Rear-end low-speed collision involving a car with a defectively repaired seat exacerbates a pre-existing back injury
Ron Roe v. Black Repair Shop and Defendant Driver
Resolution: $2.1 million settlement.
Low-speed impact causes occasional finger numbness for oral surgeon
John Doe, DMD v. Jane Smith
Resolution: Confidential settlement.
Motorcyclist struck by driver suffers pelvic fracture, incontinence and other catastrophic injuries
Livia M. v. Stephen Smith, John Smith and Carol Smith
Resolution: $1.5 million policy limits settlement.
Jury verdict for woman injured when security gate brought down on her at ski resort
Jane Doe v. Northstar-at-Tahoe
Resolution: $691,941 total jury verdict, reduced by Doe’s 40% comparative fault to $415,164.
Cab runs red light, injuring elderly couple
The Does v. Arrow Cab Co.
Resolution: $575,000 settlement.
Collision causes broken kneecap and exacerbates knee injuries
Jane Doe v. Defendant Driver
Resolution: $625,000 settlement.
Children sexually assaulted by babysitter
Doe I and Doe II v. The Roe Family
Resolution: Confidential settlement.
Elderly pedestrian struck by car in San Francisco
Yu v. Vallindras
Resolution: $1 million settlement.
Man killed by exploding 100-pound propane cylinders
The Doe Family v. Durnall and Campora Propane, Inc. and Manchester Tank & Equipment Co.
Resolution: $4.85 million settlement. This is one of the highest wrongful death settlements ever reported in San Joaquin County.
Wife and mother crushed by die cutting machine and killed
The Doe Family v. ABC Manufacturing Co. and XYZ Machinery
Resolution: $5.75 million settlement
Woman killed in motorcycle accident by inattentive driver
The Buzenus Family v. Red Company
Resolution: $8.75 Million
Industrial ironing press malfunctions burning woman’s arm
Guevara v. Roe Machine Co.
Resolution: $2.3 million settlement
Man killed by bouncers in dispute at strip club
Doe v. White Strip Club
Resolution: $1.25 million settlement
Pedestrian struck by Muni light rail and later died
The Fan Family v. City and County of San Francisco
Resolution: $2.25 million settlement
Verdict for woman whose fingers were crushed after vehicle tipped over
Jane Doe v. Acme Transport
Resolution: $2.4 million judgment, including a $2.1 million jury verdict, prevailing party costs and interest from the date of service of Doe’s formal Offer to Compromise.
Man rendered paraplegic after being crushed by equipment falling off forklift
Barrera v. The Montague Company
Resolution: $5 million settlement. Barrera’s future workers' compensation benefits were resolved for an additional $477,000.
Man sustained catastrophic brain injuries as result of high-speed truck collision
Darr v. Matheson Fast Freight
Resolution: $8 million settlement and Darr’s employer’s waiver of a $600,000 workers’ compensation lien.
Man with Parkinson’s removed from his position at work and harassed after diagnosis
John Doe v. Black Food Co.
Resolution: $1 million settlement
Pedestrian struck in defectively-designed crosswalk
Mowatt v. City of Los Angeles
Resolution: $16 million, consisting of an $18 million jury verdict against the City of Los Angeles, reduced to $12.25 million for the City’s comparative fault and a prior $1.625 million settlement, plus over $2 million in costs and interest following defendant’s unsuccessful appeal.
Woman’s fall on bus later results in below-the-knee amputation
Paula Programmer v. AC Transit
Resolution: $2.75 million settlement
Student suffers mild brain injury after being hit by car while crossing street
Sarah Student v. Nina Nanny
Resolution: $1.2 million settlement
Driver failed to check rear-view mirrors, caused collision with motorcyclist
Michael Mechanic v. Defendant Driver
Resolution: $1.5 million settlement.
Mother breaks neck and dies in car accident with her sons in car
The Penado Family v. Molex, Inc. and Regina Litz
Resolution: $3.87 million settlement
Men crushed by car against building suffer traumatic leg injuries
Juan Diaz and John Doe v. Errant Delivery Co.
Resolution: $14.5 million settlement. Diaz's settlement was $5.5 million. Doe, who had both legs traumatically amputated at the scene, was represented by separate counsel.
