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Verdicts &
Settlements |
Year |
Case |
Amount |
Description |
| S |
2007 |
Ellis
v. AAR Parts Trading, et. al. |
$165,000,000 |
Air
Disaster |
| S |
2006 |
Doe
v. Confidential |
$20,000,000 |
Industrial
Accident |
| S |
2006 |
Kelsick
v. Insurance Company |
$2,600,000 |
Bad
Faith case |
| S |
2006 |
Kato
v. Confidential |
$2,500,000 |
Helicopter
Accident |
| S |
2006 |
Holliday
v. Confidential |
$4,225,000 |
Helicopter
Accident |
| S |
2006 |
Doe
v. Confidential |
$13,000,000 |
Helicopter
Accident |
| S |
2006 |
Rack
v. Confidential |
$1,050,000 |
Construction
Accident |
| V† |
2006 |
Dunn
v. State of Hawai'i Department of Transportation |
$2,200,000 |
Bicycle
accident |
| S |
2005 |
Flash
Air B737 Red Sea |
Confidential |
Air
Disaster |
| V |
2005 |
Cintron
v. Los Angeles Machinery |
$4,500,000 |
Big
rig accident |
| S |
2005 |
Guerrero
v. Confidential |
$13,350,000 |
Single
vehicle rollover accident |
| S |
2005 |
DeLeon
vs, Confidential |
Confidential |
AA587
Airline Disaster |
| V |
2005 |
Young
v. Standard Aero |
$2,900,000 |
Helicopter
Crash |
| S |
2005 |
Ko
v. Confidential |
$1,225,000 |
Automobile
accident |
| S |
2005 |
Witney
v. Confidential |
Confidential |
Airline
disaster |
| S |
2004 |
Crane
v. Auto Manufacturer |
$2,400,000 |
Single
vehicle rollover |
| S |
2004 |
Hernandez
v. Auto Manufacturer |
$1,000,000 |
Side-strike
accident |
| S |
2004 |
Doe
v. Tour Company |
$5,000,000 |
Bicyclist
struck by truck |
| S |
2004 |
Doe
v. Engine Manufacturer |
$6,000,000 |
Helicopter
accident |
| S |
2004 |
Blair
v. Bell Helicopter |
$2,260,000 |
Helicopter
accident |
| V & S |
2003 |
Jing
v. Sheng Hsiang Jen Foods Company, Ltd. |
$51,000,000 |
Choking
death of an infant |
| V & S |
2003 |
Joncich
v. New Choice Foods |
$55,000,000
|
Choking
death of an infant |
| S |
2003 |
Pokarney
v. Kraft Foods |
Confidential |
Choking
incident of an infant, resulting in brain damage |
| V |
2003 |
Enrile
v. Sheng Hsiang Jen Foods Company, Ltd. |
$16,690,000 |
Choking
death of a child |
| S |
2002 |
Concorde
Air Disaster |
Confidential |
Airline
disaster |
| S |
2002 |
EgyptAir
Flight 990 |
Confidential |
Airline
disaster |
| S |
2002 |
Alaska
Airlines Flight 861 |
Confidential |
Airline
disaster |
| V |
2002 |
Dixon
v. City of Livermore |
$11,009,000 |
Helicopter
crash during an air show |
| S * |
2001 |
Rafferty
v. Watkins & Shepard |
$7,000,000 |
Automobile,
big rig accident |
| V |
2001 |
Denevi
v. Swenson |
$10,000,000 |
Breach
of fiduciary duties |
| S |
2001 |
Enrile
v. New Choice Foods |
$8,000,000 |
Choking
death of a child |
| S |
2001 |
Joy
v. Greyline Cab |
$3,000,000 |
Passenger
injured in defendant's taxi |
| S |
2001 |
Gibbins
v. Confidential |
$4,350,000 |
Single
vehicle rollover accident |
| S |
2001 |
Comstock
v. Briseno |
$1,000,000 |
Bicyclist
struck and killed |
| S |
2000 |
Van
Sant v. CalTrans |
$5,250,000 |
Single
vehicle rollover accident |
| S |
2000 |
Doe
Plaintiffs v. General Motors |
$10,000,000 |
Single
vehicle rollover accident |
| S |
2000 |
Kuo
Yang v. Estate of Richard Kemball-Cook |
$1,000,000 |
Wrongful
death arising from airplane crash in Texas |
| S |
2000 |
Rodacker
v. Tosco Corporation |
$9,000,000 |
Wrongful
death arising from refinery explosion and fire |
| S |
1999 |
Howland
v. Moroney |
$1,000,000 |
Pedestrians
Injured by automobile |
| V |
1999 |
Netsch
v. United States of America |
