SIGNIFICANT CASES

Winer, McKenna and Davis has handled some of the most significant cases in the Bay Area and California. A number of the cases have had national implications and have not only resulted in large verdicts and settlements for clients, but also have at times contributed to important changes in our society. Please click here to learn about some of these significant effects in our society.

The fact that the results below are listed in order of the amount of money awarded does not mean that the cases with the largest awards or settlements were the most significant. Many of the cases that are included which settled for confidential or relatively lower monetary amounts were very significant, not only for the Plaintiff but for consumers in general. Please click here to read more.

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• $7,130,000- Prescription Drug, Lead to Brain Damage and Abuse Case Against Doctor


Winer, McKenna and Davis represented a 43-year-old woman who had seen the same psychiatrist for ten years. During that time, he prescribed drugs which caused plaintiff to suffer from a brain injury and sexually abused his patient. As a result of her injuries, plaintiff became severely disabled, was unable to work for over ten years, and extensive future treatment was recommended. Plaintiff brought simultaneous licensing board, criminal and civil actions against defendant.

A key issue in the case was the effect that Dexedrine, a prescription drug, had on the plaintiff. Defendant claimed that the Dexedrine, which is a potent amphetamine, was safe and did not cause Plaintiff damage. Winer, McKenna and Davis retained toxicology and psychopharmacology experts who testified that the Dexedrine in the way it was misprescribed was in fact dangerous and caused severe brain damage to the plaintiff.
 
• $6,800,000- 4 Young Boys Were Sexually Molested By A Male Teacher At Their Elementary School.
  
  Plaintiffs were four boys who were sexually abused by their fourth grade teacher. The perpetrator-teacher (a male) taught at the defendant School District from 1997-1999. During that time, he molested two of the plaintiffs who were in his fourth grade class.
  
  The teacher left the school district in June 1999 and gained employment at another school district in September. In January 2000, several boys in his fourth grade class complained of improper touching by the teacher.
  
  $5,600,000- Man Paralyzed By Defective Forklift
  
  Plaintiff was a 45 year old mechanic who became paralyzed when a defective fork lift fell over onto him while he was delivering products to a car dealership.
  
  Plaintiff delivered 20 pallets of coolant to a car dealership. At all other prior deliveries to other vendors, Plaintiff did not assist nor was he asked to assist in the unloading of the delivery he made.
   
• $5,000,000 – Bad Faith Termination of Disability Insurance Benefits to Severely Disabled Former Dentist
  
  Plaintiff was a former dentist who could no longer perform his substantial and material duties due to partial blindness and loss of sensation in his hands and fingers. Plaintiff had two disability insurance policies with defendant insurer: one that guaranteed a lifetime of disability benefits should he ever become disabled from performing the substantial and material duties of a dentist; and one that would cover his business overhead expenses should he become disabled from performing these duties.
   
• $4,461,636.40 -- Judgment in Sexual Harassment Case Against FedEx
  
  Two employees who alleged that they were sexually harassed by a co-worker brought a case against FedEx. The case resulted in a total verdict of $2,328,000, plus an award of attorney fees and costs, raising the total judgment to $4,461,636.40.
  
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• $4,000,000 - 50 Year Old Electrician Suffers Severe Burn Injuries in an Electrical Accident
  
  Plaintiff was a 50 year old journeyman electrician who was placed by an employment agency in the employ of a large corporate land owner.
   
• $3,400,000 - Two Female Employees to Settle Verbal Harassment and Intimidation Case Against National Cosmetics Company
  
  Plaintiffs were 2 female employees. who worked in the service and delivery departments of a large cosmetic company.
   
• $3,279,463.60 -- Judgment In Favor Of Family In Elder Abuse Case Against Nursing Home
   
• $2,750,000 -- Ten-Year-Old Girl Raped by 28-Year-Old Actor at a Theater Company A ten-year-old girl attended a theater school on a daily basis after her elementary school day ended. One day she was alone in the locker room at the theater company after a rehearsal when a 28-year-old man, who had just had one of his scripts turned down by the theater company, cornered her in the locker room, took her to a secluded large closet and brutally raped her, causing severe psychological damage.
   
• $2,500,000 -- Judgment Against Bar That Served Drinks To Drunk Driver in Favor of Woman Employed By Bar. Plaintiff in this case worked in a bar where it was her job to flirt with the customers and get them to drink more. At the end of the night, one of the very drunk customers offered to give her a ride home. The driver drove his car off the road and plaintiff received a severe spinal cord injury and was rendered a quadriplegic. Unfortunately, the driver only had a $15,000 insurance policy.
   
• $2,490,000 -- Three Women Sexually Harassed by Supervisors at Large Rental Company
   
• $2,328,000 -- Verdict in Sexual Harassment Case Against FedEx
  
  WINER, McKENNA & DAVIS represented two women who were sexually harassed by a co-worker at the FedEx Sunnyvale, California station.
   
• $2,300,000 -- Two Women Who Were Sexually Harassed While Working at FedEx.
   
• $2,200,000 - Fifteen Tenants in a Large Apartment Complex win Settlement Against Landlord Based on Mold Exposure and Fraud
  
  Plaintiffs were fifteen tenants of various ages living in a several hundred unit apartment building. The tenants became ill and did not know why. Through the investigative work of 2 of the tenants, they learned that their illnesses may have been caused by exposure to mold in the apartment building. The tenants then formed a group and retained WINER, McKENNA & DAVIS to represent them in a case against the landlord.
   
