Brain Injury Results
Garcia v. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Verdict: $13.820 million
Joseph Garcia was a 56-year old unemployed passenger on an LACMTA bus, when that bus struck a parked car transportation carrier. Mr. Garcia was thrown around the interior of the bus and suffered a subdural hematoma resulting in severe brain damage and hemiplegia of his left side.
Pascua/White v. Industrial Asphalt Verdict: $14.4 million
Asphalt truck improperly serviced and inspected by driver and asphalt company caused chain collision. Crash resulted in brain damage to nephrology surgeon and the deaths of her husband and 81-year-old mother. They were passengers in the vehicle struck by a load of hot asphalt on freeway. Action brought by surviving doctor and stepchildren.
Brezovec v. State of California Verdict: $8.8 million
Severe brain injury to a 14-year-old girl who was a passenger in a vehicle struck by a truck on a 4H sponsored camping trip.
Cueto v Braun Settlement: $7 million
Tractor Trailer vs. Automobile collision resulting in the amputation of the left arm and Traumatic Brain Injury to 47 year old man.
Ogden v. Hamm Brothers Construction Verdict: $6.4 million
Brain injury sustained by 17-year-old motorcycle passenger when the motorcycle struck a concrete barrier left alongside the traffic lane by construction crew.
Garay v. Flynn Settlement: $5.5 million
Motorcycle lost traction when it encountered roadway which was flooded due to improper pumping of hotel pool water onto the street. 32 year old woman sustained brain injury.
Doe Individual v. Doe City Settlement: $5.14 million
Mother was hit by an on-duty police officer and ejected from her vehicle. She received severe brain injury from the incident.
Choi v. State of California Settlement: $5 million
A young homemaker and mother suffered serious head trauma while a passenger in a car that was struck by a Caltrans vehicle.
Grill v. City of Los Angeles Settlement: $4.5 million
Collision at Los Angeles Airport involving a police vehicle and an airline tug.
Staley v. Metropolitan Transit Authority Settlement: $3.2 million
Twenty-one year old pedestrian, a UCLA graduate student, suffered traumatic brain injuries after being struck by MTA bus.
Damron v. Laidlaw Settlement: $3.67 million
Plaintiff severely injured after a school bus, operated by a private contractor, failed to yield to oncoming traffic. Injury to brain, facial paralysis, fractured hip and multiple other personal injuries were sustained.
Doe Individual v. Doe Celebrity Settlement $2.1 million
Celebrity driver struck woman in crosswalk causing orthopedic and closed head injuries.
Davin v. Skyview Limousine Verdict $1.15 million
A closed head injury suffered by 55-year-old aerospace engineer resulting from a rear-end automobile collision.
Spinal Cord Injury Results
Weidenaar v State of California
Settlement $9 Million
Highway Design case involving failure to adequately guard center median "drop-off" area, resulting in spinal cord injuries to 33 year old man.
Mathews v. Goodyear Confidential Settlement
Brian Mathews, a former LAPD bomb squad officer, was injured in a crash involving his GM Suburban after the failure of a Goodyear Load Range E tire. The tread on the Goodyear tire separated, causing a loss of control and rollover. Mathews was ejected from the vehicle and suffered a spinal cord injury and is now a paraplegic. Discovery on the case led to a defect investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration into the Goodyear LRE tires and the company voluntarily recalled many LRE tires.
Rapan v. Dorel Juvenile Group, Cosco and Daimler Chrysler Confidential Settlement
Settlement obtained on behalf of a child who suffered a devastating spinal cord injury. Two-and-a-half-year-old Isaiah Rapan was injured in a crash while secured in a Cosco Grand Explorer shield booster seat in the rear seat of his parent's Jeep Cherokee. GB&W attorneys established that the booster seat and the Jeep car seat were poorly designed and caused Isaiah's injuries.