Attorney Eustace de Saint Phalle's Legal Cases

Medical malpractice

Cuevas V. Contra Costa County Health Services

Jan 01, 2014

OUTCOME: Settlement for Victims - Present Value: $12,132,780.82, Future value for periodic payments: $111,700,000

Eustace litigated and tried the Cuevas V. Contra Costa County Health Services case. Eustace represented a Mexican immigrant mother and her surviving child in a medical malpractice case concerning neg ... ligent management of a twin pregnancy which resulted in the death of one twin and severe brain injury of the other twin. Per The Recorder, this was the largest medical malpractice verdict in California for the year 2014.

Wrongful death

Armand P. et al v. Wisdom Construction Design, Parkview Group, Yg Electric and Ampeak Design, et al.

N/A

OUTCOME: $1,395,000

Plaintiff’s decedent, Ara P. was a contractor performing electrical work in a basement of a building undergoing an electrical upgraded related to the installation of elevators. Reportedly, the electric ... al input had not been properly grounded, and Ara was electrocuted. The plaintiffs claimed wrongful death and sued the involved parties. Plaintiff’s counsel contended that the pressure to get the elevator working quickly, in anticipation of investors who were scheduled to visit the building, caused the building owner to force Ara to perform electrical work, despite the fact that the day before a building inspector had determined that the electrical supply wasn’t properly grounded.

Personal injury

Lisa K. v. General Insurance Company of America

N/A

OUTCOME: $2,897,346

Lisa K. was stopped at a red light when she was rear-ended by a cargo van. The impact pushed her into the car in front of her, during which she sustained neck injuries. Plaintiff received a settlement ... from the company that owned the cargo van and employed its driver, as well as a settlement from her own insurance agency after plaintiff’s counsel alleged that the cargo truck company had an under-insured policy.

Personal injury

Confidential v. Confidential

N/A

OUTCOME: $3,350,000

While descending a staircase plaintiff caught her wedding ring on a screw affixing a warning sign. As a result, the plaintiff slipped and fell, suffering a ring avulsion injury which resulted in her fi ... nger being ripped from her hand. Plaintiff was beginning her residency in occupational medicine at the time of the incident and expert testimony indicated that because of this injury she could not pursue a medical career entailing any kind of hands-on clinical medicine during her career. Plaintiff sued the company that owned, maintained, and built the staircase.

Personal injury

Joseph K. v. Berkeley Concrete Pumping Co., Dolan Concrete Construction Inc.

N/A

OUTCOME: $2,056,000

Plaintiff was working as a plumber on a hotel project. A concrete hose, full of pressurized concrete, broke apart explosively and swung into his knee. Plaintiff’s counsel pointed out that Berkeley and ... Dolan [Defendants] used worn concrete-encrusted clamps on their equipment, and that the hose sections separated because the defendants failed to secure the clamps with locking pins – as required by the manufacturer of the clamp – to hold the sections of the pressurized hose together. The plaintiff claimed past and future medical expenses and economic loss since experts agreed that he could never return to his job as a commercial plumber.

Personal injury

Sean J. V. v. Harpreet C., et al.

N/A

OUTCOME: $4,492,000

Plaintiff was working at a car wash when he attempted to stop an oversized pickup truck that had failed to stop at the end of the car wash conveyor belt and had rolled downhill towards waiting customer ... s. He was crushed between the car and a concrete planter, sustaining severe injuries. Plaintiff alleged that the car wash exit was too short for its intended use and it was followed by a downhill slop into the customer waiting area, which was a dangerous condition the owners had failed to inspect, warn or guard against.

Personal injury

Colleen C., et al. v. The Estate of Sharon S., et al, International Moving Company and Yamato Transport USA, Inc.

N/A

OUTCOME: $25,750,666

The plaintiff was assisting the defendant back her SUV out of a partially blocked driveway by standing behind the vehicle and directing her. Suddenly, the SUV accelerated and crushed the plaintiff’s ar ... m against the truck that was blocking the driveway. Plaintiff sued the defendant for negligent operation of the SUV as well as the moving truck company that owned the truck blocking the driveway and the company that had hired the truck to ship its products at the time of the incident.

Eustace de Saint Phalle's Legal Cases (7)

Cuevas V. Contra Costa County Health Services

Armand P. et al v. Wisdom Construction Design, Parkview Group, Yg Electric and Ampeak Design, et al.

Lisa K. v. General Insurance Company of America

Confidential v. Confidential

Joseph K. v. Berkeley Concrete Pumping Co., Dolan Concrete Construction Inc.

Sean J. V. v. Harpreet C., et al.

Colleen C., et al. v. The Estate of Sharon S., et al, International Moving Company and Yamato Transport USA, Inc.