• $2,000,000- Medical Malpractice Against A Woman Caused Her to Suffer a Catastrophic Stroke After Delivering Triplets
  
  Plaintiff was a woman in her late 30’s whose doctor failed to properly diagnose her medical condition after she delivered triplets. Due to the failure to diagnose, she suffered a catastrophic stroke resulting in partial paralysis and brain damage. This case settled for the full insurance policy limits available.
  
  $2,000,000 -- Two Filipino and Two Hispanic Employees Were Discriminated Against Based on Race and Nationality Retaliated Against by a Large Southern California Retail Company
  
  This case involved two Filipino and two Hispanic employees 2 males and 2 females who claimed that their employer first discriminated against them and then retaliated against them once the employees brought claims of discrimination.
   
• $2,000,000 - 30-Year-Old Woman Sexually Abused by Psychologist at Southern California Outpatient Treatment Facility
  
  Plaintiff was a 30-year-old woman who was referred to a psychologist due to her chronic leg pain not responding to traditional physical treatment modalities. Defendant was a specialist in treating patients with physical disorders.
   
• $2,000,000 -- Three Women Who Were Sexually Harassed During Physical Exams by a Company Doctor Plaintiffs in this case were three young women who were employees of defendant hospital. As part of their yearly physicals, they had to be examined by a male doctor who was on staff at the hospital. Plaintiffs alleged that the doctor sexually harassed them by inappropriately touching them during the physical examinations. They retained Winer, McKenna and Davis.
   
• $2,000,000 -- Wrongful Death of Politician and Cameraman
   
• Confidential Settlement -- Infant Suffers Serious Burns on Body and Legs on Airline
   
• $2,000,000 -- Prescription Drug Claim Leads to Settlement of Bad Faith Case Plaintiff in this case was a woman in her 40s who obtained a large judgment after a jury trial in a civil case. The defendant's insurance company refused to pay the judgment, claiming there was no coverage. Winer, McKenna and Davis obtained the large judgment in the underlying case in the jury trial, and then received an “assignment” of the defendant's rights and sued the insurance company to attempt to recover the judgment.
   
• $1,900,000 -- Sexually Harassed/Abused Male Students Obtain Settlement Against School
   
• $1,860,000- Teenage girls sexually abused by their volleyball coach
  
  2 girls were sexually abused by their volleyball coach at school and on a private volleyball team. The volleyball coach manipulated the young girls into trusting him and befriending him. He then got them addicted to drugs and engaged in sexual relations with them for an extended period of time.
  
  $1,725,000 - Employees Settle Race and Gender Discrimination Case
  
  Plaintiffs were several female employees who claimed gender discrimination and a combination of male and female employees who claimed discrimination based on the fact that they were Hispanic. They wall worked for a large transportation company. Several of the plaintiffs were truck drivers who alleged that as women and/or Hispanics they were given inferior routes and had to perform more heavy labor than their male counterparts. Another plaintiff worked in the front office and claimed that she was paid substantially less than a male counterpart who performed the exact same functions.
   
• $1,700,000 -- Girl Toes Amputated Because of a Drunk MUNI Driver
   
• $1,566,000 -- Woman Mis-prescribed Drugs and Sexually Abused by Her Psychiatrist, Internist and Priest
   
• Confidential Settlement -- Burn Injury to Man Following Toxic Exposure to Defectively Manufactured Topical Pain Spray
   
• $1,500,000 – Bad Faith Denial of Disability Insurance Benefits to Disabled Firefighter
  
  Plaintiff was a former firefighter who was ordered by his doctor to stop working in his field due to increasingly severe heart problems. He had suffered two myocardial infarctions in one year and was at risk for developing congestive heart failure.
   
• $1,500,000 - Baby Suffers Mysterious Death While Under the Supervision of a Family-owned Daycare Center
  
  The plaintiffs were the parents of a baby who died several hours after they dropped the baby off at a family-run daycare facility. The baby was sleeping peacefully in his car seat when he was dropped off. The baby was never taken out of the car seat and found dead several hours later.
   
• $1,500,000 -- Wrongful Death of a 28-Year-Old Man in a Freeway Collapse Case This case involved a tragedy which could have been avoided, the collapse of the Cypress Structure Freeway in Oakland, California, during the 1989 San Francisco earthquake. Winer, McKenna and Davis represented plaintiff widow and her eight-year-old twins who were fatherless when the freeway collapsed on top of decedent's car, crushing him to death.
   
• $1,500,000 -- Five Newspaper Boys Molested by Employee of Newspaper
   
• $1,450,000 -- Men Bring Disability and Racial Discrimination Case Against a Large Machinery Company Plaintiffs were four men who worked for a large machinery company. Their positions within the company varied from sales to service. They claimed that they were subjected to a hostile work environment and were subjected to abuse and discrimination by a tyrannical manager of the company.
   
• $1,423,000 - Female Patient Wins $1,423,000 in a Physical and Sexual Abuse Case Against her Psychotherapist
  
  Plaintiff, a young woman in her early 20s who had a very disturbed childhood, began treating with a female psychologist she met at a counseling center. Over time, the psychologist inappropriately engaged plaintiff in a personal, sexual relationship which culminated in a fight in which the therapist attacked plaintiff, and then used her authority to have plaintiff arrested and criminal charges brought against her.
   
