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Verdicts & Settlements
Case Name Topic Role Published
Doe Plaintiffs v. Roe Physician Medical Defendant Feb. 14, 2025
Yuto Terajima, a minor by and through his Guardian ad Litem, Sachiko Terajima; Sachiko Terajima; Yoshio Terajima; Landy Peraza v. Huntington Hospital; Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd dba Huntington Memorial Hospital; Ronald D. Woodard, M.D.; Kathryn S. Iwata, M.D.; Alma Escusa, R.N.; Inna Shuravina, R.N.; Juanito Novales, M.D.; Nader Bishara, M.D., and Does 1 through 30, inclusive Medical Defendant Oct. 18, 2024
Imelda Tovar and Armando Franco v. Steven Posner, M.D. and Iksoo Kang, M.D., James Huang, D.O., Dennis L. Ross, St. Jude Medical Center, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc., Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Southern California Permanente Medical Group Medical Defendant Oct. 7, 2022
[REDACTED] v. County of Los Angeles, Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, and Does 1 to 100, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Oct. 15, 2016
Sharon Lane v. City of Los Angeles, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Personal Injury Expert / medical May 14, 2016
Monica Flores, a minor, by and through Juana Flores, her guardian ad litem v. Keith Weiner, M.D.; Children's Cardiology Group; Children's Hospital of Orange County, and Does 1 through 25 Personal Injury Defendant Mar. 12, 2016
John Doe, an incompetent adult v. Roe Medical Center, Roe Neurosurgeon and Roe Pediatric Intensivist Personal Injury Defendant Nov. 21, 2015
Jill Pletcher v. Erik Pasin, M.D., Navid Jahed, M.D. Personal Injury Defendant Oct. 17, 2015
Brandy Roberts, Bridgette Jones v. Riverside Community Hospital; Andrew T. Duke M.D.; Frank Sabatelli M.D.; Derek Jones; Dale Avery Gray; and Joseph Quan M.D. Personal Injury Defendant Sep. 5, 2015
Madison E. Varga, by and through her Guardian ad Litem, Robert T. Varga v. Rady Children's Hospital and Health Care Center; Children's Specialists of San Diego, a Medical Group Inc.; H. Michael Worthen, M.D.; Victor M. Vargas, M.D.; Daniela S. Carvalho, M.D.; Nathan C. Page, M.D. Personal Injury Defendant Dec. 20, 2014
Murali Manika, Deceased, by and through his successor-in-interest Shalini Manika, Naiha Manika and Tuheen Manika, by and through their guardian ad litem Sujatha Sonti v. Januario Castro M.D., The Regents of the University of California and Moore’s University of California San Diego Cancer Center Personal Injury Defendant Jul. 6, 2013
Patrick Uriell, as Successor in Interest of Barbara Kastan, Deceased; Patrick Uriell and Robert Kastan, as Guardian Ad Litem to Alana Uriell and John Uriell v. Sarah Lynn Blair, M.D. and Regents of the University of California Personal Injury Defendant Mar. 30, 2013
Mia Sturm, a minor v. The Regents of the University of California (UCLA Medical Center) Personal Injury Defendant Sep. 15, 2012
James Chenoweth, Carolyn Chenoweth v. James Burke, M.D.; Wilson Wong, M.D.; Tien Peng, M.D. Personal Injury Defendant Apr. 21, 2012
Tia Minor, individually and as next friend of Caninn Oberhansli-Minor, Trapper Minor v. Richard Newbold, M.D.; Timothy Gentner, M.D.; David Petersen, M.D.; Renown Regional Medical Center; Carson-Tahoe Regional Healthcare dba Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center; Carson Medical Group; and Does I - X, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Apr. 21, 2012
Jonathan Doyle v. Michael Shapiro, M.D. Personal Injury Defendant Nov. 26, 2011
Sharen Eskridge, Colleen K. Gerken, John P. Gerken, Eric Christopher Solander v. David George K. Johnson, Eloise Nobis Johnson Personal Injury Expert / medical Nov. 5, 2011
Tia Oberhansli, Trapper Oberhansli, Caninn Oberhansli, a minor v. Richard Newbold, M.D.; Timothy Gentner, M.D.; Renown Regional Medical Center, Carson Tahoe Regional Healthcare; Carson Medical Group; David Petersen, M.D.; Nevada Dept. of Health and Human Services Personal Injury Defendant Sep. 24, 2011
