tire - Confidential multi-million dollar settlement for a 42 year old man who sustained brain injuries following a tire failure on his vehicle. Dominguez v. San Francisco - $27.4 Million Verdict - Mother and 6 others witnessed a city truck driver run over her daughter on a sidewalk. City completely denied responsibility. Largest verdict ever against the City of San Francisco. Sherman v. Courrege - $25.5 Million Verdict - Wrongful death of mother, father, and son hit by a drunk driver. Sorenson v. Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway - $2.8 Million Verdict - Plaintiffs were parents of a 48 year-old man killed when a freight train crashed into a commuter train. Doe v. Auto Manufacturer - Major Confidential Settlement Fuel fed fire caused by defectively designed 15 passenger van rollover. Many occupants killed or severely burned. Flores v. Continental Tire - 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. Panish, Shea & Boyle on TV - The trial attorneys at Panish, Shea & Boyle have been on numerous televisions shows because of their involvement in many high profile cases. |
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