Orange County Accident Attorneys

15 Passenger Van roll-over against Ford - Auto Products Liability case against Ford Motor Company and the rental car agency that rented a 15-passenger van to a family traveling from California to a family reunion in Kansas. The fifteen passenger, E350, van rolled over in Utah, roof crushed, seat belts failed and passenger ejected. Multiple serious injuries. We were brought to us assist a trial lawyers association vice president who wanted our experience with 15-passenger vans and Ford.

15 Passenger Van roll-over against Ford - Auto Products Liability case against Ford Motor Company due to a E350 (15-passenger) van's driver seat braking backwards during a rear-end collision causing the driver to lose control of the van. The fifteen passenger van rolled over in San Bernardino County, the roof crushed in and a seat belt failed. The van was a company vehicle with employees inside returning to California from a job site in Colorado. Multiple deaths. Former trial lawyers association president brought us into the case due to our experience and knowledge.

Auto Products Liability case against Daimler Chrysler Motor Company and the rental car agency that rented a 15-passenger van to a group of friends going from Los Angeles to Las Vegas for a birthday party. The fifteen passenger, Ram 350, van rolled over, roof crushed, seat belts failed and passengers ejected. Multiple deaths and serious injuries.

Auto Products Liability case against Ford Motor Company and the rental car agency that rented a 15-passenger van to a church group traveling from Southern California to Northern California for a church function. The fifteen passenger, E350, van rolled over, roof crushed, seat belts failed and passengers ejected. Multiple deaths and serious injuries.

Negligence case against an aircraft rental company due to their plane crashing on take off, killing the pilot and one passenger and severely injuring another passenger.

Auto Products Liability case against Ford Motor Company and the maker of a failed seatbelt, TRW. Negligence case against U-Haul the renter of the truck that caused the accident for negligent maintenance and failing to instruct the driver. Auto vs. Auto negligence case against the driver of the U-Haul truck. A minor child was paralyzed and eventually died as a result of a three vehicle collision involving two Ford Explorers, both rolled-over, a seat belt failure (false latching) and the failure of the roof of one of the Explorers. Driver injured due to roof crush.

On the job injury, products liability case against supplier of materials that “exploded” when worker was cutting 55 gallon drums for disposal. Worker suffered third degree burns to 75% of the front of his body.

Motorcycle vs. Auto Accident - Client’s previous attorney insisted that client settle case for the $15,000 policy limit of the negligent auto driver. Case was eventually settled for cash up front, an annuity (a stream of guaranteed payments for life) and payment of the workers’ compensation insurance reimbursement rights. (See below for full story*).

Auto Products Liability case against General Motors for the roll over and roof crush of a Tahoe resulting in the death of the driver and a passenger.

SUV roll-over against General Motors - Single vehicle, off road roll-over accident. Driver in attention caused Chevrolet, dual cab truck to go onto roadway shoulder. Truck rolled over and roof crushed in killing the driver and front seat passenger.

Seat Belt Failure against General Motors - Chevrolet truck ran off road and into a ditch. Front passenger seat belt failed allow his ejection through the front windshield causing a brain injury to a young adult.

Auto Product Liability case against General Motors for seat belt failure in a Chevrolet pickup resulting in a passenger being thrown through the front windshield when the truck went into a ditch. Concussion and facial scaring.

SUV Roll-over/Roof Crush against General Motors - Single vehicle, off road roll-over. Driver in attention caused Chevrolet Tahoe to go off road and roll-over. Roof crushed in and killed driver. Failure of restraint system and glass contributed to death of second passenger.

Roll-over/Roof Crush against General Motors - Single vehicle, off road roll-over in Mexico. Driver in attention caused a rented Chevrolet Tahoe to go onto roadway shoulder. Tahoe rolled over and roof crushed in killing the front seat passenger child. Recovery from rental car agency who's failure to properly maintain the Tahoe contributed to the roof failure.

Break System Failure against Freightliner - Freightliner cement truck's brakes failed on a down town Los Angeles commercial street causing a quarter mile path of destruction and permanently disabling the truck's driver.

Premises Liability case against State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation. State was negligent in the maintenance of trees at Lake Perris. A eucalyptus tree limb fell (summer branch drop) on park visitor causing paralysis. Client’s previous law firm, after representing client for eight months, told the client she “had no case” and gave her back her file before bring it to Bisnar | Chase.

Settlement with CalTrans - Failure to erect a guard rail on 57 Freeway in Los Angeles County

Auto Products Liability case against Ford Motor Company for failure of front seat system which resulted in the death of a child rear seat passenger in a 30 mile an hour rear end impact auto accident.