• $1,375,000 -- 40-Year-Old Man Suffers a Severe Leg Fracture in Motorcycle Accident, Becomes Dependent on Prescription Drug Vicodin
   
• Confidential Settlement -- Large Crane at Construction Site Smashes into Building Causing Death and Injury
   
• $1,350,000 – Judgment in favor of Plaintiff whose doctor was negligent in failing to timely diagnose prostate cancer
  
  In December 2000, Plaintiff presented to Dr. Smith, his primary care provider at Health Care Partners Medical Group, with complaints of prostate pain, symptoms and discomfort. From December 2000 through July 2002, during the nine visits he had with Dr. Smith, Plaintiff’s prostate symptoms worsened.
   
• $1,350,000 -- Psychologist Utilizes Inappropriate "Reparenting" Techniques on a Patient
   
• $1,250,000 -- Three Women Bring Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Case Against National Company Selling Home Products
   
• $1,225,000 - Two Female Prison Guards Alleging Sexual Harassment by the Warden of Their Prison
  
  Plaintiffs alleged that the warden at a prison where they worked verbally sexually harassed them on a frequent basis. When plaintiffs and another woman finally complained the investigation took almost a year to complete, despite the fact that California law mandates a prompt and reasonable investigation.
   
• $1,200,000 – Medical Malpractice Settlement on Behalf of Severely Brain Damaged Client
  
  Plaintiff was admitted to the hospital for shortness of breath and pneumonia. Due to a series of negligent actions on the part of the medical staff attending to his care, Plaintiff’s condition worsened while he was hospitalized, eventually causing him to stop breathing for a period of minutes. Plaintiff never fully recovered and remains to this day in what his current treaters have called a “persistent vegetative state.”
   
• $1,100,000 -- Seven Waitresses Bring Sexual Harassment Case Against Restaurant
  
  This case involved seven young women in their early twenties who were working part-time as waitresses. Each of the women claimed to be subjected to varying degrees of sexual harassment from the male cooks at the restaurant. They alleged the cooks would frequently make catcalls at them, and made crude and offensive sexual remarks. The women further claimed these men would touch them often and without reason on their hands and arms. Several of the women alleged the cooks would block their passage and slam into them with carts of food. A few of the women stated the cooks had touched their breasts and buttocks.
   
•  $1,100,000 -- Product Liability Case Involving 35-Year-Old Man Has Spinal Cord Injury in Moveable Machine Accident

  Plaintiff was a 35-year-old man who was operating a moveable machine as part of his job in a grocery distribution company. He alleged that when he moved the gearshift forward, instead of going forward the machine went into reverse and as a result, the machine crashed into a rack on which boxes were placed, crushing his spine and causing a spinal cord injury with partial paralysis. The plaintiff could not sue his employer because of workers' compensation preclusions, so the case proceeded against the machine manufacturer.

• Confidential Settlement -- Woman Requires Surgery to Both Her Knees Due to Airline Negligence
   
• $1,100,00 -- Elderly Tenants Sue Landlord and General Contractor for Nuisance and Emotional Distress During Construction Project
  
• $1,000,050 - Toxic Exposure Victim Wins Settlement After Trial Verdict
  
  Plaintiff was a middle-aged man who was born severely brain damaged. Plaintiff’s mother never knew the cause of the brain damage until many years later she discovered that defendant company had dumped chemicals next to her house: chemicals containing lead, which is known to cause severe brain damage.
   
• $1,000,000- Woman sexually abused as a teenager by police officers she worked with
  
  This case was brought 25 years after the sexual abuse occurred under a specific California statute that opened up the statute of limitations for 1 year due to the church sex abuse cases. Plaintiff was a teenage Explorer Scout at a police department in Southern California. Two police officers sexually assaulted and abused her, causing life long emotional distress and damages.
   
• $1,000,000- Wrongful death of pedestrian
   
• $1,000,000 -- Female Locomotive Engineer sues Employer for Sex Discrimination, Retaliation and a Hostile Work Environment.
   
• $1,000,000 -- 28-Year-Old Man Receives a Traumatic Brain Injury in a Truck Accident
   
• $1,000,000 -- Couple Sues Psychiatrist and His Wife for Malpractice, Abuse and Betrayal
   
• $1,000,000 – Toxic Tort Settlement on Behalf of Residents of Housing Project
  
  While an associate with another law firm, WINER, McKENNA & DAVIS associate Jennifer Prusak was heavily involved in a mass toxic tort action against a municipal housing authority on behalf of hundreds of residents of one of that city’s housing projects. The housing authority, without informing the residents, had exposed them to a number of chemicals proven by scientific literature to be carcinogens over a period of decades .
   
• $1,000,000 – Bad Faith Denial of Disability Insurance Benefits to Schizophrenic Former Artist
  
  Plaintiff was formerly an artist with a very successful business. He had a large, very affluent clientele who would purchase from him regularly. In approximately 1998, however, Plaintiff began suffering from debilitating hallucinations and paranoid delusions, and had recurrent suicidal ideation. By 1999 Plaintiff was diagnosed with schizophrenia. At this point he was admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Oregon and was taking extremely high doses of anti-psychotic medications on a daily basis. He was no longer capable of taking care of himself or of creating the art that previously made his career.
   
