This list includes cases in a variety of different practice areas and involving a variety of different types of injuries.
Booth & Koskoff’s Verdicts and Settlements
$28,900,000 :: Mota v. City of L.A.
JURY VERDICT: Poor street maintenance lead to crossover accident
Article [PDF]
$17,672,135 :: Qualls v. Case Corporation
JURY VERDICT: Plaintiff crushed by loader/backhoe
Case Study
$13,813,057 :: Dugan v. LIGA International
JUDGMENT : Plastic surgeon died en route to Mexico to render humanitarian medical services
Article [PDF]
$12,000,000 :: Lee v. Fujita
SETTLEMENT : Small child injured in head-on collision
Article [PDF]
$10,070,000 :: Gonzalez v. Diana’s Mexican Food
JUDGMENT : Plaintiff hit in intersection by delivery truck
Article [PDF]
$9,400,000 :: Yarnall v. S.K. Management
SETTLEMENT : Fall through roof opening
Article [PDF]
$7,000,000 :: Hossain v. Baker Real Estate
SETTLEMENT : Plaintiff burned while using apartment stove
Article [PDF]
$7,000,000 :: Kuykendall and Mahoney
SETTLEMENT : Fall from scaffolding at The Hollywood Bowl
Article [PDF]
$5,784,572 :: Bennett v. Kinney Shoes
JURY VERDICT: Security guard shot while making bank deposit
Article [PDF]
$5,300,000 :: Carrillo v. Rosetti Construction Company, Inc.
SETTLEMENT: Fall from roof during construction project
Article [PDF]
$5,062,500 :: Lomeli v. Kalmar Industries
SETTLEMENT : Forklift accident
Article [PDF]
$5,000,000 :: Krienke v. Confidential
SETTLEMENT: Bicycle rider struck by large truck
$5,000,000 :: Denney v. J.D. Carley Corp.
SETTLEMENT : Fire on construction site
Article [PDF]
$5,000,000 :: Smith v. Farmer Brothers
SETTLEMENT : Painter electrocuted when he contacted high voltage power lines
Article [PDF]
$5,000,000 :: Zitz-Evancich v. City of Los Angeles
SETTLEMENT : Husband injured and wife killed when rearended by City maintenance truck
Article [PDF]
$4,345,000 :: Salas Family
SETTLEMENT : Roofer fell 13 feet when defective wooden beam broke
$4,000,000 :: Schultz vs. San Diego County
JURY VERDICT: Unsafe San Diego County road led to fatal auto accident
Case Study
$4,000,000 :: Cleanmaster v. Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co.
SETTLEMENT : Insurer claimed that plaintiff set fire to his own business
Article [PDF]
$3,800,000 :: Reneau
SETTLEMENT : Pedestrian struck by bus while crossing street
Article [PDF]
$3,600,000 :: Leavitt v. Ultramar
SETTLEMENT : Explosion at oil storage facility
Article [PDF]
$3,454,328 :: Stamper v. Lawrence Drive Partners
JURY VERDICT: Plaintiff struck by crane when tilt-up wall collapsed
Article [PDF]
$3,100,000 :: Confidential
SETTLEMENT : Brain-injured child sexually abused in hospital
$3,000,000 :: Confidential
SETTLEMENT : Bus crossed over center line and collided with decedent’s car
Article [PDF]
$2,750,000 :: Steel
SETTLEMENT : Fall off platform
Article [PDF]
$2,625,000 :: Ruiz
SETTLEMENT : Plaintiff sued the parent company of his employer for providing dangerous equipment
Article [PDF]
$2,500,000 :: MaGee v. Challenge – Cook Brothers, Inc.
SETTLEMENT : Construction worker killed in accident that his father witnessed
Article [PDF]
$2,395,000 :: Baez v. Summit Media
SETTLEMENT : Plaintiff contacted power lines while working on billboard
Article [PDF]
$2,250,000 :: Baney
SETTLEMENT : Retired pro baseball pitcher struck by car
Article [PDF]
$2,200,000 :: Lopez Case
SETTLEMENT : Auto accident case involving negligent entrustment of company car
Article [PDF]
$2,190,000 :: DeLaTorre v. Kwan
SETTLEMENT : Multiple deaths in apartment fire
Article [PDF]
$2,165,000 :: Karle v. Aerojet
SETTLEMENT : Fall through roof panel
Article [PDF]
$2,150,000 :: Confidential
JUDGMENT : Two teenage boys molested by teacher
Article [PDF]
$2,027,356 :: Todd v. County of L.A.
JURY VERDICT: Sewer cover cracked and caused accident involving bus
Article [PDF]
$2,000,000 :: Von During
SETTLEMENT : Failure to perform AFP test, baby born with spina bifida
Article [PDF]
$2,000,000 :: Orr v. Maersk
SETTLEMENT : Oversized load on truck bed struck freeway overpass and landed on plaintiff’s car
Article [PDF]
$2,000,000 :: Lee v. Sheehan, Carmichael
SETTLEMENT : Decedent’s car struck by a horse, which may have been frightened by a tiger
Case Study
$1,900,000 :: Jijon v. Todd Construction Services
SETTLEMENT : Fall during construction. Case settled during trial.
Case Study
$1,850,000 :: Roche v. City of L.A.
