Attorney Alfred Henry Buchta Jr's Legal Cases

Insurance

Mr. S v. Insurance Company

Aug 28, 2008

OUTCOME: $2,780,000 settlement for my client

Three years after Mr. S bought a disability policy from a major insurance company, he became disabled due to neck and upper back problems. When Mr. S came to our office, his insurance company refused f ... or years to make any disability payments to Mr. S. Determination on the part of Mr. Buchta resulted in the insurance company paying Mr. S $280,000 in back payments. Then after an Insurance Bad Faith action was filed, his insurance company paid Mr. S an additional $2,500,000.00 in damages.

Car accident

Mrs. S v. "L" Driver and Ross Stores

N/A

OUTCOME: $2,100,000 settlement for my client

$2,100,000 was obtained for Mrs. S after she suffered a serious crushing injury to her pelvis when Mr. L lost control of his vehicle, ran off the road and struck Mrs. S as she was about to enter her ow ... n vehicle in her driveway. Mr. L's insurance company offered his $100,000 policy limits to settle the cases, but Mr. Buchta refused that offer and after much research and investigation, Mr. Buchta discovered that Mr. L was in the course and scope of his employment with Ross Stores at the time of the collision. Eventually, Ross Stores added $2,000,000 to the settlement and the cases was finally resolved shortly before trial for $2,100,000.

Wrongful death

Family of Mr. U v. Sheraton Hotels

N/A

OUTCOME: $1,250,000 settlement for my client

$1,250,000.00 was recovered by Mr. Buchta for the widow and children of a gentleman shot and killed while delivering luggage to a Sheraton hotel. The hotel and the shooter's employer maintained that th ... e shooter was acting outside of the scope of his employment, but after extensive litigation Mr. Buchta was able to prove that the shooter (later convicted of murder) was acting within the scope of his employment as a valet parking attendant when he shot Mr. U in a dispute over a parking spot.

Personal injury

Mr. G v. Trucking Co.

N/A

OUTCOME: $650,000 settlement for my client

Mr. G, a PG&E poleman, was rear-end by a tractor-trailer resulting in a sore neck and upper back pain. Seven weeks later his low back began to hurt and her eventually required surgery two years later. ... The defense contended that the late onset of low back symptoms along with the remoteness of the surgery proved that the collision was not the cause of Mr. G's low back problem. Detailed evidence produce by Mr. Buchta's biomechanical engineer showed that the forces of the collision did in fact cause Mr. G's low back condition. The trucking company finally paid Mr. G $650,000.00 for his injuries.

Personal injury

Mrs. B v. CoCo's Restaurant

N/A

OUTCOME: $425,000 settlement for my client

Mrs. B fractured her back when she leaned on the corner of a booth table and fell to the floor in Coco's Restaurant. Coco's denied liability saying Mrs. B simply lost her balance due to a pre-existing ... injury. Thorough investigation by Mr. Buchta and his investigators revealed that Coco's was the only chain of restaurants that failed to fasten their table tops to the wall or the floor. When Mr. Buchta's engineering experiments showed that the subject table would tip over with only 18 pounds of pressure applied to the edge of the table, Coco's settled for $425,000.00.

Personal injury

Dog Bite Victim v. Landowner

N/A

OUTCOME: $300,000 settlement for my client

$300,000.00 was obtained for a two-year-old girl after she was viciously bitten on the face by a pit bull dog. The owner of the dog had no insurance and no assets. However, deeper investigation reveale ... d that the owner of the premises where the bite occurred knew that his tenant had this pit bull and that the dog had vicious tendencies. A structured settlement was stuck with the property owner such that the young lady will begin receiving payments when she turns 18 and will receive total compensation of approximately $300,000.00.

Alfred Henry Buchta Jr's Legal Cases (6)

Mr. S v. Insurance Company

Mrs. S v. "L" Driver and Ross Stores

Family of Mr. U v. Sheraton Hotels

Mr. G v. Trucking Co.

Mrs. B v. CoCo's Restaurant

Dog Bite Victim v. Landowner