Cases Against Governments And Public Entities

Donville v. NCE, San Luis Obispo Superior Court, $15.2 million verdict for brain injured teenager due to defective road in Morro Bay.

Evans v. San Francisco Housing Authority, San Francisco Superior Court, $15 million verdict for wrongful death of 44-year-old woman and 4 children ages 6, 4, 3, and 7 months, in a fire due to inadequate maintenance in public housing unit in San Francisco.

Ronten/Saeig v. State, $5.2 million for couple seriously injured by another vehicle that crossed median due to the absence of a median barrier on State Route 37 in Sonoma County.

Adams v. State of California, Mendocino County Superior Court, $1.1 million verdict for 57-year-old man injured due to defectively designed intersection.

Other cases:  Dias v. State, $1 million (US 101 in Humboldt County); Mueller v. State, $1 million for German tourist (SR 780 in Solano County); Bibak v. State, $1.65 million (SR 37 in Solano County); Elizondo v. State, $1.1 million (absence of guardrail in Ventura County); Parng v. State $985,000 (inadequate pavement in Orange County); Warren v. State, $675,000 (Monterey County); Mason v. State, $525,000 (absence of rock protection on US 101 in Mendocino); Watson v. USA, failure to post adequate signs at jetty, (Humboldt County); Eng v. State, (inadequate striping in Santa Monica); Dean v. State, (inadequate shoulder in Riverside), Dietz/Godinez v. State (failure to remove ice from roadway in Mendocino County); Ward v. State, failure to secure right of way fence allowing animal on roadway (Kern County); and Donohue v. SFHA, failure to have appropriate stair design in public housing. 

We also have obtained recoveries from public entities for bus, cable car, and BART operator negligence.