Confidential
Settlement – $250,000Judge
Court
Ventura Superior
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Defendant
Andy H. Viets
(Office of the San Buenaventura City Attorney)
Kenneth C. Yeager
(Law Offices of Drociak & Yeager)
Experts
Plaintiff
Richard Sylvester
(technical)
Jerry P. Acker
(technical)
David Chovanec
(technical)
A. Richard Grossman M.D.
(medical)
Defendant
J. Robert Nelson
(technical)
Bob Briley
(technical)
Leonard B. Skaist
(medical)
Derek Olin
(technical)
James R. LaCroix
(technical)
James R. LaCroix
(technical)
Charles S. Lane
(medical)
Alfred N. Roven
(medical)
Ronald Burger
(technical)
Melvin Pedinoff
(technical)
Facts
On February 20, 1992, a 48-year-old artist in the course and scope of his employment as a gallery manager, entered a locked outdoor storage shed. When he turned on the light switch, the storage shed exploded and burst into flames.
Settlement Discussions
Plaintiff contends he demanded a $750,000 package from these 2 remaining Defendants and these Defendants initially offered nothing.
Specials in Evidence
$90,500 $25,000 $350,000 $15,000
Injuries
Third degree burns to lips, chin, left ear, and left hand and second degree burns to right hand, face, anterior neck, and scalp -- all requiring intensive burn care, skin graft surgeries, and future revision surgeries; carpal tunnel syndrome to the left wrist requiring surgery; dental fractures requiring restoration; and residual Epstein-Barr (chronic fatigue) Syndrome.
Other Information
This settlement was reached at an MSC before the Honorable Richard Aldrich. The insurance broker who sold a commercial policy to the Defendant plumber, was deposed; Plaintiff settled with Defendant property owners and Defendant general contractor shortly after the broker's deposition; Plaintiff's and settling Defendants' declaratory relief action against that broker's insurance carrier is pending.
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