• $950,000 -- 18-Year-Old Woman Electrocuted by Electrical Wire Downed in a Storm
   
• $950,000 -- Fledgling Actress Has 26-Year Inappropriate Sexual Relationship with Psychiatrist
   
• Confidential settlement -- 15-Year-Old Boy Has Severe Degloving Burn-Like Injuries When He Collides with a MUNI Bus While on a Skateboard
   
• $950,000 -- 45-Year-Old Attorney Suffers a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury When Scaffolding Falls on His Head in a Defective Product Case
   
• $950,000 -- Wrongful Death of Woman Gored to Death on an African Safari
   
• $900,000 - Young Woman Wins Sex Abuse Case Against Her Psychotherapist and Assault Case Against Her Psychotherapist’s Husband
  
  Plaintiff was a woman in her twenties suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder. She sought the treatment of a Northern California psychotherapist. The female psychotherapist ended up in a sexual relationship with the plaintiff. When the psychotherapist’s husband found out about the sexual relationship he entered the patient’s house with a gun, threatening to kill the plaintiff. He was arrested.
   
• $ 867,135 - Cesar v. Kumin for woman injured in auto accident. (This case was tried by Emile Davis along with other council)..
   
• 850,000 - Motorcyclist Suffers Leg Amputation as a Result of Illegally Parked Bus Blocking View of Auto Pulling Out.
   
• $829,000 - 77-Year Old Man Brings Elder Abuse Claim Against Several Nursing Homes and Doctors

  Plaintiff was a man in his mid-seventies who injured his back when he fell off a ladder. Although he fractured a thoracic vertebra in the fall, the fracture went undiagnosed for four months, despite the fact that plaintiff was in hospitals or nursing homes for almost that entire time period and was seen by dozens of physicians. As a result of the failure to diagnose the fracture, plaintiff developed spinal cord compression which necessitated an operation and left plaintiff with a compromised ability to walk and with a lifetime of pain.
   

• $800,000 -- Settlement After a Three Week Trial in a Workplace Sexual Harassment Case
   
• $800,000 -- Four Boys Molested by Pastor in Rural Northern California County
   
• $800,000 - Elderly Disabled Man Wins Disability Discrimination Settlement and Elder Abuse Case Against his Healthcare Provider
  
  Plaintiff was a wheelchair-bound, elderly man who alleged that his healthcare providers failed to appropriately address his disability, thus discriminating against him, and further grossly neglected his care by failing to attend to his needs, causing him to become extremely dysfunctional and unable to care for his needs, thus becoming completely dependent on his family.
   
• $800,000 - Female Mortgage Company Employee Wins $800,000 Settlement Based on Verbal Harassment, an Attempted Kiss and Retaliation
  
  Plaintiff was a 40 year old employee of a large national mortgage company. She claimed that her work environment became hostile when her supervisor began making inappropriate comments about her looks. One day, when her supervisor came back from a business trip he forced her against a wall and attempted two times to kiss her.
   
• $775,000- Employee suffered severe injuries as a result of a defective dough mixing machine
  
  Plaintiff was in his 20’s when a defective dough mixer at his place of employment, a large commercial bakery, caused partial amputation of his arm. The dough mixer was manufactured in the 1950s and was still being used. The dough mixer was stopped as Plaintiff was unloading the dough, however, the machine started to cycle unexpectedly and pulled Plaintiff’s entire body into the machine, causing catastrophic injuries.
   
• $750,000 – Bad Faith Termination of Disability Insurance Benefits to Disabled Former Nurse
  
  Plaintiff, a San Francisco resident, was employed as an operating room nurse for twenty years prior to the onset of bulging discs in her back that prevented her from twisting, bending, or lifting any objects greater than 15 pounds. To treat her constant back pain Plaintiff was required to take a variety of painkilling medications, all of which had serious side effects that kept her from being able to focus, remember details, or think on her feet.
   
• $750,000 – Bad Faith Termination of Disability Insurance Benefits to Former Paralegal with Traumatic Brain Injury
  
  Plaintiff was a paralegal for nearly twenty years until he was hit by a car and rendered unconscious. The result of this accident was traumatic brain injury that severely impaired his ability to reason, to think clearly and quickly, and to make decisions. This brain damage and resulting cognitive impairments were objectively verified by several board certified neurosurgeons and documented in MRIs and CT scans.
   
• $750,000 - Family Wins Settlement Based on Elder Abuse of Elder at Nursing Home
  
  Plaintiffs were the surviving children of a mother who they believed was abused while a patient at a nursing home.
   
• $750,000 -- Family Wins Medical Malpractice Settlement Based on the Wrongful Death of a Middle Aged Wife and Mother
   
• $750,000 -- Case in Which a Male-to-Female Transsexual Sued Ex Therapist For Negligence And Abuse
   
• Confidential Settlement -- 30-Year-Old Laborer Injured at Delivery to Construction Site
   
• $750,000 -- Ten-Year-Old Boy Suffers Severe Leg Damage as Result of Malpractice of Cardiac Surgeon
   
• $750,000 -- 45-Year-Old Woman Brings Medical Negligence and Sexual Abuse Case Against Psychotherapist and Psychiatric Clinic
   
Three Children and Mother Alleged Sexual Abuse by Hypnotherapist
 
• $750,000 -- Four-Year-Old Boy Brain Damaged in Dart-out Accident
   
• $750,000 -- 22-Year-Old Woman Alleges Sexual Abuse at Alcoholic Rehab Facility by Owner Manager and Bank VP
   
• $700,000- Plaintiff was catapulted off equipment while unloading a shipment at work
  
  Plaintiff sustained serious head trauma and other injuries as a result of an accident when he was off-loading a new 15,000 pound aerial boom lift from the bed of a highway trailer to the ground. Plaintiff had been a service mechanic for over 30 years and was employed in this position at the time of the accident.
   
