Thomas Sharp v. Attack Performance and Kawasaki Motors Corp., USA
Jan 08, 2013
OUTCOME: Settled after counsel obtained a court order requiring indemnity and defense of Kawasaki Motors Corp., USA
Plaintiff, a race team employee of Attack Performance, claimed that he was ejected from a modified Kawasaki vehicle causing permanent brain injury, while the Defense claimed that he voluntarily exited ...the vehicle and struck his head after falling. Motions for Summary Judgment on behalf of Kawasaki Motors Corp., USA, resulted in orders requiring the indemnity and defense of Kawasaki Motors Corp., USA.
Brain injury
Marilyn Hinman v. Kevin Chang
Dec 07, 2012
OUTCOME: Defense Verdict
On December 7, 2012, an Orange County jury returned a defense verdict in a brain injury case involving a claim for $27.6 million. Defendant Kevin Chang was represented by Christopher P. Wesierski and A...ndrew Brown of Wesierski & Zurek LLP. Plaintiff Marilyn Hinman was represented by Nicholas Rowley of Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley LLP and Daniel Ambrose from Michigan.
During the two-week trial, the defendant admitted that he ran a red light and collided with Ms. Hinman’s vehicle in 2009. However, defense counsel disputed the actual cause and severity of Ms. Hinman’s injuries, which included traumatic brain damage, shoulder injuries, a neck injury, and posterior vitreous detachment to the right eye. Mr. Rowley argued to the jury that the defendant admitted liability and was therefore responsible for Ms. Hinman’s injuries. He asked the jury to award Ms. Hinman $500,000 to $1 million per year because her life had completely changed and she would need future care and damages for the rest of her life. Ms. Hinman took the stand and testified that the accident caused her personality to change, problems with memory and organization, depression, and other further life changes.
A packed courtroom of members of the bench and bar viewed the closing arguments. Mr. Rowley had previously successfully recovered multi-million dollar verdicts in cases in Orange County and other venues with similar facts involving traumatic brain injury claims.
