Case Results

Record-Setting $21,000,000 Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Auto/Truck Accident

Largest California non-punitive verdict for a single individual (San Francisco County, Zivic v. Winterland).

Record-Setting $17,000,000 Medical Malpractice, Birth Injury, Brain Injury, Sepsis, Medication Error

Settlement for a brain-injured baby.

Record-Setting $15,000,000 Brain Injury, Birth Injury, Medical Malpractice, Cerebral Palsy

Largest pretrial settlement against the United States in Hawaii for a child who suffered brain damage during birth.

Record-Setting $14,000,000 Medical Malpractice, Brain Injury, Neonatal Injury, Surgical Injury

Surgery error on a 3-day old child resulted in brain injuries.

Record-Setting $11,400,000 Medical Malpractice, Brain Injury, Birth Injury, Cerebral Palsy

Birth injury resulted in Cerebral Palsy. This settlement is a state record.

Record-Setting $11,000,000 Medical Malpractice, Neonatal Injury, Failure to Diagnose

Neonatal blindness injuries to premature triplets after failure to diagnose the condition in a timely manner.

Record-Setting $10,000,000 Medical Malpractice, Birth Injury, Cerebral Palsy, Brain Injury

Record settlement for a birth injury case in that state.

Record-Setting $9,960,000 Medical Malpractice, Cardiac Misdiagnosis, Failure to Diagnose, Wrongful Death

This case against UCSF Medical Center was the largest medical malpractice settlement for a death in California history in 2002.

Record-Setting $9,750,000 Medical Malpractice, Sepsis, Amputation

Failure to treat sepsis and excessive medication led to the loss of limbs. This is a record-setting result in the state.