Samir Hinn, Joe Hinn, and Ramiz Hinn v. Yellow Cab, Stephen Converse Watson, and Does 1 through 20, inclusive / Business Alliance Insurance Company v. Yellow Cab Cooperative Inc., Stephen Converse Watson, and Does 1 through 200, inclusive / State Farm General Insurance Company v. Yellow Cab Cooperative Inc., Stephen Converse Watson, and Does 1 th
Published: Oct. 18, 2014 | Result Date: Jul. 16, 2014 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |Case number: CGC-12-525420 / CGC-13-530430 / CGC-13-535024 Bench Decision – $489,740
Court
San Francisco Superior
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Geordan M. Goebel
(Law Office of Geordan M. Goebel)
Brian E. Soriano
(Law Office of Brian E. Soriano)
Defendant
Facts
In three separate actions, Samir Hinn, Joe Hinn, and Ramiz Hinn, Business Alliance Insurance Co., and State Farm General Insurance Co. sued Yellow Cab and Stephen Converse Watson in relation to an accident involving a motor vehicle crashing into a physical structure.
Business Alliance and State Farm settled for undisclosed amounts prior to trial.
Contentions
PLAINTIFF'S CONTENTIONS:
The Hinn family owned and ran a market in San Francisco. On Oct. 27, 2011, Watson drove past several stop signs while transporting a passenger in a Yellow Cab, and crashed into another vehicle, causing it to run through the market's storefront. The collision significantly damaged the structured of the market and destroyed inventory, causing it close to down for 10 months. State Farm and Business Alliance, the Hinns' insurers, also sought damages alleging that Watson drove negligently and that Yellow Cab was liable for negligently hiring Watson.
DEFENDANT'S CONTENTIONS:
Defendants disputed the amount of damages.
Result
The court awarded the Hinn plaintiffs $487,740, which will be offset by the amount paid to plaintiffs by their insurer in the amount of $121,080, which reduced recovery to $366,660.
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