Man suffers burns, amputations and paraplegia after contacting power line
Tuiaki v. Adelphia
Resolution: $29 million settlement.
Pedestrian crossing in unmarked crosswalk struck by limo driver
Carole Roe v. Limo Company
Resolution: $1 million insurance policy limit settlement
Well-known national company discriminated against African-American, terminated him from position
Employee v. Roe Corporation
Resolution: Confidential settlement
Man skiing with son was injured after being struck by snowmobile
John Doe v. Ski Resort Co.
Resolution: $1.6 million settlement
Cyclist rendered triplegic after his bicycle tire got caught in expansion joint on Bay Bridge
Alex Z. v. Caltrans
Resolution: $1.7 million settlement
Plumber’s knee injured by concrete pumping hose filled with pressurized concrete
Joe Plumber v. Concrete Pumping Co.
Resolution: $2.1 million jury verdict
Child bit by neighbor’s dog
Jill D. v. Neighbor
Resolution: Confidential settlement
Teenage girl suffered third degree burns to 25% of her body after being sprayed by boiling hot radiator coolant
Porter v. Caltrans and Doe Dealership
Resolution: $1.5 million settlement
Man’s foot and leg run over by forklift—later required lower leg amputation
Joe Truckdriver v. Commercial Plant
Resolution: $2.8 million settlement
Woman sustained brain damage and fractures when broadsided at dangerous intersection
Jane Doe v. Jerry Berkowitz and Contra Costa County
Resolution: $5.8 million settlement
Man’s arm, shoulder and neck injured when load of excavator swung into him
John Smith v. Road Construction Co.
Resolution: $1.6 million settlement
Elderly woman tripped in grocery store parking lot
Danuta Tempel v. Cala Foods, Inc.
Resolution: $1.1 million settlement
Man left permanently disabled after falling on wet tile at Oakland City Center
Reid v. Shorenstein Company
Resolution: $1 million settlement
Mother suffered permanent brain damage when burn ICU’s personnel failed to protect her airway
Sherri v. Hospital, Doctor Doe, and Medical Group
Resolution: $3.6 million settlement
Pedestrian crushed against streetlight by car, sustaining severe crush injuries to her legs that later required an amputation
Jane Doe v. McNulty
Resolution: $3 million settlement
Husband and father crushed by rear tires of big rig tractor-trailer making right turn
The Doe Family v. Feely Trucking Corp. and Lahkbir Ram
Resolution: $1.75 million settlement
Orthopedic surgeon hit by board falling from high-rise, suffered shoulder injury
John Doe v. Third and Mission Assoc. and others
Resolution: $6.5 million resolution consisting of a $5.4 million jury verdict and $1.1 million in costs and interest following defendants’ unsuccessful appeal.
Four injured when airport shuttle forced to decelerate behind taxicab stopped on freeway on-ramp
Doe and others v. Yellow Cab Cooperative, Inc.
Resolution: $3.7 million jury verdict
Woman subjected to hostile environment and different treatment than her male co-workers at software company
Jane Doe v. Software Company
Resolution: Confidential settlement
Woman suffered severe burns to genitalia from using hygenique surgigator
Jane Doe et al. v. Marin General Hospital
Resolution: Confidential settlement
Lacrosse coach Diane Whipple mauled and killed by two dogs
The Diane Whipple dog mauling in San Francisco
Resolution: Confidential settlement
Baby born with jaundice failed to receive proper care-condition resulted in quadriplegia with cerebral palsy
Andrew Leyvas v. Norma Paragas, M.D.
Resolution: $84.3 million jury verdict
Driver with history of drug abuse allowed to illegally rent car— caused traumatic brain injury to passenger
John Doe v. Black Corp.
Resolution: $5.7 million settlement
Man injured when 9,200-pound electric forklift ran over his foot
Jim Trucker v. Albertson’s
Resolution: $8.1 million resolution consisting of a $6.4 million jury verdict and $1.7 million in costs and interest following Albertson’s unsuccessful appeal.