• $700,000 -- Developmentally Disabled 24-Year-Old Man Abused at a Residential Care Facility Brings Elder/Dependent Abuse Action
   
• $675,000 -- Single Mother Suffers Back and Head Injury When Knocked off Her Bicycle by Auto Driver
   
• Confidential Settlement -- Man Receives Spinal Cord Injury Due to Turbulence on Airplane
   
• $675,000 -- Three Patients Allege They Were Lured into Drug and Sex Parties by Their Therapists
   
• $650,000 -- Young Man Suffers Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Partial Loss of Smell in Truck Accident
   
• Confidential Settlement -- Dangerous Condition of Property and Product Liability Case Against Car Manufacturer -- 16-Year-Old Boy Brain Damaged
   
• $600,000 -- Doctor Commits Malpractice and Sexually Abuses Patient
   
• $600,000 -- Patients at Alcoholic Rehab Center Held Against Will and Abused
   
• $600,000 -- Psychologist-in-Training Sues Psychoanalyst for Negligence and Abuse
   
• $550,000 – Bad Faith Termination of Disability Insurance Benefits to Former Teacher with Seizure Disorder
  
  Plaintiff was an elementary school teacher in Sacramento for fifteen years who at age 40 developed a seizure disorder. She required several brain surgeries that removed entire sections of her brain. Her disorder, coupled with the side effects that resulted from the removal of portions of her brain, rendered Plaintiff unable to continue in her teaching position.
   
• $525,000 - Family of Elderly Woman Wins Elder Abuse in the Collective Case Against Nursing Home and Medical Providers
  
  Plaintiff was the middle-aged daughter of an elderly woman who she claimed was severely neglected while in a nursing home. She claimed neglect against the nursing home and also, more significant neglect by her mother’s physicians who refused to come to her mother’s aid when the nursing home called the doctors for medical intervention.
   
• $515,000- Pedestrian struck by vehicle causing mild head injuries
   
• $500,000 Judgment against Pacific Bell for sexual harassment of a male employee by his male supervisor
   
• $500,000 - African American Employees Win Racial Discrimination Lawsuit
  
  Plaintiffs were four African American women who were employed by a health service provider. They alleged that they were not treated as well as Caucasian employees and that the president of the company made numerous derogatory racial remarks.
   
• $500,000 - Asian Woman Wins Sexual Harassment Settlement Against Large Computer Company
  
  Plaintiff was a 35 year old, foreign-born, married employee of a large computer company. She claimed that her supervisor (from the same country as plaintiff) coerced her into performing oral sex on him on 3 occasions. After the third occasion she became so disgusted that she told her husband about the harassment and a report was made to the company.
   
• $500,000 - Fifteen Year Old Girl Molested by a Doctor at a Hospital
  
  Plaintiff was a 15 year old girl who was recovering from a significant brain surgery at a hospital. Plaintiff alleged that a neurosurgeon who was following her recovery molested her two times. Plaintiff reported the first molest to her mother. Her mother reported the molest to the hospital and asked them to make sure that it never happened again. The hospital failed to take appropriate action and the second molest occurred.
   
• $500,000 -- 50-Year-Old Man Dies as a Result of Malpractice by HMO
   
• $500,000 -- Woman Sues National Corporation for Sexual Harassment by a Division President
   
• $500,000 -- Woman's Psychological Condition Deteriorates as Result of Psychiatrist Malpractice and Abuse
   
• $500,000 -- Four Employees of a Funeral Business Claim Discrimination, Retaliation and Illegal Practices
   
• $500,000 -- Prescription Drug Foul-Up Leads to Significant Injuries
   
• $500,000 -- Kindergartners Allegedly Molested by Teacher
   
• $500,000 -- Parking Lot Assault and Rape of Two
   
• Confidential Settlement -- Toxic Tort and Product Liability Case Where Issue Was Whether Toxoplasmosis Caused by Chemical or AIDS
   
• $490,000 -- Psychiatrist Addicts Patient to Tranquilizers and Begins Living with Patient and Her Family
   
• Confidential Settlement -- Construction Worker Severely Injured at Construction Site
   
• $480,000 -- Medical Malpractice Case Involving Misdiagnosis and Substandard Treatment.
   
• $460,000 -- Daughters Sue Doctor Father for Incest
   
• $450,000 -- 40-Year-Old Man Brain-Damaged in Bicycle Accident During a Triathlon Brings Case Against Helmet Manufacturer and Triathlon

Plaintiff in this case was a 40-year-old triathlete. He was injured during a head-on collision with a bicyclist traveling in the opposite direction, when the other bicyclist lost control of his bicycle. As a result of the accident, plaintiff was unconscious for several hours, and despite the fact that he was able to go back to work in the advertising industry, he was not able to work at the same level he worked at before the accident.

