Santa Barbara County and Santa Barbara County Sherriff's Department have agreed to pay a $4.8 million settlement to the survivors and their parents of a 2009 wrong way driver accident that took two lives and seriously injured two others.
June 13, 2011 Santa Barbara Independent - By Tyler Hayden Attorney Says Deputy at Fault for 2009 Accident Involving DUI Driver Judge James Brown decided earlier this month to let a wrongful-death lawsuit against Santa Barbara County and the Sheriff's Department proceed to trial. The complaint, in short, accuses a deputy dispatched to chase a DUI motorist speeding down the [ More... ]
A 74-year-old Lompoc widow is suing Orange County’s West Coast Realty & Mortgage and its subsidiary, Ultimaterate.com, as well as Orange County-based Fremont Investment & Loan for financial elder abuse.
Host Marriott Corporation and the operators of one of Marriott's Fairfield Inns agreed to pay a surviving family member of a 75-year-old woman $1.35 million after the woman and her daughter were struck and killed by a hotel van operated by Fairfield Inn, a Marriott franchise. The accident occurred at Philadelphia International Airport but the complaint was filed in U.S. District Court, in Los Angeles.
Case in Focus: "Litigators' Strategy Successful Appeal Opened the Way for Punitives" Verdict: $23.1 million Case/Number: Nabil Darghous v. Johnson Controls Inc./ BC134624 Court/Date: L.A. Superior Central West/August 28 Judge: F. Ray Bennett, Dept. 308 Disbursement: $4.4 million (retaliation, wrongful termination, breach of contract and covenant of good faith); $.5 million (slander); $1.2 million (prejudgment interest); $17 million (punitive).