$1,000,000 |
Mid–air
collision resulting in the death of 31 year old |
| S |
1999 |
Steinwedel
v. Yuba Trucking |
$5,000,000 |
Big
rig accident resulting in death of bicyclist |
| S |
1999 |
Rhyne
v. Confidential Defendants |
$8,750,000 |
Single
vehicle, rollover accident resulting in quadriplegia |
| V |
1999 |
Shaw
v. Rudolph & Sletten |
$1,171,000 |
Fall
at construction site; a broken arm and dislocated
hip |
| S |
1999 |
Glover
v. ARC |
$2,500,000 |
Crash
of charter jet on takeoff from Cordoba International
Airport in Argentina |
| V |
1998 |
Hall
v. RGW Construction |
$4,107,000 |
Industrial
accident; truck driver sustained crushed legs |
| S |
1998 |
Dubroff
v. Reid |
$1,000,000 |
Airplane
crash involving seven year–old pilot |
| S |
1997 |
Anonymous
Baby v. Confidential Medical Center |
$3,000,000 |
Malpractice
action for child
injured during birth |
| S |
1997 |
Dobbins
v. United States of America |
$2,000,000 |
Airplane
crash resulting from error of air traffic controller; spinal
injuries |
| V |
1997 |
Kyne
v. Pacific Gas
& Electric Company |
$2,870,000 |
Death
of a two year–old in a gas explosion |
| S |
1996 |
Estate
of Anonymous Airline Pilot v. Doe Aircraft Manufacturers |
$4,000,000 |
Wrongful
death action arising from air disaster |
| V * |
1996 |
Fife
/ Cook v. Bell Helicopter |
$7,140,000 |
Crash
of a logging helicopter in Alaska; death of two pilots |
| S * |
1995 |
Stocker
v. Sydney J. Hendricks & Pacific Union |
$1,550,000 |
Helicopter
crash |
| S |
1994 |
Maniar
v. Wolf |
$1,350,000 |
Death
of a seven year–old girl struck by an SUV |
| S |
1994 |
Lozano
v. Circuit City |
$2,000,000 |
Collision
with delivery truck; wrongful death |
| S |
1994 |
Cuzzacrea
v. Asahai International |
$1,510,000 |
Bicycle
design case; head injuries |
| S |
1994 |
Johnson
v. Gaetani Realty |
$1,250,000 |
Death
of a ten year–old girl in an elevator accident |
| S |
1993 |
Leach
v. City of Roseville |
$2,875,000 |
Brain
damage due to power line energization of a tree |
| S |
1993 |
Lucchesi
v. Monterey Nissan |
$1,750,000 |
Seatbelt,
auto design case |
| S |
1993 |
Reynolds
v. Vulcan Construction |
$2,000,000 |
Pedestrian
injured by automobile |
| S |
1992 |
Cook/Hamilton
v. Confidential |
$6,000,000 |
Helicopter
wire strike accident over Carquinez Straits |
| S |
1992 |
Hoyt
v. Eber International |
$3,600,000 |
Bicycle
accident |
| S |
1992 |
Grover
v. Doe Construction Company |
$1,450,000 |
Fall
at construction site; ankle fractures |
| S |
1992 |
Stetson
v. Costa |
$1,100,000 |
Motorcycle
accident; wrongful death |
| S |
1991 |
DiSalvo
v. Doe Hotel |
$2,000,000 |
Spinal
injuries in surf at Wailea Beach, Maui; due to
failure to warn |
| S |
1990 |
Paboojian
v. Teledyne Continental Motors |
$32,125,000 |
Aircraft
engine failure and fire; severe burn injuries |
| S |
1990 |
Hurlburt
v. Doe Automobile Manufacturer |
$2,470,000 |
Seat
belt injury case |
| V |
1989 |
Doll
v. Sullivan |
$2,500,000 |
Helicopter
accident; wrongful death and legal malpractice
action |
| V |
1989 |
Kavanaugh
v. City of Sunnyvale |
$2,412,809 |
Governmental
liability action resulting from a dangerous
intersection |
| S |
1989 |
Coman
v. Playtex |
$1,750,000 |
Abdominal
injuries resulting from Toxic Shock Syndrome |
| V |
1989 |
McLeod
v. Children's Hospital |
$6,668,000 |
Malpractice
action resulting from birth injuries |
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