• $450,000 -- Woman Brings Sexual Harassment Claim Against Governmental Entity
   
• $450,000 -- 22-Year-Old Bicyclist Suffers Traumatic Brain Injury in Collision with Van Driver with Only $100,000 Insurance
   
• $450,000 -- Four Women Sue Psychologist Who Convinced Them That They Had Been Abducted by UFOs
   
• $450,000 -- 35-Year-Old Security Guard Has Forearm Amputated as a Result of a Severe Electrical Burn Injury at Construction Site
   
• Confidential Settlement -- Product Liability -- Policeman Has Nylon Socks Melt onto His Legs During Fire -- Causing Severe Third Degree Burns
   
• $450,000 -- Motorcyclist Wins Settlement Against Motor Vehicle Driver with Only $100,000 Insurance Coverage
   
• $450,000 -- Woman Fractures Her Elbow When She Trips and Falls Crossing Market Street
   
• Confidential Settlement -- Toxic Tort -- Sewage Backup in Apartment Causes Psychosis
   
• $425,000 - Three Female and One Male Employee Claim Sexual Harassment Against Nightclub
  
  Plaintiffs were 3 waitresses and 1 waiter who worked at a medium-sized nightclub chain. The waitresses alleged that they were sexually harassed by inappropriate sexual comments and come-ons perpetrated by the nightclub managers. The male employee claimed that the managers sexually harassed him by hiring a prostitute to attempt to sexually seduce him while the managers secretly watched and made fun of the employee at his expense.
   
• $400,000 settlement against California agency for defective road conditions which led to a woman becoming a paraplegic due to auto accident.
  
  $400,000 - Three Unbelted Passengers Injured in Auto Accident
  
  Plaintiffs were a husband and wife visiting from another country and driving from Lake Tahoe to the Bay Area with their 25 year old daughter-in-law. A municipality-owned truck made a left-hand turn in front of plaintiffs, causing the accident.
   
• $400,000 -- 40-Year-Old Man Injured in Bicycle/Auto Collision
  
  Plaintiff, an expert bicyclist, was riding his bike to work early one morning when a small truck driven by a repairman took a left-hand turn in front of plaintiff. Plaintiff collided with the side of the truck, suffering a severe shoulder injury which required two operations and left plaintiff with some limited motion and a slightly drooping shoulder.
   
• $400,000 - Female Scientist Wins $400,000 in Sexual Harassment Case Against Her Employer
  
  Plaintiff was a scientist in her late 30s working for a medical research company. Shortly after she began her employment one of the executives of the company pursued a romantic relationship with plaintiff. Plaintiff consensually entered into that relationship. However, once the executive began to be abusive within the relationship she extricated herself from the relationship and made it clear that she was not interested in any further contact.
   
• $400,000 -- 40-Year-Old Patient and Employee Sues Doctor for Sexual Harassment
   
• $400,000 -- Children of Elderly Mother Bring Elder Abuse Case for Her Injury and Death at a Nursing Home
   
• $400,000 -- Male Employee Alleges Sexual Harassment Against Store
   
• $390,000 -- Woman in Her Early Twenties Suffers Psychological Injury When Her Car Collides With Train at a Train Crossing

Plaintiff was a 25-year-old woman who was driving to work in a small SUV. When she approached train tracks she noticed a train passing by, but when she came to a stop she also noticed that the crossing arm which was supposed to stop her progress several yards back had come down parallel as opposed to perpendicular to the roadway.

• $375,000 -- Family Brings Elder Abuse Case Against Nursing Home for Abuse and Death of an 88-Year-Old Man
   
• $350,000 -- Wrongful Death of Elderly Pedestrian in Car Accident
   
• $350,000 -- Plastic Surgeon Has Sexual Relationship with Three Women Patients
   
• $350,000 -- 16-Year-Old Driver Fractures His Leg and Has Psychological Injury and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in an Accident with a Man Who Had Been Drinking
   
• $350,000 -- Woman Sexually Harassed by Supervisor at Bank Where She Worked
   
• $350,000 -- Ten-Year-Old Boy Hit Crossing the Street Develops Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
   
• $350,000 -- Psychologist Brings Sexual Abuse and Malpractice Case Against Treating Psychiatrist
   
• $350,000 - “Visual” Sexual Harassment Settlement Against a Large Electronics Company
  
  Plaintiffs were 2 women, 1 supervisor and 1 administrative assistant, who worked for a large electronics company.
   
• $349,218.99 - Justet v. United Airlines for a disabled worker. (This case was tried by Emile Davis along with other counsel).
   
• $310,000 -- Premises Liability Case in Which Legal Secretary Fractured Her Arm
   
• $300,000 -- Two Toddlers Abused at Home Day Care by Drunk Owner
   
• $300,000 -- Two Women Sexually Abused by Doctor -- Husband Becomes Angry and Retaliates
   
• $300,000 -- Trucking Accident Involving Serious Injury from Spilled Tomatoes
   
• $300,000 -- Drunk Driver of Truck Kills Male Passenger
   
• $300,000 -- Two Young Boys Molested by Son of Home Day Care Owner
   
• Confidential Settlement -- Plaintiff Receives Severe Psychological Injury When Gondola Snaps and Leaves the Plaintiff and Others Suspended in Mid-Air.
   
• $300,000 -- Private Airplane Crash Where Young Girl Survives
   
• $300,000 -- Woman Receives Facial Scarring and Psychological Injury as a Result of Pickup Truck Rollover
   
• $300,000 -- College Student Sexually Abused by Counselor Who Undermines Her Religious Beliefs
   
• $300,000 -- Woman in Southern California Brings Therapist Exploitation Case
   
• $300,000 -- Psychiatrist Violates Boundaries of Therapy with Female Multiple Personality Disordered Patient
   
• $300,000 -- Woman Looking for Psychological Help Ends up Being Sexually Abused by Psychotherapist
   
• $300,000 -- Woman Raped in Sauna at Her Large Apartment Complex
   
• $300,000 -- Nurse has Non-Surgical Back Injury as Result of Automobile Accidents
   
• $300,000 - Automobile Driver Receives Significant Psychological Injury in a Freeway Accident
  
  Plaintiff was a 40 year old woman who was driving southbound on Highway 101 outside of San Francisco when another vehicle lost control and flipped over in front of plaintiff. Plaintiff did not have time to stop her vehicle, which plowed into defendant’s truck.
   