Nancy Weissmuller v. Sarah Blair, M.D., UCSD Medical Center Personal Injury Defendant Jul. 2, 2011
Timothy Howard, Mary Howard v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc., Southern California Permanente Medical Group Personal Injury Defendant Feb. 27, 2010
Haykouhi Massian v. Matthew Dunn, M.D. Personal Injury Defendant Feb. 13, 2010
Roberto Pacheco v. Huntington Memorial Hospital Personal Injury Defendant Nov. 22, 2008
Plaintiff Doe v. Roe Surgeon, Roe Radiologist, Roe Hospital Personal Injury Defendant May 3, 2008
Nicole Albrecht, et al. v. Loma Linda University Medical Center, J. Thomas Heywood, M.D., Robert Finley, M.D. Personal Injury Defendant Jul. 21, 2007
Confidential Personal Injury Defendant Jun. 8, 2006
Maryam Dayeh v. Oso Family Medical Group, T.A. Ross Personal Injury Defendant Nov. 19, 2005
Confidential Personal Injury Defendant Aug. 17, 2004
Confidential Personal Injury Expert / medical Jul. 27, 2004
Daniel George v. Robert S. Firpo Personal Injury Defendant Jun. 29, 2004
James Peter Aiwasian Sr., Florence Aiwasian v. Methodist Hospital of Southern California, John B. Levin, Everard Williams Personal Injury Defendant Jun. 29, 2004
Confidential Employment Law Expert / medical May 11, 2004
Diane LaLonde v. Israel Chambi Personal Injury Defendant Feb. 24, 2004
Paul Garrett Merrill, Marlene Merrill v. David Weinberg Personal Injury Defendant Dec. 30, 2003
Donald Fletcher v. Perry Secor, Lakewood Regional Medical Center Personal Injury Defendant Sep. 9, 2003
Donald Hockett, Deanne Hockett v. Healthcare Partners Medical Group, Patty Zaremski Personal Injury Defendant Jul. 1, 2003
Mentor Graphics Corp., Meta Systems, Frederick Reblewski, Olivier LaPape, Jean Barbier v. Quickturn Design Systems Inc., Cadence Design Systems Intellectual Property Expert / technical May 20, 2003
Confidential Personal Injury Defendant May 6, 2003
Beverly Eggert, Timothy Eggert v. Jeffrey Illeck Personal Injury Defendant Apr. 8, 2003
John Shiu Yen Chang, an individual and Successor In Interest of Wendy Tsao, deceased et al., v. Charles Chan, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Nov. 26, 2002
Pacheco v. Facey Medical Group Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Oct. 1, 2002
Marie Fitzgerald v. Thurland Reay Family Investment dba Mini Market Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Jun. 8, 2002
Viviana Villasenor Mendez v. Manuel Gonzalez, Medicina Familiar Torts Defendant May 18, 2002
Susan Williams v. Michael Schwartz, Huntington Memorial Hospital, Huntington Outpatient Surgery Center, Ellman International Inc. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant May 11, 2002
Ernestine Heard v. Gurjeet Kalkat Torts Defendant Feb. 9, 2002
Bryan Kellison v. Marvin Zamost, Irene Malek Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Jan. 5, 2002
Marcial Phillips, Darlene Phillips v. Harriman Jones Medical Group, David Gorelick, Edward Jang, Henry Schumaker, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Dec. 13, 2001
Raul Lopez v. Western Medical Center, Israel Chambi, John Kennedy Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Nov. 15, 2001
Edward Pappas, Dane Pappas, Mark Pappas, Phillip Pappas v. David Jensen Torts Defendant Nov. 15, 2001
Antonia Rose Gutierrez v. Graziadio Eltinge Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Jul. 26, 2001
Joseph Anthony, Elizabeth Rullo v. Rex Lee Stailey Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Jul. 26, 2001
Confidential Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Jul. 12, 2001
Dabbs v. Kang dba Fantastic Sams, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Expert / technical Apr. 12, 2001
Pamela Jane Hutcherson, Gary Lee Brown, Jerry Lane Brown v. Terrence Baruch, Angela Hay, Healthcare Partners Inc. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Mar. 29, 2001
Neil Ackerman, et al. v. Kevin Gallivan, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Aug. 19, 2000
Oliver Roberts Jr., Arnulfo Quintana v. Roger Barnett, et al. Torts judge Aug. 5, 2000