SETTLEMENT : Fall during construction. Case settled during 3rd week of trial.
Article [PDF]
$1,800,000 :: Confidential
SETTLEMENT : 7-year-old boy killed by air bag
$1,800,000 :: Gateline v. DeMolay International
SETTLEMENT : 20-year-old man paralyzed during football game at DeMolay meeting
Article [PDF]
$1,762,470 :: Chapman v. L.A. Unified School District
JURY VERDICT: Plaintiff apparently fell from scaffold, but no one witnessed it
Article [PDF]
$1,750,000 :: Gonzales
SETTLEMENT : Fall through roof
Article [PDF]
$1,750,000 :: Xa/Truong v. San Gabriel Valley Hospital
SETTLEMENT : Brain damage to infant during birth
Article [PDF]
$1,650,000 :: Garcia v. Ortiz Construction
SETTLEMENT : Child struck by car because of poor traffic control on construction project
Article [PDF]
$1,600,000 :: Gruenwald
SETTLEMENT : Two ironworkers fell approximately 17 feet
Article [PDF]
$1,600,000 :: Wilson v. C. H. Heist
SETTLEMENT : Truck crossed over center line on mountain road, killing two people
Article [PDF]
$1,550,000 :: Aguilar v. Underwriters Laboratories
SETTLEMENT : Defective Christmas tree lights caused fire. Case settled during trial.
Article [PDF]
$1,540,000 :: Bird
JURY VERDICT: Insurer failed to promptly pay $10,000 underinsured motorist benefits
Article [PDF]
$1,530,000 SETTLEMENT :: Confidential
SETTLEMENT : 15-year-old died from disease that he contracted from a drug injection.
$1,519,823 :: Rodriguez v. Anderson Hydraulics
JURY VERDICT: Plaintiff’s hand crushed in concrete block making machine
Article [PDF]
$1,500,000 :: Lopez v. Monarch Builders
SETTLEMENT : Fall from height
Article [PDF]
$1,500,000 :: Confidential
SETTLEMENT : Car lost control after tire tread separation
$1,500,000 :: Confidential
SETTLEMENT : Brain-injured child sexually abused in hospital
$1,500,000 :: Gardner
SETTLEMENT : 7-year-old hit by car while riding bicycle
Article [PDF]
$1,435,000 :: Dima
SETTLEMENT : Plaintiffs struck freeway guardrail, which broke and caused injuries
Article [PDF]
$1,400,000 :: Exposito v. State of Calif.
SETTLEMENT : Concrete slab fell off parking structure during earthquake and killed college student
Article [PDF]
$1,398,000 :: Metzger v. Ocean Salt
JURY VERDICT: Plaintiff struck by falling pipe
Case Study
$1,342,161 :: Wilson v. Edison
JURY VERDICT: Plaintiff electrocuted when backhoe contacted underground power line
Article [PDF]
$1,300,000 :: Bae/Kim v. County of Riverside
SETTLEMENT : Plaintiff lost control of car as a result of poor condition of road
$1,300,000 :: Confidential
SETTLEMENT : Brain-injured woman molested in hospital
$1,300,000 :: Liang v. UPS
SETTLEMENT : Decedent struck by UPS truck
Article [PDF]
$1,275,000 :: Confidential
SETTLEMENT : Plaintiff contracted fatal disease from drug injection
$1,275,000 :: Evans v. Continental Ins. Co.
JURY VERDICT: Insurer failed to promptly settle $25,000 dog bite claim
Case Study
$1,275,000 :: Tep v. Stubben North America
SETTLEMENT : Collision in intersection
Article [PDF]
$1,250,000 :: Oester v. Martin Brothers
SETTLEMENT : Ironworker fell down elevator shaft at Ronald Reagan Library
Article [PDF]
$1,250,000 :: Spivak
SETTLEMENT : Plaintiff fell in hotel shower
Article [PDF]
$1,250,000 :: Confidential
SETTLEMENT : Plaintiff contracted serious, untreatable disease from a drug injection
$1,250,000 :: Wyche v. City of L.A.
JURY VERDICT: Police beat plaintiff with flashlight
Article [PDF]
$1,200,000 :: Payne v. USPCI
SETTLEMENT : 13-year-old died in rearend accident and mother injured
Article [PDF]
$1,185,000 :: Garcia v. County of Riverside
SETTLEMENT : Plaintiffs’ vehicle struck pothole and lost control
Article [PDF]
$1,180,000 :: Laube v. Clear Channel
SETTLEMENT : Plaintiff contacted power lines while working on billboard
Article [PDF]
$1,035,000 :: Geibel
SETTLEMENT : Bicycle accident caused by roadway construction
Article [PDF]
$1,000,000 :: Childs v. Alpha Beta
JURY VERDICT: Delivery man slipped and fell at supermarket
Article [PDF]
$1,000,000 :: Hutchison
SETTLEMENT : Winch device failed
Article [PDF]
$1,000,000 :: Khuat v. Toyota
SETTLEMENT : Forklift accident
$1,000,000 :: Jacobs/Daggy v. Seagate Technology
SETTLEMENT : Visitor to U.S. from Ireland drove on wrong side of road and collided with plaintiffs
Article [PDF]
