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Medical device defect Award: $9,660,000 Patient sustains nerve damage as result of undergoing annuloplasty disk surgery with radio-frequency device (McClafferty v. Radionics, Los Angeles County Superior Court). Silicon lip injections Award: $453,000 Plaintiffs alleged that a beauty salon and its employee negligently performed illegal silicon lip injections, causing sores and projected oozing for 20 to 30 years (Montez v. Meyda’s Beauty Salon, San Mateo County Superior Court). Pedestrian struck Award: $2,200,000 A pedestrian was run down by a dump truck causing serious leg injuries (Bontrager v. Standard Iron & Metal Works Co., Alameda County Superior Court). B&P ยง17200 Award: $300,000 A class action was brought on behalf of a group of 269 tenants who alleged structural defects that endangered the safety of tenants and rendered their premises uninhabitable (Watkins v. Walsh, Humboldt County Superior Court). Sexual harassment Award: $7,916,615 A female biotech Ph.D. employee was subjected to persistent sexual advances and retaliation by two top executives (Scully v. Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc., San Diego County Superior Court). 2-level disk fusion Award: $2,916,712 A chain-reaction freeway accident caused soft tissue neck and low back injuries that ultimately resulted in fusions at L4-S1 (Wagner v. Grantham, Los Angeles County Superior Court). Overtime dispute Award: Defense Twenty fire dispatchers in the Stockton Fire Department claimed unpaid overtime in excess of $1 million (Hughes v. City of Stockton, Eastern District Federal Court). Mortuary malpractice Award: $812,113 Family sued cemetery for missing cremains and disturbing remains (Goddard v. Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, San Diego County Superior Court). Construction defects Award: $1,325,000 Plaintiffs claimed that construction of their deck terraces was defective and caused significant water intrusion into their home (Tucker v. Kleger, Marin County Superior Court). Manhole injury Award: $2,500,000 A 6-year-old attending a tennis program at Stanford University suffered brain damage when an improperly secured manhole came loose, causing the child to fall into the hole and strike his head (Lewis v. Stanford University, Santa Clara County Superior Court). Editor's Note: California Bar Journal publishes this abbreviated summary of important trials in California provided by Trials Digest Publishing Inc. For a free, complete trial report on any case listed, call 510-420-1800. |
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