Debra Soderberg v. Doreen Rioux, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Jul. 15, 2000
Danielle Christine Alexander, through her Guardian Ad Litem, Christine Johnson and Herman Johnson v. David Suh, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant May 27, 2000
Richard Matthews v. Robert J. Giombetti Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant May 20, 2000
Vatache Sarraf and Yeranouchie Sarraf v. The Pasadena Dispensary, Huntington Memorial Hospital, Michael Bishai, M.D., L. Ho, M.D., Sefa Sarraf, et al Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Feb. 19, 2000
Sue M. Rawlings v. Gurjeet S. Kalkat, M.D., Ossama D. Ascha, M.D., et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Oct. 23, 1999
Jeannie Hughes and Guy Hughes v. A. Michael Moheimani, M.D. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Jul. 24, 1999
Confidential Personal Injury (Vehicular) Expert / medical Jan. 3, 1998
Medina v. Ketron, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Sep. 13, 1997
Confidential Personal Injury Defendant Aug. 2, 1997
Charlotte Biss v. Robert J. Bohr, M.D. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant May 3, 1997
Confidential Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Dec. 14, 1996
Mary Crain v. Jonathan Brand, M.D., et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Oct. 5, 1996
Confidential Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Sep. 14, 1996
Aurora Aldana, et al v. Jagminder Bhalla, M.D., et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Mar. 2, 1996
Confidential Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Dec. 9, 1995
Sharon Tucker v. Rene Carranza, M.D.; Universal Care Medical Group, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant May 13, 1995
Paulette Bedsaul v. Lawrence Barnett, M.D. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Jul. 9, 1994
Albert Macias, et al. v. Doctor's Hospital of Lakewood, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Oct. 23, 1993
Case Name Topic Role Published
Doe Plaintiffs v. Roe Physician Medical Defendant Feb. 14, 2025
Yuto Terajima, a minor by and through his Guardian ad Litem, Sachiko Terajima; Sachiko Terajima; Yoshio Terajima; Landy Peraza v. Huntington Hospital; Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd dba Huntington Memorial Hospital; Ronald D. Woodard, M.D.; Kathryn S. Iwata, M.D.; Alma Escusa, R.N.; Inna Shuravina, R.N.; Juanito Novales, M.D.; Nader Bishara, M.D., and Does 1 through 30, inclusive Medical Defendant Oct. 18, 2024
Imelda Tovar and Armando Franco v. Steven Posner, M.D. and Iksoo Kang, M.D., James Huang, D.O., Dennis L. Ross, St. Jude Medical Center, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc., Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Southern California Permanente Medical Group Medical Defendant Oct. 7, 2022
[REDACTED] v. County of Los Angeles, Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, and Does 1 to 100, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Oct. 15, 2016
Sharon Lane v. City of Los Angeles, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Personal Injury Expert / medical May 14, 2016
Monica Flores, a minor, by and through Juana Flores, her guardian ad litem v. Keith Weiner, M.D.; Children's Cardiology Group; Children's Hospital of Orange County, and Does 1 through 25 Personal Injury Defendant Mar. 12, 2016
John Doe, an incompetent adult v. Roe Medical Center, Roe Neurosurgeon and Roe Pediatric Intensivist Personal Injury Defendant Nov. 21, 2015
Jill Pletcher v. Erik Pasin, M.D., Navid Jahed, M.D. Personal Injury Defendant Oct. 17, 2015
Brandy Roberts, Bridgette Jones v. Riverside Community Hospital; Andrew T. Duke M.D.; Frank Sabatelli M.D.; Derek Jones; Dale Avery Gray; and Joseph Quan M.D. Personal Injury Defendant Sep. 5, 2015
Madison E. Varga, by and through her Guardian ad Litem, Robert T. Varga v. Rady Children's Hospital and Health Care Center; Children's Specialists of San Diego, a Medical Group Inc.; H. Michael Worthen, M.D.; Victor M. Vargas, M.D.; Daniela S. Carvalho, M.D.; Nathan C. Page, M.D. Personal Injury Defendant Dec. 20, 2014
