Fuentes v. City of Los Angeles, et al.
Jul 01, 2015OUTCOME: $2,000,000.00
Failure to provide medical care to the arrestee.
Los Angeles, CA
Personal injury Lawyer at Los Angeles, CA
Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Civil Rights ... +2 more
OUTCOME: $2,000,000.00
Failure to provide medical care to the arrestee.
OUTCOME: $2,025,000.00
OUTCOME: $1,000,000.00
OUTCOME: $22,596,875 Jury Verdict
After a determined legal battle, we secured a massive verdict of $22,595,000 against the City of Los Angeles. Plaintiff suffered a skull fracture from a falling streetlight’s ornamental cap, while wait ... ing to cross a pedestrian crosswalk. Plaintiff was diagnosed with a mild TBI. Two years later he developed dementia. City disputed causation arguing that mild TBI cannot cause dementia. It disputed liability on basis of lack of notice. City had no prior record of a cap falling from a streetlight. We established notice through demonstrating other streetlights with missing caps during City’s work in the area, and yet failing to institute an inspection system. We established causation through lay testimony that Plaintiff was not suffering from any cognitive issues prior to the incident. The jury awarded Plaintiff $5.6M in economic damages based on a life-expectancy of 10 years and almost $17M in noneconomic damages. The verdict was 11 to 1.
OUTCOME: $17,430,096 Settlement
Warehouse explosion/burn injury
OUTCOME: $2,750,000 Settlement
Roller-coaster workplace injury. Although the workers compansatiom claim was already settled, and without any additional medical treatment, attorney Arash Zabetian stepped in to pursue additional compe ... nsation— fighting tirelessly to secure a $2.75 million settlement that would support his healing, long-term stability, and future.