Doe v. National Phone Company

May 22, 2024

OUTCOME: $20,000,000 settlement

Defendant, in the course and scope of her employment, crossed the center line in rain and his a vehicle head-on driven by decedent, a young mother of four.

Kozy v. County of Orange

Oct 27, 2022

OUTCOME: $5.235 million jury verdict

Plaintiffs vehicle was struck by an Orange County Deputy Sheriff. The plaintiff, a mother of adult children in her 50's, suffered a neck injury that resulted in three surgeries. The defense dispute ... d that the need for the surgeries related to the collision and offered only $150,000. The verdict, plus interest and costs, was paid.

Rufo v. United States

Feb 28, 2020

OUTCOME: $4,099.582 verdict

Romulo Rufo was driving to work on the I-710 freeway when he was rear ended by Special Agent Albert Smith of the Drug Enforcement Agency. He suffered a mild traumatic brain injury. Defendant ar ... gued that plaintiff bore some responsibility for stopping too fast. Defendant also argued that plaintiff had prior medical conditions, medication, and depression from the loss of his mother and job following the incident that caused the symptoms he had been experiencing the last four years The defense offered $900,000 prior to trial.

Joseph D. Gough v. Robert Early Belcher

Apr 29, 2019

OUTCOME: $3,600,000 jury verdict

Eric and his colleague, Dan Robinson, co-tried a jury trial resulting in a $3 million unanimous jury verdict. Eric's 60-year-old client was struck by an aluminum rod at a Floor & Decor store by a custo ... mer driving a handicapped electric cart with it horizontally protruding 6 feet out one side. The carrier offered the $300,000 policy limits too late. With interest and costs, the verdict exceeded $3,600,000.

Naruko v. Pechanga Indian Reservation

Jun 22, 2016

OUTCOME: $2,880,000 Binding Arbitration

Plaintiff slipped and fell on a spill from a Casino Drink cart. She sustained a mild traumatic brain injury that cause her vertigo and balance problems. It was the only case to proceed to binding a ... rbitration against the Pechanga Casino and the largest verdict in the state’s history against the Pechanga Indian Reservation under the Pechanga Tort Liability Act. [link to case: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/549870/Naruko%20Arb%20Award.pdf]

Bailey v. United States

Sep 10, 2009

OUTCOME: $4.76 million

Husband and father Robert Bailey, a helicopter safety pilot for Robinson Helicopter, was tragically killed when an air traffic controller gave a command which caused a student pilot of another helicopt ... er to collide with the Bailey helicopter at Torrance airport in November 2003. The case was tried in Los Angeles federal court in 2009 in two phases. Plaintiffs, the wife and three children, prevailed in both the liability and damages phases of trial.

Sorensen v. Vernola Family Trust

N/A

OUTCOME: $2.1 million

Plaintiff was working at an alignment and tire shop when he either slipped and fell or sustained an electrical shock that rendered him unconscious. There were no witnesses. When the plaintiff woke up ... in the hospital 35 years of his 52 year life had been wiped out by the head or electrical injury. The rancho cucamonga jury in mid 2010 heard several weeks of testimony and concluded the defendant trust was partially responsible and rendered a 2.1 million dollar verdict. This after the defendant claimed there was no proof of electrical injury and that they were not responsible for the leaking water that accumulated in the alignment pit. The case is currently on appeal.

City of Moreno Valley v. Superior Court of Riverside County

N/A

OUTCOME: Eric Traut represented real party in interest upon appeal