View our winning verdicts and settlement amounts.
Medical Malpractice/FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE IMPENDING HEART ATTACK
Wrongful death of 39-year old male
Orange County - 2006
$5.3 Milion Verdict
Pharmaceutical Product Liability/BAYCOL LITIGATION
Global settlement on behalf of 122 plaintiffs represented by
Lopez Hodes and co-counsel - 2004
$69.9 Million Global Settlement
Pharmaceutical Product Liability/REZULIN LITIGATION
Successful resolution of cases for over 200 plaintiffs - 2004
Confidential Amounts
Medical Malpractice/BRAIN INJURY
Profound brain injury including quadriplegia as a result of negligently administered post-operative narcotic medication
San Francisco - 2005
$6 Million Settlement
Medical Malpractice/BIRTH INJURY
Severe neurologic injury as a result of delay in performing C-Section on fetus in distress
Orange County - 2005
$5.25 Million Settlement/Arbitration Award
Medical Malpractice/FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE BREAST CANCER
Wrongful death of 38-year old female due to 6-month delay in diagnosis while pregnant
San Diego - 2005
$1 Million Settlement (policy limits)
Medical Malpractice/BIRTH INJURY
Profound neurological injury caused by ruptured uterus during childbirth
Orange County - 2003
$4 Million Settlement
Medical Malpractice/BIRTH INJURY
Profound neurological injury caused by ruptured uterus during childbirth
Orange County - 2003
$4 Million Settlement
Medical Malpractice/FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE EWING'S SARCOMA
6-month delay in diagnosis of Ewing's Sarcoma in in a 24-year old female
Orange County - 2002
$1.781 Million Binding Arbitration Award
Product Liability/DIET PILL LITIGATION
Global settlement against American Home Products
Negotiated by group including members of Lopez, Hodes, Milman & Skikos
$4 Billion Global Settlement
Medical Malpractice/FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE CERVICAL CANCER
Wrongful death of 30-year old female due to 9-month delay in diagnosis
Orange County - 1997
$10.96 Million Jury Verdict
Consumer Fraud/FALSE/MISLEADING CREDIT REPORTING
Emotional distress and punitive damages
Los Angeles County (Central District) - 1989
$3.2 Million Jury Verdict
Product Liability/PRESCRIPTION DRUG
Severe personal injuries
$12 Million Settlement During Trial
Product Liability/PRESCRIPTION DRUG
Severe personal injuries
$9 Million Settlement
Product Liability/PRESCRIPTION DRUG
Severe personal injuries
$8 Million Settlement
Premises Liability/AUTO VS. PEDESTRIAN
Brain stem injury in 5-year old
Orange County - 1990
$5.2 Million Structured Settlement
Product Liability/MEDICAL DEVICE
Severe personal injuries
$1.550 Million Settlement after 3-week Jury Trial
Product Liability/DEFECTIVE LADDER
Multiple factures and herniated disk in 45-year old firefighter
San Luis Obispo County -1985
$911,930 Jury Verdict
Medical Malpractice/FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE BRAIN TUMOR
Wrongful Death of 27 year-old female from complications of undiagnosed brain tumor
San Diego - 2001
$1 Million settlement
Medical Malpractice/FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE RECTAL CANCER
Cancer progressed from Stage 1 to Stage 3 in 52-year old male
Orange County - 2000
$1,750,000 Settlement
Medical Malpractice/NEGLIGENT DELAY IN DIAGNOSIS OF BREAST CANCER
35 year-old female - 25% decrease in chance of survival due to delay
Orange County - 2000
$842,880 Binding Arbitration Award
Medical Malpractice/FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE GROUP B INFECTION IN NEWBORN
Infant contracted meningitis resulting in mental retardation
San Francisco - 1999
$6.1 Million Jury Verdict
Medical Malpractice/FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE GLASS FRAGMENT IN LACERATED KNEE
Articular damage to knee of 9-year old female
Orange County - 1999
$250,000 Binding Arbitration Award
Medical Malpractice/FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE MENINGITIS
Permanent deafness to 4-year old male
Orange County - 1997
$500,000 Binding Arbitration Award
Medial Malpractice/7-MONTH DELAY IN DIAGNOSE OF BREAST CANCER
Wrongful death of 30-year old female
Orange County - 1991
$1,043,000 Jury Verdict
Medical Malpractice/FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE ANEURYSM
20-year old woman in coma as a result of failure to diagnose
San Francisco - 1989
$4.5 Million Binding Arbitration Award Nursing Home/SEXUAL ABUSE AND CORPORATE COVER-UP
Sexual assault of 20-year old mentally and physically disabled female by Certified Nurse Assistant; information withheld from family
Los Angeles County (Glendale) - 1997
$1,385,000 Trial Award following Additur
Employment/DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
Termination of manager after heart attack Oakland - 2000
$2.5 Million Settlement
Employment/SEXUAL HARRASSMENT
Constructive Termination from Internet Company
San Francisco - 2000
$800,000 Settlement
Professional/DEFAMATION
Libel/slander of psychologist
Orange County - 1999
$925,000 Settlement
Business/OIL & GAS
Oil Company lessor allowed gas draining of common reservoir
Sacramento - 1996
$2.6 Million Jury Verdict
Motor Vehicle Accident/SEMI V. AUTO
Death of 67-year old male with wife and four adult children
Los Angeles County (Pomona) - 2000
$1.6 Million Settlement (policy limits)
Motor Vehicle Accident/AUTOMOBILE VS. PEDESTRIAN
Loss of spleen in 29-year old male Orange County - 2000
$945,386 Jury Verdict
Motor Vehicle Accident/ROADWAY DESIGN
Failure by City to install a traffic light at busy intersection by school
Multiple fractures sustained by 40-year old male night student
Los Angeles - 1998
$1.15 Million Settlement
Motor Vehicle Accident/REAR END COLLISION
Cervical strain (whiplash) in a 38-year old male
Orange County - 1998
$200,000 Jury Verdict
Motor Vehicle Accident/CONTRACTOR NEGLIGENCE
Failure by Contractor/City to build berm at side of roadway at proper height
Quadriplegia of 55-year old woman as a result of vehicle rolling over
Los Angeles - 1997
$1 Million Settlement (policy limits)
Premises Liability/SLIP AND FALL AT HOTEL
Fractured Wrist, 41-year old male
Ventura County - 1996
$95,000 Settlement
Employment/Wrongful Termination/AGE DISCRIMINATION AND ERISA
Partner in Big-6 Accounting Firm Terminated Based On Age and Retirement Plan Inquiries
Cincinnati, Ohio - 1994
$5 Million Jury Verdict