Murali Manika, Deceased, by and through his successor-in-interest Shalini Manika, Naiha Manika and Tuheen Manika, by and through their guardian ad litem Sujatha Sonti v. Januario Castro M.D., The Regents of the University of California and Moore’s University of California San Diego Cancer Center Personal Injury Defendant Jul. 6, 2013
Patrick Uriell, as Successor in Interest of Barbara Kastan, Deceased; Patrick Uriell and Robert Kastan, as Guardian Ad Litem to Alana Uriell and John Uriell v. Sarah Lynn Blair, M.D. and Regents of the University of California Personal Injury Defendant Mar. 30, 2013
Mia Sturm, a minor v. The Regents of the University of California (UCLA Medical Center) Personal Injury Defendant Sep. 15, 2012
James Chenoweth, Carolyn Chenoweth v. James Burke, M.D.; Wilson Wong, M.D.; Tien Peng, M.D. Personal Injury Defendant Apr. 21, 2012
Tia Minor, individually and as next friend of Caninn Oberhansli-Minor, Trapper Minor v. Richard Newbold, M.D.; Timothy Gentner, M.D.; David Petersen, M.D.; Renown Regional Medical Center; Carson-Tahoe Regional Healthcare dba Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center; Carson Medical Group; and Does I - X, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Apr. 21, 2012
Jonathan Doyle v. Michael Shapiro, M.D. Personal Injury Defendant Nov. 26, 2011
Sharen Eskridge, Colleen K. Gerken, John P. Gerken, Eric Christopher Solander v. David George K. Johnson, Eloise Nobis Johnson Personal Injury Expert / medical Nov. 5, 2011
Tia Oberhansli, Trapper Oberhansli, Caninn Oberhansli, a minor v. Richard Newbold, M.D.; Timothy Gentner, M.D.; Renown Regional Medical Center, Carson Tahoe Regional Healthcare; Carson Medical Group; David Petersen, M.D.; Nevada Dept. of Health and Human Services Personal Injury Defendant Sep. 24, 2011
Nancy Weissmuller v. Sarah Blair, M.D., UCSD Medical Center Personal Injury Defendant Jul. 2, 2011
Timothy Howard, Mary Howard v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc., Southern California Permanente Medical Group Personal Injury Defendant Feb. 27, 2010
Haykouhi Massian v. Matthew Dunn, M.D. Personal Injury Defendant Feb. 13, 2010
Roberto Pacheco v. Huntington Memorial Hospital Personal Injury Defendant Nov. 22, 2008
Plaintiff Doe v. Roe Surgeon, Roe Radiologist, Roe Hospital Personal Injury Defendant May 3, 2008
Nicole Albrecht, et al. v. Loma Linda University Medical Center, J. Thomas Heywood, M.D., Robert Finley, M.D. Personal Injury Defendant Jul. 21, 2007
Confidential Personal Injury Defendant Jun. 8, 2006
Maryam Dayeh v. Oso Family Medical Group, T.A. Ross Personal Injury Defendant Nov. 19, 2005
Confidential Personal Injury Defendant Aug. 17, 2004
Confidential Personal Injury Expert / medical Jul. 27, 2004
Daniel George v. Robert S. Firpo Personal Injury Defendant Jun. 29, 2004
James Peter Aiwasian Sr., Florence Aiwasian v. Methodist Hospital of Southern California, John B. Levin, Everard Williams Personal Injury Defendant Jun. 29, 2004
Confidential Employment Law Expert / medical May 11, 2004
Diane LaLonde v. Israel Chambi Personal Injury Defendant Feb. 24, 2004
Paul Garrett Merrill, Marlene Merrill v. David Weinberg Personal Injury Defendant Dec. 30, 2003
Donald Fletcher v. Perry Secor, Lakewood Regional Medical Center Personal Injury Defendant Sep. 9, 2003
Donald Hockett, Deanne Hockett v. Healthcare Partners Medical Group, Patty Zaremski Personal Injury Defendant Jul. 1, 2003
Mentor Graphics Corp., Meta Systems, Frederick Reblewski, Olivier LaPape, Jean Barbier v. Quickturn Design Systems Inc., Cadence Design Systems Intellectual Property Expert / technical May 20, 2003
Confidential Personal Injury Defendant May 6, 2003
Beverly Eggert, Timothy Eggert v. Jeffrey Illeck Personal Injury Defendant Apr. 8, 2003
John Shiu Yen Chang, an individual and Successor In Interest of Wendy Tsao, deceased et al., v. Charles Chan, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Nov. 26, 2002
