Trial Results / Case Highlights
All of use have dedicated our careers to the pursuit of professional excellence. We absolutely appreciate the difference between a firm like ours, that is structured on a “knights of the round table” theme and one that operates more as an assembly-line, pyramid scheme and we are sure that our clients understand and appreciate that difference.
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(PLAINTIFF) v. J.C. PENNEY COMPANY, INC. Premises Liability/Assault/False Imprisonment/Malicious Prosecution/Punitive Damages. J.C. Penney Loss Prevention personnel attempted to detain plaintiff when he was caught shoplifting a tie. The resulting melee resulted in a broken nose to one of the Loss Prevention Officers. The individual whose nose was broken went on to graduate school at Yale University. Another Loss Prevention Officer became […]Thomas J. Griffin
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BELL v. GENERAL MOTORS Entertainment/employment case. Plaintiff claimed permanent brain damage from a bobsled accident that happened while shooting a commercial. Our client was a “key grip” who used a “loan-out” corporation to allow for tax benefits for himself, making for confusing workers compensation exclusion issues that the judge never understood. We tendered defense under certificates of insurance granted […]Larry R. Nelson
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(PLAINTIFF) v. J.C. PENNEY, INC. Employment/wrongful termination/false arrest-malicious prosecution/intentional tort case. Plaintiff was a employee of our client, who was caught by surveillance giving a series of unwarranted discounts to known gang members. He was arrested and later dismissed from his employment. He asked the jury for 31 million dollars at trial, but lost 9-3. One thing we learned from […]Larry R. Nelson & Thomas J. Griffin
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PADROFF V. LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY Insurance Fraud. Bus v. Passenger. This is one more instance of a less than mentally stable plaintiff falling over on a bus because of his own clumsiness. Opposing counsel thought that the case was one of quasi-strict liability. As soon as plaintiff rested, we presented a written motion for nonsuit which the Court granted.Thomas J. Griffin
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SMITH v. HUDGINS Trucking/Personal Injury case. Our clients were a truck driver and his employers, who watched while a multiple vehicle wreck occurred around them. They were of course, perceived as the deep pocket. The other parties settled out and the plaintiff finally accepted our CCP 998 offer of $4500 on the first day of trial.Larry R. Nelson
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HOCKING-DALTON v. KEMP Entertainment/Personal Injury case. A Beverly Hills car accident between an actress and producer’s wife. The actress claimed injuries too great to allow her to accept a paltry CCP Section 998 offer of $36,000, even after being urged to do so by a mediator. It resulted in a 9-3 defense verdict. The plaintiff’s mother recently paid […]Larry R. Nelson
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MARSHALL v. CHEVRON OIL CO. Personal Injury. The plaintiff’s were burned in a propane explosion that was traced to a source inside their trailer. Several eye witnesses confirmed that the initial explosion was inside. Plaintiff’s blamed it on our client, for filling up a defective propane tank they had purchased for $2.00 at a flea market. They had chained it […]Larry R. Nelson
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Driver v. Driver–Ventura Superior Court Plaintiff, a middle-aged LAUSD school psychologist, was driving a late model Cadillac in Westlake Village, California when defendant’s vehicle rear-ended her in a substantial collision that caved in the trunk of plaintiff’s car. Plaintiff claimed that beyond the soft-tissue injuries that resulted, her ability to concentrate and do her job as a school psychologist had […]