Panish, Shea & Boyle Record of Success

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

RESULTS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Product Liability

• 4.9 Billion dollar verdict for burn victim of defective fuel systems
• 3.3 Billion dollar settlement in Los Angeles County Tobacco Litigation
• 58 Million dollar verdict for worker burned after failure of defective o-ring
• 55 Million dollar verdict in tire thread separation case (largest verdict for quadriplegic in California history)

Aviation

• 15 Million dollar verdict for adult children who lost parents in crash of Singapore Airlines flight 006
• 13.55 Million dollar settlement for Army maintenance officers
• 11 Million dollar verdict for parents who lost 22 year old daughter in crash of chartered Gulf Stream III aircraft
• 10 Million dollar settlement for adult children who lost parents in plane crash
• 9.25 Million dollar settlement for burn victim survivor of plane crash
• 8.0 Million dollar settlement for burn victim survivor of plane crash
• 6.0 Million dollar settlement for death of wife and mother in plane crash
• 4.97 Million verdict for Marines killed in crash of AH-1 Cobra helicopter

Personal Injury

• 32.6 Million dollar settlement for 16 year-old injured in auto accident
• 21 Million dollar verdict for a Iraq War veteran injured when a truck rear-ended vehicle
• 10 Million dollar verdict for pre-school teacher injured in rollover of church van
• 9.6 Million dollar verdict for quadriplegic wrongfully shot at hotel
• 9 Million dollar settlement for amputation caused by a damaged freeway guardrail.
• 3 Million dollar verdict for school teacher who suffered head injury in rollover accident
• 6.0 Million dollar settlement for leg amputation
• 4.6 Million dollar settlement for burn victim
• 4.6 Million dollar settlement for 20 year-old with head injuries

Wrongful Death

• 8.6 Million dollar settlement for wrongful death of 75 year-old
• 4.5 Million dollar settlement for wrongful death of 45 year old against a waste trash truck
• 27 Million dollar verdict for death of child hit by city vehicle

Wrongful Termination

• 12 Million dollar verdict for salesman denied commission
• 6 Million dollar verdict/settlement for international bank employee whistle blower
• 2.4 Million dollar verdict for senior executive

Government Liability

• 22 Million dollar verdict for 45 year-old amputee from police pursuit
• 6.25 Million dollar verdict for hotel owner wrongfully shot by police

Civil Rights Violation in Death

• 6.0 Million dollar verdict for wrongful death of 19 year-old
• 5.5 Million dollar settlement against DMV for amputee

Honors

The Firm and/or one or more of its partners have received the following recognition and awards:

• Top 10 Southern California Super Lawyers 2004, 2009, 2010
• Top 100 Southern California Super Lawyers 2004- 2010
• 2006 – featured in the National Law Journal as one of the "100 Most Influential Attorneys in America"
• 2001 – Featured in National Law Journal as one of 10 winningest attorneys in America
• 2000 – Southern California Trial Attorney of the Year
• 1999 – Consumer Attorneys of California Trial Attorneys of the Year (Finalist 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2004)
• Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Finalist, Trial Lawyer of the Year 1990, 1995 and 2000
• Selected by Daily Journal as one of the top 100 Most Influential Attorneys in California 1999-Present
• Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America
• Consumer Attorneys of California, Presidential Awards of Merit
• Selected to the Lawdragon 500 - the 500 "Leading Lawyers in America"
• Member of the Inner Circle of Advocates (limited to 100 plaintiff personal injury lawyers nationwide)

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Latest Firm News

Michael Nelsen v. Hillyard, Inc., et al. - Record $21 million verdict for Iraq war veteran. 27 year-old Iraqi War veteran Michael Nelsen injured when Hillyard, Inc. truck rear-ended Mr. Nelsen's vehicle on the I-15 freeway.

Tilton 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 settlement 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.