Defective Throttle against Yamaha (Motorcycle) - Manufacturer's production defect caused a motorcycle in a sanctioned off stadium dirt track race to stick "full throttle open" causing the death of the rider.

Auto accident caused by dangerous condition left on freeway by CalTrans (State of California) contractors resulting in the death of two teenagers.

Confidential Result Seat Belt Failure against Nissan & $1,335,000 Settlement with At Fault Driver - Auto accident in Riverside County which included a failure of client's restraint system (seat belt anchor) in a 1994 Nissan. Prosecuted a lawsuit against Nissan Motors (of Japan and America) on a products liability claim seeking compensatory and punitive damages. The seat belt anchor system was designed so weak that it evidenced "a conscience disregard" for the safety of the seat belt user. Settled with the "at-fault" driver who caused the initial accident and ultimately Nissan Motors.

Auto vs. Auto accident with two spinal surgeries. Collected defendant driver’s policy limit. Won a binding arbitration award for the policy maximum from the injured tow truck driver’s employer’s insurance company. Settled an “insurance bad faith” lawsuit against the employer’s auto insurance company for their failure to fairly handle the initial uninsured motorist claim costing the client nearly a year time delay in a resolution and costing him additional attorney’s fees and costs to prosecute the binding arbitration.

Premises liability case against a restaurant and the building’s owner for negligent maintenance of an elevator. A 93 year old women tripped on the miss-leveled elevator as she was exiting and suffered a broken hip. Case settled on the first day of trial.

Insurance “Bad Faith” against UNIUM and Provident Insurance. UNIUM,
Provident Insurance refused to continue disability payments after the insured had been injured in an auto accident. Federal Court.

Auto Product Liability case against Susiki Motors. Winds caused driver to lose control of Susiki Samuri resulting in the Samuri rolling over and killing a teenage passenger.

Auto Product Liability case against General Motors for roof failure (roof crushed in on driver) and against a brake shop for brake failure in a Chevrolet pickup. Driver sustaining a spinal injury when the truck’s brakes failed and the truck went off the side of a mountain road and the roof crushed in on the driver’s head.

Bus vs. Pedestrian on-the-job injury. Concussion. Settlement also included Metro Link pay additional funds to reimburse workers’ compensation insurance company.

Auto vs. Auto accident. Collected total of defendant’s insurance and then arbitrated client’s uninsured motorist claim. Her insurance company insisted that she was not entitled to the full policy limit until moments before starting the binding arbitration with the threat of an insurance bad faith case hanging over their heads.

Jury Verdict - Fifteen year old lost vision in one eye due to being shot with a paint ball by an on duty Edison Company employee on Edison property.

Settlement with CalTrans - Failure to erect a guard rail on I-15 in San Diego County.

Auto accident where building materials from freeway construction site hit plaintiff’s car. CalTrans freeway construction contractor initially denied liability. Extensive discovery uncovered a cover up of evidence by the CalTrans contractor who then settled just before trial.

Premises Liability vs. CalTrans. Client’s previous attorney insisted that he settle for CalTrans’ $40,000 offer due in part to derogatory evidence of a personal nature against the client and the costs of going to trial. Case settled on the first day of trial after we successfully argued pre-trial motions to exclude the personal derogatory evidence at trial.

Settlement - Low Back injury due to a dangerous stairway in common area of condominium complex.

Auto vs. Auto, clients previous attorney recommended settling for less than $200,000 after a surgery. Uninsured motorist claim settled for $650,000 with questionable causation and injuries plus recover from defendant driver.

Assault and Battery on a BMW dealer’s general manager by former NFL player. Settled on the fourth day of trial. Post concession syndrom.

Auto vs. Auto accident. Defendant was uninsured. Client’s uninsured motorist insurance carrier refused to pay her claim. We won a policy limit award at the uninsured motorist arbitration. Due to her insurance company's “bad fath” and negligence in handling her claim, we sued the insurance company. The “bad faith” claim was settled for a “confidential amount”.

On-the-job auto accident which caused soft tissue back injury (whip lash). Client's injury escalated due to improper physical therapy.

Auto vs. Auto accident. This elderly client had been represented by former attorney for over six months. We took over representation, conducted our investigation, gathered the evidence, made her claim and settled it for policy limits, twenty times more than she was expecting, in less than two months from beginning her representation.

Road design defect against CalTrans.

