Winning Results
Mortgage fraud: A mortgage broker gets together with our client's husband and forges her name on loan documents. The husband takes the money and loses it. The family home is foreclosed upon. Confidential settlement: six figures
Wrongful death: A woman has a seizure while driving and kills a 43 year-old bicyclist who leaves a widow and two young children. A jury trial results in a verdict of $1,000,000 to care for a wife and kids
Consumer fraud: Man buys a car on eBay that is advertised as having 70,000 miles on it. A Carfax reveals that the car actually has 170,000 miles on it. In a lawsuit for fraud, all of the man's money is recovered plus penalties and attorney fees.
Product liability: A folding chair collapses under a 42 year-old office worker reinjuring her lower back. We filed a lawsuit which removes a dangerous chair from the market and results in a settlement to the woman in the amount of $550,000.
Brain injury: A 51-year-old woman is sideswiped in an automobile collision. She begins to experience fuzziness and memory loss. There is no loss of consciousness. We settle the case for a confidential six-figure sum.
Wrongful death: A shipyard worker climbs down from a crane and suffers a massive heart attack. He's a heavy smoker and is overweight. His Kaiser Dr. fails to order a treadmill test in his last examination before the death. We arbitrate the case and obtain a six-figure verdict.
Medical malpractice: An 80 year old woman is admitted to the hospital for stomach problems. An intravenous needle is inserted incorrectly. Chemicals escaped from the vein and infiltrate into the forearm. No one notices for several days. She ends up having her lower arm amputated. Cases successfully settled pretrial for $400,000 allowing her to live comfortably for the remainder of her life.
Wrongful death: A 75-year-old African-American grandfather dies during a minor outpatient surgical procedure. The doctor and the outpatient clinic attempt to hide the true facts of the case but we uncover the truth and settle the case confidentially in the six figures.
Auto case: Young construction worker in head-on collision with traveling salesman. He injures his neck and requires a second neck surgery. Case successfully settled one week before trial for $458,000. (J. Jude Basile co-counsel)