Husband and wife killed in hot air balloon crash, orphaning eight-year-old daughter
The Jacobs Family v. Roe Hot Air Balloon Co. and Doe Propane Tank Manufacturer
Resolution: Confidential settlement
Husband and father killed by truck failing to stop on roadway
The Dean Family v. Fedco Trucking
Resolution: $1.1 million jury verdict
Worker struck by concrete hose, sustaining spine, brain and shoulder injuries
Banuelos v. A&J Concrete Pumping, Mission Valley Ready Mix, and Pearsons Concrete
Resolution: $1.5 million settlement
A 32-year-old carpenter fell 20 feet off a roof and sustained severe spinal injuries and paraplegia
Michael Patton v. Lincoln Property Co. and Larkspur Courts Associates
Resolution: $1 million settlement.
Woman falls down empty elevator shaft
Stacy H. v. Residential Apartment Building
Resolution: $7 million settlement
Elderly man with Parkinson’s ended up engulfed in flames as result of nursing home’s neglect
Rossie B. v. Roe Nursing Home
Resolution: $2.9 million settlement
Female pedestrian hit by van while crossing street
Knoop v. Roe Brokerage Co.
Resolution: $1.7 million settlement
Plumber suffered facial and wrist fractures after falling 15 feet through unguarded opening onto concrete
Sergio Rodriguez and Maria Rodriguez v. San Jose Construction
Resolution: $1.8 million settlement.
Well-known reporter electrocuted while covering news story
Adrienne Doe v. Parent Corp.
Resolution: $17.8 million settlement
Defectively-designed rivet buster fires piston into construction worker’s eye
Gary LaPlante v. Chicago Pneumatic
Resolution: $1.8 million settlement
Young woman killed, brother seriously injured, after being deliberately run down by vehicle
The Levy Family v. Attias
Resolution: Confidential settlement
Child killed after falling through a plywood cover into a swimming pool excavation
The Fitzpatrick Family v. Roe Insurance Co. and Green Property Owners
Resolution: $1.5 million settlement
Husband and father killed when 18-wheeler tractor-trailer rig made illegal turn on highway
The Millison Family v. Federal Trucking
Resolution: $4.6 million settlement
Exploding pool filter caused man brain injury, neck injuries, and fractures to his skull, eye orbit, and front teeth
Doe v. Red Pool Filter Manufacturer
Resolution: $1.6 million settlement
Competitive road cyclist on rural road involved in crash with elderly driver
Jane Doe v. Elderly Driver
Resolution: Confidential settlement
Man in vehicle rear-ended by truck, setting off series of impacts down a line of vehicles
Doe v. Showermans Beer Distributors
Resolution: $1.32 million resolution consisting of a $1 million jury verdict and $320,000 in costs and interest following Showerman’s unsuccessful appeal.
Defectively-maintained manlift fails resulting in injuries to two workers
Charles Yamamoto and George May v. Montgomery Elevator Company; 35 Stanford Street Building Corporation dba Pacific Elevator & Equipment Company, Inc.; Viola Industries; and Tosco Refinery Corporation
Resolution: $3.96 million settlement, with $2.7 million to Yamamoto and $1.26 million to May
Husband and wife left quadriplegics after vehicle went over drop-off, plunging 160 feet down embankment
The Becks v. City of San Jose and County of Santa Clara
Resolution: $12.5 million settlement
Man suffers severe injuries when sightseeing helicopter crashes due to improper maintenance
John Roe v. Hawaii Helicopter Maintenance Co.
Resolution: Confidential settlement
Boy struck and killed by laundry delivery truck
The Lee Family v. Laundry Co.
Resolution: Confidential settlement
Woman slips and falls on loading dock
Stewart v. American Poultry
Resolution: $6.9 million jury verdict
Woman killed by known rogue buffalo on safari in Africa
Hill vs. Abercrombie and Kent
Resolution: Confidential settlement
Passengers killed when disgruntled airline employee boards plane and shoots crew causing plane crash
The Winters Family v. PSA Airlines
Resolution: Confidential settlement
Faulty race track safety system results in death to race car driver
March v. Baylands
Resolution: Confidential settlement
Worker on ladder suffers burns from nearby high voltage power line
Wentz v. Triangle
Resolution: $1.33 million jury verdict, reduced to $800,000 for comparative fault
Small plane taking off in poor weather crashes, killing co-pilot
The Davidson Family v. Means
Resolution: Confidential Settlement
Helicopter crash kills girlfriend of prominent rock promoter
The Doe Family v. Corporate Mobility and others
Resolution: Confidential settlement
