Attorney Garo Mardirossian's Legal Cases

Car accident

Pannu v. Land Rover North America

N/A

OUTCOME: $25,281,078.31

On December 14, 2003, Sukh Pannu was driving his 1998 Land Rover Discovery I on the westbound 118 Freeway when a westbound car encroached into his lane and made a minor impact with the driver side of h ... is vehicle. As Mr. Pannu made an evasive maneuver the Land Rover went out of control and rolled 2 Â½ times on the freeway, causing Mr. Pannu spinal injuries that rendered him quadriplegic. At trial, as Mr. Pannuâ€™s chief trial attorney, Garo Mardirossian proved that the Land Rover Discovery I is defective in both its stability and roof design, resulting in a judgment in favor of Sukh Pannu.

Personal injury

Lytle v. Riviera Country Club

N/A

OUTCOME: $3,625,000.00

On July 28, 1993, Mr. Lytle, an antitrust lawyer, was playing golf as a guest at Riviera Country Club. As Mr. Lytle was pulling the driver out of his golf bag on the third tee, a bulldozer operator dro ... ve up a hill from behind Mr. Lytle and struck him at slow speed. The bulldozer caused a one-quarter inch gash to the back of Mr. Lytleâ€™s head, which did not require stitches. Diagnostic testing showed no brain damage. However, Mr. Lytle experienced persistent headaches and cognitive deficits after the incident, forcing him to withdraw from the practice of law. At trial, Garo Mardirossian established that the incident caused Mr. Lytle to suffer mild traumatic brain injury with permanent residual deficits, resulting in a jury verdict in the amount of $3,625,000.00.

Defective and dangerous products

Sirinun, et al. v. Apcom, Inc., et al.

N/A

OUTCOME: $2,200,000.00

15 year old Matthew McDonough was asleep in his Ken Way condominium in Walnut when an electric water heater in an adjoining unit blew up. McDonough sustained a broken collarbone and a ruptured spleen t ... hat had to be removed. Garo Mardirossian, a lawyer for several of the plaintiffs, said the explosion occurred because of a defect in Apcomâ€™s design. A Los Angeles jury awarded McDonough and eight others a total of $2.2 million of which McDonough received $1.37 million.

Brain injury

Palmer v. Schindler Elevator

N/A

OUTCOME: 7,400,000.00

A 39-year-old legal secretary in the Union Square Building suffered injuries while riding an elevator. The elevator dropped from the thirty-first floor and came to an abrupt halt on the 8th floor. Ms. ... Palmer suffered fractures including a broken elbow, tibia and fibula of the left leg, post-traumatic stress disorder, and mild traumatic closed head injury. She brought suit against the building owner, the building management company, and the elevator company. Defendants denied liability contending she fell because she was wearing high heels and that the accident was an unforeseeable â€œact of God.â€ The defense offer of settlement at the start of trial was $1,450,000. At trial, the jury awarded Ms. Palmer $7,400,000.

Garo Mardirossian's Legal Cases (14)

Pannu v. Land Rover North America

Lytle v. Riviera Country Club

Sirinun, et al. v. Apcom, Inc., et al.

Palmer v. Schindler Elevator