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Settlement – $650,000Judge
Court
L.A. Superior Compton
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Gary A. Dordick
(Dordick Law Corporation)
Gary A. Dordick
(Dordick Law Corporation)
Defendant
William J. Glazer
(Veatch Carlson, LLP)
William J. Glazer
(Veatch Carlson, LLP)
Experts
Plaintiff
Sandra Brown
(technical)
Stuart Baumgard
(medical)
Jan W. Duncan
(medical)
Stuart Baumgard
(medical)
Jeremy Cole
(medical)
Jerome Cole
(medical)
Robert Mahoney
(technical)
Peter Formuzis Ph.D.
(technical)
Peter Formuzis Ph.D.
(technical)
Defendant
Robert Mahoney
(technical)
Robert S. Eisenberg
(medical)
Venita J. McMorris
(technical)
Roy Scott Hickman
(technical)
Roy Scott Hickman
(technical)
Robert S. Eisenberg
(medical)
Venita J. McMorris
(technical)
Facts
On Jan. 20, 1995, the defendant driver, in the course and scope of his employment for the defendant company, negotiated a left-hand turn mid-block in front of the decedent, a 26-year-old electrical parts assembler, who was driving a Chevrolet Geo. The decedent sustained soft tissue injuries and right knee pain in the accident. Three months after the accident, the decedent's general practitioner referred him to Los Angeles County Hospital for a right knee consultation. On April 4, 1995, he died from deep vein thrombosis of the legs, pulmonary thromboembolism. The hospital was not a defendant nor a cross-defendant. The decedent was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident. The plaintiffs, the decedent's 4-year-old daughter and parents, brought this action against the defendants, the driver and his employer based on wrongful death, negligence and respondeat superior theories of recovery.
Settlement Discussions
The plaintiffs made a $1 million demand and the defendants made no settlement offers prior to the settlement conference.
Damages
The plaintiffs claimed wage loss. The plaintiff child was receiving $200 per month plus miscellaneous clothing and the parents were receiving approximately $400 per month. The defendants disputed that the decedent's parents were financially dependent.
Other Information
The settlement was reached approximately one year and ten months after the case was filed.
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