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Litigation

Jan. 20, 2011

Landeros v. Torres

Personal Injury/ Traumatic Brain Injury, Kern County Superior Court, Bakersfield


When 16-year-old Rocio "Rosie" Landeros was severely injured in a crash involving a farm worker driving under the influence, the defendant's insurance company offered to settle the case for $10 million.


Landeros' attorneys decided instead to bring the teen's compelling case to court - a move, it seems, that couldn't have turned out better. In February, a jury returned a verdict of $31.6 million in favor of Landeros, the largest single p...

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