Mr. Molina worked on the ground crew at the Oakland airport when his foot was run over by the passenger jetway operator. As a result, he sustained a serious lis franc fracture of the foot.
Personal injury
Daugherty v Reger
Dec 20, 2005
OUTCOME: $750,000.00 Settlement
The client was involved in a rear end type motor vehicle accident. As a result of the collision, she injured three cervical discs resulting in her having to undergo a three level surgical fusion.
Personal injury
Martinetti v City and County of San Francisco
Nov 09, 1999
OUTCOME: $202,000.00 Jury Verdict
Jury verdict in the amount of $202,000 rendered for a 21 year old college student whose feet were injured in an unusual cable car accident. Ms. Martinetti was a passenger on a cable car when another c...able car broke loose from the roundhouse and rolled into the car in which Ms. Martinetti was a passenger. Both of her feet were struck by the runaway cable car causing her to suffer extensive and painful soft tissue injuries to both of her feet. She was left with significant residual problems which cause her feet to swell and ache after prolonged standing and walking or after participating in athletic activities. The City of San Francisco contended that she made a good recovery from her injuries. The City’s final offer of settlement before trial was $46,000.00.
Personal injury
Vahey v Reddick
Nov 02, 1998
OUTCOME: $500,000.00 Settlement
Mr. Lewellyn’s, client was driving his vehicle on Highway 238 when an uninsured driver began driving erratically in front of him at 5:30 in the morning. As the client slowed for the vehicle in front o...f him, his truck was struck in the rear by a tractor trailer driven by the defendant Reddick. Reddick’s insurance carrier claimed that the cause of the accident was the erratic driving of the uninsured driver. As a result of the accident, the client sustained two herniated discs at C5-6 and C6-7 required surgical intervention.
Personal injury
Conrad v Central Concrete Supply
Oct 24, 1995
OUTCOME: $224,685.00 Jury Verdict
$224,685 jury verdict in Conrad v Central Concrete Supply Company following a four week trial. Bill Conrad, a self-employed building contractor was involved in an automobile accident when the defendan...t’s cement truck collided with the back of Bill’s pick up truck at a speed of approximately 15 m.p.h. As a result of the accident, he sustained numerous injuries the most serious of which were psychological in nature. The defense hired experts including a neurophysiologist and neurologist to testify that the plaintiff was exaggerating his claim. The credibility of these witnesses were undermined at trial, when Mr. Lewellyn demonstrated that the neurophysiologist misinterpreted data from his own tests, misrepresented the nature of the tests he performed, and failed to administer the tests according to well accepted medical protocols.
Personal injury
Dean v Spivey
Nov 02, 1992
OUTCOME: $3,250,000.00 Settlement
$3,250,000 settlement for plaintiff arising out of multi-vehicle automobile accident, Dean v Spivey. John Dean, a sixty-five year old retiree was driving on Highway 880 when a vehicle driven by one of... the defendant’s lost control of his car in the rain causing several vehicles to collide. The CHP reported this driver to be the primary cause of the accident, however, he only carried insurance limits of $100,000. In this massive pile-up Dean’s automobile was struck by a tractor trailer causing Mr. Dean to sustain incomplete quadriplegia. The insurance company for the tractor trailer represented under oath that there was only one million dollars of coverage on the subject vehicle. Mr. Lewellyn subpoenaed the trucking company’s insurance broker’s records and discovered that the defendant failed to disclose an additional $3,000,000 in coverage. After numerous depositions the case was settled with all defendants for $3,250.000.
Personal injury
Gale v Amtrak
Jan 03, 1991
OUTCOME: $115,000.00 Trial Verdict
Trial attorney for trumpeter Eddie Gale in Gale v National Railroad resulting in $115,000 plaintiffs’ verdict. Mr. Gale is a nationally known jazz musician who was riding an Amtrak train back to New Y...ork for the Jazz Times Festival when his train collided with another train on the track causing him to sustain a bulging lumbar disc. Amtrak contended that Mr. Gale sustained only minor back strains in the subject accident. Mr. Gale had retained four prior law firms before coming to Mr. Lewellyn, none of which were able to obtain a settlement offer in excess of $40,000. On the eve of trial, Amtrak made their final offer of $70,000. Mr. Lewellyn refused to settle the case for his client unless Amtrak agreed to pay $100,000. The jury verdict vindicated plaintiff’s demand.