• $287,500 -- Elderly Woman Tenant Fractures Hip at Apartment Complex
   
• $285,000 -- Passenger Sues Drunk Driver of Car in Which He Was Passenger for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
   
• Confidential Settlement -- Plaintiffs Injured When Airplane Crashes into a Shopping Mall.
   
• $285,000 -- Truck Driver Falls off Defectively Designed Loading Dock at Construction Site and Fractures Arm
   
• $275,000 -- Husband and Wife Allege Deception by a Psychologist Who Was Running a Therapy Cult
   
• Confidential Settlement -- Plaintiff Fired after Reporting Toxic Waste Company to Federal Agency for Illegal Practices
   
• $275,000 - On Behalf of Bicyclist Killed While Riding His Bicycle Through a Construction Zone Without a Helmet
  
  Plaintiffs were the adult children of a man is his late 50s who was killed while riding through a construction zone when he lost control of his bike due to uneven pavement.
   
• $265,000 -- Woman Wins Settlement in Case Where Therapist Denies Sexual Misconduct
   
• $260,000 -- Two Women Sexually Harassed by Executive of a National Accessory Company
   
• $250,000 - Judgment against Doctor for wrongful death/medical malpractice in failing to diagnose colon cancer
   
• $250,000 -- Settlement in Favor of Male Hispanic Racial/National Origin and Sexual Harassment Victim
   
• $250,000 -- Man Who Suffered a Heart Attack Sent Home by Hospital Without Treatment
   
• $250,000 -- Doctor's Neglect Causes the Death of 17-Year-Old Boy
   
• $250,000 -- Two Housekeepers Sue Hotel for Sexual Harassment by its General Manager
   
• $250,000 -- Whiplash Injury to Woman in Collision with Drunk Driver
   
• Confidential Settlement -- Apartment Fire Causes Emotional Distress and Burn/Smoke Inhalation Injuries
   
• $250,000 -- Sexual Harassment of Young Woman Clerk at Large Grocery Chain by Supervisor
   
• $250,000 -- Woman Seeking Treatment for Chronic Pain Over-Medicated and Sexually Abused by Pain Specialist
   
• $250,000 -- Patient Claims Malpractice When Treated by a Delusional Psychiatrist
   
• $250,000 -- Unwitting Reality Show Participant Suffers Psychological Breakdown
  
  Plaintiff, a young man in his mid-20's, suffered a psychological breakdown when he discovered that he had been tricked by his fiancee into participating in a national reality TV show.
   
• $248,000 -- Man Brings Negligence Suit Due to Injuries He Sustained Putting Out a Fire Started Near His Property
   
• $238,000 - 45-Year-Old Woman Settles Case Against Psychiatrist for Misprescription of Drugs and
  Non-sexual Boundary Violations
  
  Plaintiff was a 45-year-old woman who treated with defendant psychiatrist for 10 years for lifelong psychiatric issues. During the course of the treatment relationship, defendant prescribed inappropriate, non-psychotropic medication to plaintiff including large doses of pain medication.
   
• $235,000 - Female Psychotherapist Sexually Assaults and Falsely Imprisons a Patient
  
  Plaintiff was a 40 year old Chinese immigrant. She went to a psychologist when she became depressed. After a short period of therapy defendant psychologist convinced plaintiff to stay in her home, where defendant inappropriately engaged plaintiff in a sexual relationship. After several days, when plaintiff attempted to leave defendant’s home, she locked plaintiff in and would not allow her to leave until plaintiff called the police. When plaintiff did call the police, the defendant told the police that the plaintiff was imagining everything and that she was mentally unstable.
   
• $225,000 -- Woman Abused by Therapist Sues Him Only to Have Him Deny Charges
   
• $225,000 -- Pediatrician Suffers Knee Injury in Automobile Accident but Damages Were Limited Because Dying from AIDS
   
• $225,000 -- Construction Site Accident Causes Brain Injury
   
• $225,000 -- 21-Year-Old Woman Injures Back When Slips and Falls at a Job Site
   
• $210,000 -- Racial Discrimination Against National Educational Testing Company
   
• $200,000 Judgment against Kmart for a slip and fall causing a knee injury
   
• $200,000 -- Disability Discrimination Settlement in Favor of a Young Woman with a Minor Ankle Injury
   
• $200,000 -- Middle-aged Woman in Rural County Has Portion of Her Intestines Removed Due to Medical Malpractice
   
• $200,000 -- Psychiatrist Announces He is Homeopath and Breaks Boundaries of Treatment with Patients
   
• $200,000 -- Morphine Addiction Alleged Against Internist
   
• $200,000 -- Female Psychotherapist Sues Male Psychiatrist for Sex Abuse
   
• $200,000 -- Woman Sues Therapist for Sexual Abuse Nine Years after Treatment Stopped
   
• $200,000 -- 40-year-old Female Psychotherapist Sues Psychiatrist for Sexual Abuse 23 Years Earlier -- When She Was His 17-Year-Old Patient
   
• $200,000 -- Two Waitresses Bring Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against Restaurant
   
