Beverly Hills, CA
Personal injury Lawyer at Beverly Hills, CA
Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice ... +2 more
OUTCOME: $13.3 million settlement
Young woman lost all her arms and legs due to septic shock. The case was governed by MICRA, therefore the $250,000 cap on non-economic damages limited the recovery. This result is one of the largest ... actual recoveries by a medical malpractice plaintiff in California history.
OUTCOME: $3.8 million jury verdict
Personal injury case by woman who suffered a foot injury when a 4 pound metal panel fell off an ice machine at Jack In the Box in Lebec, California. The injury caused Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (C ... RPS), a rare and very serious pain disorder. The pre-trial offer from the defendant was only $200,000.
OUTCOME: $26.8 Million Jury Verdict
Largest medical malpractice verdict in Kern County, California, history. Plaintiff was paralyzed during a spine surgery because two neurodiagnostic technicians failed to notify the spine surgeon of co ... mpression to the spinal cord.
OUTCOME: 1.735 Million Dollar Jury Verdict
The following is a verdict summary of Castaneda v. State of California, which is a companion case to Hui v. Castaneda, 130 S.Ct. 1845 (2010), argued by Mr. Doyle before the Supreme Court this past Marc ... h. On Wednesday, November 10, 2010, a Los Angeles jury returned a 1.735 million dollar verdict. Style: Yanira Castaneda, as personal representative of the Estate of Francisco Castaneda; Vanessa Castaneda, as heir and beneficiary of the Estate, by and through her guardian ad litem, Lucia Pelayo vs. State of California Facts: It is a wrongful death claim brought by the 17 year old daughter of Francisco Castaneda, an immigration detainee who had his penis amputated and died of penile cancer because State and Federal officials refused him a urology consult and biopsy despite the documented presence of a large fungating penile lesion while he was in their custody. Mr. Castaneda was detained in State custody from December 5, 2005 until March 27, 2006 and then transferred to federal immigration custody on March 28, 2006 until his release from federal custody on February 5, 2007. This case sought to hold the State responsible for its conduct during its four month detention of Mr. Castaneda. Plaintiffs counsel: Conal Doyle was lead trial counsel. Defense Counsel: Mark Santa Romana and Richard Rojo, California Attorney General's Office, Los Angeles. Pre-trial offer by defense: $10,000. Pre-trial Demand: $1,800,000. Trial Demand: $1,500,000 in non-economic damages, and $235,557 in past medical bills. Verdict: $1,735,557. Jury gave exact amount we requested after deliberating for less than four hours. No comparative fault or reduction due to MICRA. Venue: Los Angeles County Superior Court, Norwalk Division; Case No: VC050229. A very conservative working class jurisdiction. Judge: Thomas McKnew.
OUTCOME: 2.4 Million dollar settlement
Conal Doyle obtained a two million four hundred thousand dollar recovery on behalf of a 33 year old man who broke his leg playing baseball and had it amputated at the knee two weeks later due to the de ... fendants’ failure to timely diagnose and treat Compartment Syndrome. Conal Doyle was lead counsel on this Georgia case, which resolved three weeks prior to trial after almost two years of litigation, which included more than forty depositions. The value of the case was constrained by the two million dollar insurance policy limits of the target defendant and a conservative jurisdiction.
OUTCOME: $645,000 settlement
Conal Doyle obtained a settlement in this Florida case on behalf of a family of five whose house was severely damaged in an electrical fire. The suit alleged that the insurance company unreasonably fai ... led to tender the value of the insurance policy and acted in bad faith. The recovery was more than three times the asserted value of the policy limits. The settlement was achieved within a month of filing suit before the start of discovery.
OUTCOME: $896,000 Jury Verdict
Bob Stoler and Conal Doyle obtained an $896,000 jury verdict in a federal lawsuit against a correctional officer who battered their mentally challenged client in County jail. At the time, the verdict w ... as reported to be one of the largest ever against a Polk County, Florida correctional officer. The verdict was affirmed on appeal by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. After the insurance company denied coverage, a declaratory relief action was filed against the insurer to establish coverage. The plaintiff won the action and the insurance company paid the full amount of the judgment. The result of this case was reported in local newspapers and television.
OUTCOME: $1,950,000 settlement
Wrongful death settlement.
OUTCOME: $2,175,000 settlement
Leg Amputation below the knee of 59 year old nurse. Confidential settlement in medical malpractice case with hospital and technology provider.
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