CASE SUMMARIES
FOR THE PLAINTIFF

Since 1954 our firm has handled thousands of cases. This page contains examples of the types of cases we have handled on behalf of plaintiffs. Each one is either a current case, or resulted in a favorable settlement, arbitration award, or jury verdict.

Attorney-Client Disputes/Legal Malpractice: Our client's former attorneys gave him incorrect advice regarding a bankruptcy, resulting in a nearly total liquidation of his assets instead of the opportunity to reorganize his debts. Their insurance company settled the case for over $800,000. Click here for detailed information on legal malpractice and attorney disputes.

Automobile & Motorcycle Injury: We have represented hundreds of victims of car and motorcycle accidents. Click here for detailed information on personal injury.

Bicycle Injury: A bicycle rider was knocked off his bike and his foot was run over when the driver of a parked car opened the driver's side door without looking. Click here for detailed information on personal injury.

Business Disputes: When a famous film composer kept more than his share of the residual payments received from past movies he had worked on, we evened the score with a lawsuit for fraud.

Breach of Contract: We filed suit and collected a judgment against a condominium developer that failed to keep its written agreement to make substantial repairs to faulty construction.

Children's Injury: An elementary school student fractured his arm when he fell from a climbing dome that the school district allowed to remain on the playground, even though other children had been injured on it. Click here for detailed information on personal injury.

Construction Defects: We represented the homeowner's association of a high-rise condominium that was not built to withstand a foreseeable earthquake. The case was settled for $1,250,000.

Discrimination: In the 1960's and early 1970's when apartment house owners often refused to rent to minorities, we gained national prominence for successful verdicts and judgments against those who turned qualified renters away because of their color.

Dog Bite Injuries: When our 10-year old client was mauled by a neighbor's dog, our representation resulted in a settlement that ultimately paid for a four-year education at USC.

Elder Abuse/Nursing Homes: Our client's grandmother died from nursing home neglect that caused severe and infected bedsores that resulted in blood poisoning. Click here for detailed information on medical malpractice.

HMO Malpractice: A young girl died because her HMO did not allow her to be treated by a local emergency room. Click here for detailed information on medical malpractice.

Insurance Company Bad Faith: A jury held that State Farm's agent had negligently underinsured our client's residence, and that State Farm had wrongfully refused to pay for all of the damage.

Landlord/tenant: Our client's commercial warehouse, was ransacked by vagrants after the tenant abandoned the property before the expiration of the lease. Click here for detailed information on real estate law.

Legal Malpractice: Click here for detailed information on legal malpractice and attorney disputes.

Malicious Prosecution: When the will of one of the Marx Brothers was contested without evidence to support the claims, we defeated the will contest and obtained a substantial jury verdict against the lawyers who filed the lawsuit. Click here for detailed information on legal malpractice and attorney disputes.

Medical Malpractice: Click here for detailed information on medical malpractice

Personal Injury: Click here for detailed information on personal injury.

Product Liability: A housewife suffered lung damage when she used an oven cleaner that had inadequate warnings on the label about its use. Click here for detailed information on personal injury.

Property Damage: Substantial money was paid to settle claims of negligent condominium construction in Mammoth Lakes when heavy snow caused roof damage.

Realtor/Agent Negligence: Our client's real estate agent failed to advise her about foundation problems existing in houses on the street where she bought her house. Click here for detailed information on real estate law.

Real Estate Fraud: After he sold his Mammoth Lakes shopping mall through a national real estate brokerage firm, our client learned that the buyer had connections to the real estate firm and had paid less than full value for the property. Click here for detailed information on real estate law.

Sexual Harassment: A female police department employee had to quit her job after being subjected to continuing sexual jokes and off-color language by police officers.

Slip and Fall: Our client suffered a head injury when he fell on a wet floor in the Lakewood Mall that had just been mopped. Click here for detailed information on personal injury.

Will and Probate Contests: An elderly woman was improperly influenced by a church pastor to change her will and leave everything to the church and nothing to her family.

Wrongful Death: A 20-month old child died when she fell from a rocking horse and struck her head in a poorly-managed day care center. Click here for detailed information on personal injury.

Defense Case Summaries