Auto vs. Pedestrian. Defense contended that our client was negligent in “J” walking, stepping out into the street in the face of an on coming vehicle and was attempting to commit suicide when he stepped into the street. The defense settled for their policy limit rather than risk us winning an even greater amount at trial.

Wrongful death auto accident.

Judgement against the owner of a dog who bite a young boy in the face. $25,000 of the money was a settlement against the owner/landlord and leasing company of the premises where the dog was housed and where the boy was attacked.

Trucker delivering to Carl’s Jr’s. Anaheim warehouse was injured by a forklift driver while on loading dock.. Case taken over from previous attorney who was not equipped to go to trial.

Premises Liability, closed head injury.

Legal Malpractice case against client’s former attorney who failed to file her auto products liability case timely.

Auto vs. Parked Commercial vehicle. Death of daughter passenger in auto that ran into illegally parked semi-truck. Parents refused to accept settlement offered during trial which was Multiple times higher.

Class action lawsuit against cellular phone company for changing employee compensation plan and failing to pay bonuses previously earned.

Auto vs. Auto accident.

Plaintiff injured while walking through his condominium parking lot to his unit at night. Pipes attached to the top of a plumbing truck created a hazard in the dark.

Auto vs. Auto - surgery.

Auto vs. Auto - policy limit.

Auto vs. Auto accident. Settled for total of multiple auto insurance policies that we were able to discover and then “stack”.

Auto vs Auto. Settled auto claim on behalf of injured party for the $100,000 policy limit and then collected $40,000 additional for family member who was traumatized by witnessing injury (Dillon claim).

Auto vs. Pedestrian.

Slip & Fall case against Wal-Mart. The defense attorneys before the trial bragged that they had NEVER lost a Wal-Mart case and they would go up on appeal it they lost. Jury awarded $125,000 and Wal-Mart appealed. Wal-Mart eventually settled appeal paying more than the original jury award.

Auto vs. Auto - surgery

General Negligence against a restaurant. Patron was “goated” into going on stage by female impersonator who then injured him by “dropping” on him.

Auto vs. Auto

Award in Premises Liability - Salon chair collapsed injuring patron leg. Infection and scarring.

Auto vs. Auto

Legal malpractice against attorney who dropped client’s case and gave her the wrong date by which she had to file a lawsuit.

Dog bite. Postal worker received a minor bite and psychological injury due to incident. Policy limit. We have handled numerous postal worker, meter reader, pool service, UPS and FedEx dog bite cases. These people are exposed to dangerous dog’s on a daily basis.

Minor girl bitten on the head and neck under the hairline. Also recovered for her 12 year old brother and mother who were both traumatized by witnessing event (Dillion Claim). Actual ultimate recovery much higher due to funds being paid through an annuity when the children are college age.

Auto vs Auto accident, policy limit. We have many dozens of case histories of $100,000 policy limit recoveries. Our systematic approach to cases in general and auto accident cases particularly, positions our client’s to recover policy limits by exposing the defendant’s insurance company to a judgment potential in excess of the policy limit, in which case they would be forced to pay the entire judgment, regardless of their policy maximum limits.

Minor girl bitten by neighbors dog, policy limit. Settled under ninety days from the date of injury. We have a history of numerous policy limit dog bite case recoveries, especially on the behalf of children. This one is unique because we recovered the policy limit in such a short time.

Auto vs. Pedestrian, policy limit.

Auto vs. Auto, policy limit.

Dog bite (mother’s dog), policy limit.

On-the-job auto vs. auto accident, policy limit.

Auto vs. Auto -surgery recommended, policy limit.

Auto vs. Auto, $1,200 property damage to plaintiff’s vehicle. Previous attorney insisted that client settle for the $7,500 being offered by defense insurance company.

Auto vs. Auto, policy limit.

Auto vs. Auto, policy limit on both third party and under insured motorist policy.

Construction site accident against general contractor and land owner, both of which denied any liability whatsoever. Recovery included waiver by workers’ compensation carrier of reimbursement.

Auto vs. Auto. $500 in property damage. Exposed policy limit and insurance company was forced to pay entire judgment, which was in excess of the auto insurance policy limit.

Premises liability against Victoria Secrets retail store for injuries sustained when a display item fell and injured shopper. Previous attorney suggested abandoning case due to the complexities and the liability issues.

Dog bite to minor child by grandparents dog.

Auto vs. Auto - Major pre-existing injuries.

Auto vs. Auto.

Auto vs. Auto, meniscus surgery.

Slip & Fall at a McDonalds’. Broken elbow.

Auto vs. Auto accident - meniscus surgery.