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Top Verdicts

Feb. 16, 2012

Top Defense Verdicts--Rex Chase v. Seton Medical Center, Daughters of Charity Health Care System and St. Vincent DePaul Province of the West


Defense counsel Thad A. Davis was worried that his case could morph into a small guy against a big bad company scenario.


"We represent a health system with a lot of revenue, but a charitable mission," he said. "I was afraid that the plaintiff, an older gentleman, would play the card of David v. our Goliath. Chase v. Seton Medical Center, CIV495699 (San Mateo Super. Ct.).


And, to make things even scarier, Davis said, was the added c...

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