• $200,000 -- Two Women Sue Psychiatrist for Malpractice -- No Sex Abuse
   
• $200,000 -- 28-Year-Old Male Patient Sues Female Therapist for Breach of Boundaries
   
• $200,000 -- Sexual Harassment Case Against Alcohol Distribution Company
   
• $200,000 -- Drunk Driver Going Wrong Way on Highway Causes Head-on Collision and Psychological Injury
   
• $200,000 -- Woman Dies Because HMO Failed to Diagnose Cancer
   
• $200,000 -- Transsexual Claims Abuse by Psychotherapist
   
• $200,000 -- Waitress Sues for Sexual Harassment
   
• $200,000 - Two Women Suffer Verbal-Only Sexual Harassment at a Factory
  
  Plaintiffs were two women who worked in a male-dominated factory in a fairly rural area of central California. They claimed that despite numerous complaints they were continually subjected to offensive sexual comments.
   
• $200,000 - Sexual Harassment/Invasion of Privacy Case Against Large Retailer
  
  Plaintiffs were three young employees of a large retailer. One of the plaintiffs discovered that the store manager had placed a hidden camera in the unisex employee restroom facing the toilet. This was reported to the police who arrested the store manager. The store manager admitted that he did in fact place the camera in the bathroom, but took the position that it was not for any sexual reason, but rather because he was sure that the employees were stealing from him and the camera was placed in the bathroom to catch an employee during the act of theft.
   
• $180,000 -- Middle-aged Man Brings Discrimination Claim Against a National Rental Company
   
• $175,000 -- Pedestrian Receives Mild Traumatic Brain Injury When Taxi Runs into Her
   
• $175,000 -- 30-Year-Old Man Develops Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Train Derailment
   
• $175,000 -- African-American Employee of Truck Leasing Company Claims Sexual Harassment
  
  Plaintiff was an attractive young rental agent of a truck leasing company. She alleged that a co-employee sexually harassed her by continuing to romantically pursue her when she indicated that she was not interested. The employee made frequent sexually provocative comments to plaintiff. In addition, plaintiff claimed that she was discriminated against based on her race. In particular, the owner of the company on occasion made derogatory remarks towards African-Americans, including plaintiff.
   
• $174,000 - Two Women Incur Verbal Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination at Auto Dealership.
  
  Plaintiffs in this case were two women in their mid-thirties who were employed in the business office at a Sacramento area auto dealership. They alleged that they were treated unequally compared to the men at the dealership and that some of their male co-workers and supervisors used foul language that was often directed at them.
   
• $172,600 -- Woman with Significant Psychological History Develops Psychological Injury after Routine Car Accident
  
   
• $171,000 - Young Female Attorney in Medium Sized Law Firm Successfully Pursues Sexual Harassment Claim Against Partner
  
  Plaintiff was a young, fairly new associate attorney in a medium-sized law firm. As part of her job duties she had to attend an out-of-state seminar with her supervising partner.
   
• $170,000 -- Associate Attorney Sues Law Firm for Sexual Harassment
  
  Plaintiff was a young associate attorney in a Central Valley California law firm. Her law firm litigation group was required to attend a seminar in Los Angeles. Plaintiff’s manager insisted that he utilize plaintiff’s hotel room while plaintiff was out to write a speech. Later that night, when plaintiff got into bed, she discovered a sexually provocative and scary note written by her manager.
   
• $160,000 -- Two Women Who Claimed Retaliation For Reports of Sexual Harassment at a Large Fast Food Company.
   
• $153,000 -- Male Patient Alleges Doctor Had Unprotected Sex With Him When Doctor Knew He Was HIV Positive -- Plaintiff Does Not Develop AIDS.
   
• $153,000 -- Gay Man Brings Physical Abuse Case Against Internist
   
• $150,000 -- Woman in Low Speed Car Accident Suffers Psychological Injury
   
• $150,000 -- Porter on Train Claims Psychological Injury in Derailment
   
• $150,000 -- Female High School Senior Sexually Abused by Female Gym Coach
   
• $150,000 -- Doctor Alleges Sexual Abuse by Plastic Surgeon
   
• $150,000 -- Sexual Assault at Chiropractic Clinic
   
• $150,000 -- Sexual Harassment Case Filed by Employee Who Was Forced to Watch Sexually Explicit
  DVD’s With Her Boss in a Company Apartment
  
  Plaintiff in this case was a woman in her late 20's who worked for a Bay Area high-tech firm that had offices in Los Angeles. The company had an apartment in Los Angeles for Bay Area employees to sleep in when they had to visit the Los Angeles office.
   
•  $150,000 - Intern for Television Network Sues for Sexual Harassment
  
  Plaintiff was an intern for a large cable television network. During the course of her summer internship, she was sexually pursued by her manager who she alleged eventually sexually assaulted her in a communal shower in a hotel spa.
   
• $145,000 - Innocent Gunshot Victim Sues Gun Store
  
  Plaintiff was 15 year old boy walking home from high school across the street from a gun store when he received a bullet wound in his arm.
   
• $135,000 -- Woman Psychologically Injured When Rear ended by a Private Plane on a Highway
   
• $125,000 -- Trial of a Case in which Male Hypnotist Beats Up His Girlfriend's Elderly Mother

* The result in the cases above were based on the facts of the particular case, and results will differ if based on different facts. No guarantee, warranty or prediction is being made regarding any particular case or injury..

* No inference is intended regarding the dollar amount of any Confidential Settlement listed above.