Painter falls from catwalk
Award: $1,788,361
A journeyman painter fractured his pelvis and wrist when he fell from
a catwalk from which a protective guardrail had been removed (Noice v. California Steel
Industries Inc., San Bernardino County Superior Court).
Review process abused
Award: $500,000
Homeowners claimed that a review committee failed to act reasonably
and in good faith in reviewing their construction plans (Los Lagos Homeowners Association
v. Luong, Placer County Superior Court).
Slip and twist at Kmart
Award: $1,183,000
A woman suffered a herniated disk when she stepped on a bracket and
slipped and twisted (no fall) (Craddock v. Kmart Corp., Shasta County Superior Court).
Crash causes disability
Award: $410,887
A salesman asserted total disability after a rear-end accident and
anterior diskectomy with fusion (Kramer v. Cargill, Los Angeles County Superior Court).
Chinese-American fired
Award: $1,359,262
Plaintiff claimed a Chinese-owned company fired him as CEO in
retaliation for protesting discrimination against American employees (Lee v. ENPC
Technology, Los Angeles County Superior Court).
Cultures cause disability
Award: $5,894,230
A child claimed that prenatal personnel breached their duty to notify
neonatal personnel of his mother’s GBS cultures (McDonough v. Regents of the
University of Cali-fornia, San Francisco County Super-ior Court).
Tenant falls in stairwell
Award: Defense
A tenant claimed she fell in an apartment stairwell because the
overhead light was out (Giltner v. Ratley, Shasta County Superior Court).
Design contract breached
Award: $800,000
A research company claimed defendant prevented it from completing a
notebook computer design contract (DT Research Inc. v. Tatung Co., Santa Clara County
Superior Court).
Fraud brings foreclosure
Award: $3,541,552
A retiree claimed intentional misrepresentation and concealment
following a bank’s foreclosure on a building he was to rent to the bank (Setlich v.
Vineyard National Bank, San Bernardino County Superior Court).
Bad faith claimed
Award: $3,980,000
A homeowners association claimed its insurer breached its contract in
handling an earthquake damage claim (Nordhoff Townhomes Homeowners Assn. Inc. v. Farmers
Insurance Group, Los Angeles County Superior Court).
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