Pacheco v. Facey Medical Group Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Oct. 1, 2002
Marie Fitzgerald v. Thurland Reay Family Investment dba Mini Market Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Jun. 8, 2002
Viviana Villasenor Mendez v. Manuel Gonzalez, Medicina Familiar Torts Defendant May 18, 2002
Susan Williams v. Michael Schwartz, Huntington Memorial Hospital, Huntington Outpatient Surgery Center, Ellman International Inc. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant May 11, 2002
Ernestine Heard v. Gurjeet Kalkat Torts Defendant Feb. 9, 2002
Bryan Kellison v. Marvin Zamost, Irene Malek Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Jan. 5, 2002
Marcial Phillips, Darlene Phillips v. Harriman Jones Medical Group, David Gorelick, Edward Jang, Henry Schumaker, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Dec. 13, 2001
Raul Lopez v. Western Medical Center, Israel Chambi, John Kennedy Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Nov. 15, 2001
Edward Pappas, Dane Pappas, Mark Pappas, Phillip Pappas v. David Jensen Torts Defendant Nov. 15, 2001
Antonia Rose Gutierrez v. Graziadio Eltinge Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Jul. 26, 2001
Joseph Anthony, Elizabeth Rullo v. Rex Lee Stailey Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Jul. 26, 2001
Confidential Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Jul. 12, 2001
Dabbs v. Kang dba Fantastic Sams, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Expert / technical Apr. 12, 2001
Pamela Jane Hutcherson, Gary Lee Brown, Jerry Lane Brown v. Terrence Baruch, Angela Hay, Healthcare Partners Inc. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Mar. 29, 2001
Neil Ackerman, et al. v. Kevin Gallivan, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Aug. 19, 2000
Oliver Roberts Jr., Arnulfo Quintana v. Roger Barnett, et al. Torts judge Aug. 5, 2000
Debra Soderberg v. Doreen Rioux, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Jul. 15, 2000
Danielle Christine Alexander, through her Guardian Ad Litem, Christine Johnson and Herman Johnson v. David Suh, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant May 27, 2000
Richard Matthews v. Robert J. Giombetti Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant May 20, 2000
Vatache Sarraf and Yeranouchie Sarraf v. The Pasadena Dispensary, Huntington Memorial Hospital, Michael Bishai, M.D., L. Ho, M.D., Sefa Sarraf, et al Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Feb. 19, 2000
Sue M. Rawlings v. Gurjeet S. Kalkat, M.D., Ossama D. Ascha, M.D., et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Oct. 23, 1999
Jeannie Hughes and Guy Hughes v. A. Michael Moheimani, M.D. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Jul. 24, 1999
Confidential Personal Injury (Vehicular) Expert / medical Jan. 3, 1998
Medina v. Ketron, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Sep. 13, 1997
Confidential Personal Injury Defendant Aug. 2, 1997
Charlotte Biss v. Robert J. Bohr, M.D. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant May 3, 1997
Confidential Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Dec. 14, 1996
Mary Crain v. Jonathan Brand, M.D., et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Oct. 5, 1996
Confidential Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Sep. 14, 1996
Aurora Aldana, et al v. Jagminder Bhalla, M.D., et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Mar. 2, 1996
Confidential Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Dec. 9, 1995
Sharon Tucker v. Rene Carranza, M.D.; Universal Care Medical Group, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant May 13, 1995
Paulette Bedsaul v. Lawrence Barnett, M.D. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Jul. 9, 1994
Albert Macias, et al. v. Doctor's Hospital of Lakewood, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Oct. 23, 1993
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