Attorney Alena Klimianok's Legal Cases

Personal injury

$150,000.00 SETTLEMENT IN NEGLIGENCE CASE

Jan 02, 2012

OUTCOME: $150,000 settlement

Defendant is engaged in medical transporation services for disabled inidividuals. The client, a legally blind man, sustained an ankle fracture when defendant's driver instructed client to enter a vehic ... le from the driver's side on a busy, hihgly congested street in a rainstorm. Defendants denied any liability and claimed that client was responsible for his own injuries as he should not have let go of his nephew accompanying him when he was entering the car. Bernard & Bernard settled the case for $150,000.

Personal injury

$3.3 MILLION VERDICT IN PREMISES LIABILITY CASE

Nov 28, 2011

OUTCOME: 3.3 M reduced per comparative liability offset.

During a church service, Client was trying to get up onto a 24 inch high portable stage that did not have steps and/or stairs attached to it. The Client lost his balance and fell backwards sustaining a ... complex hip fracture. Defense counsel argued that defendant was not at fault as the the stage equally safe with or without the stairs. Defense further argued that the fall did not cause the fracture and that the Client was comparatively negligent. The offer at the mediation was $33,000. Bernard & Bernard took the case to trial. The jury awarded the Client over $3,300,000 in damages, which was reduced per comparative liability offset.

Employment and labor

$320,000.00 VERDICT IN A WRONGFUL TERMINATION CASE

Feb 22, 2011

OUTCOME: $320,000 verdict

Wrongful Termination, Defamation Per Se, Retaliation

Alena Klimianok's Legal Cases (13)

$150,000.00 SETTLEMENT IN NEGLIGENCE CASE

$3.3 MILLION VERDICT IN PREMISES LIABILITY CASE

$320,000.00 VERDICT IN A WRONGFUL TERMINATION CASE