Brain and Head Injury Cases

San Francisco Bus Accident - Golden Gate Transit
Judy O'Connor, a 63 year old retired psychiatric nurse, was struck and dragged by a left turning Golden Gate Transit Bus at 8th and Howard Streets in San Francisco. O'Connor contended that she was lawfully in the crosswalk but the bus driver and the investigating police officer claimed that she entered illegally on the Don't Walk sign. Using the skills of an expert biomechanist we were able to demonstrate that she was visible inside the crosswalk for a significant amount of time before being struck. She sustained a left temporal lobe brain contusion and post-concussive syndrome. Ten years earlier, she suffered a brain aneurysm. The defense contended that her closed head injury symptoms were the result of the prior aneurysm and not related to the bus accident. Our San Francisco injury lawyers recovered a $751,000 settlement.

San Francisco Muni Bus Accident - $650,000
$650,000 settlement for Gerry Zalkovsky, 63, an asset manager for an international property management company who was struck by a right turning Muni bus at the signalized intersection of California and Sansome Streets in San Francisco. Muni (CCSF) and the bus driver contended that Zalkovsky entered the crosswalk illegally and while rushing to beat the light, jaywalked at the intersection just prior to impact. Zalkovsky contended that she was legally in the intersection and veered out of the way to avoid the bus. An internal Muni bus video showed Zalkovsky out of the crosswalk just before being struck. Zalkovsky suffered a fractured skull and lacerations and post-concussive syndrome. She returned to work where she was employed until her retirement.

$15.2 million verdict for a brain injured teenager due to defective road.

$2,200,000 settlement for a fireman who received multiple orthopedic injuries and a closed head injury due to a defectively manufactured and designed drive shaft.

$2,500,000 settlement for baby brain injured at birth due to a failure to deliver the infant in a timely fashion.

$1,000,000 settlement for child born with cerebral palsy after his mother was overdosed with magnesium sulfate during delivery.