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    Sep. 30, 2000
    Verdicts and settlements
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    Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular)
    Premises Liability
    Negligence

    Confidential

    Settlement –  $4,500,000

    Court

    Santa Clara Superior


    Attorneys

    Plaintiff

    William L. Veen

    Kevin Lancaster

    Thomas G. McLaughlin


    Defendant

    Kent B. Seitzinger

    Charles M. Louderback


    Experts

    Plaintiff

    Marcia Hanak
    (technical)

    Joseph T. Capell M.D.
    (technical)

    Robert J. Riopelle
    (medical)

    Anthony Gamboa
    (technical)

    Paul Kayfetz
    (technical)

    John L. Bobis
    (technical)

    Defendant

    Lucien L. Trigiano
    (medical)

    Stuart M. Pickel
    (medical)

    Kathleen McCann
    (technical)

    Thomas A. Boster
    (technical)

    John D. Hancock
    (John D. Hancock Law Group PLLC) (technical)

    Michael A. Mayda
    (technical)

    Gary M. Hesler
    (technical)

    Gregory W. Sells
    (technical)

    Facts

    The plaintiff became a paraplegic after falling through a skylight while cleaning up the roof of a workshop at defendants' ranch. In the summer of 1997, the plaintiff was sent to the ranch as part of a crew charged with painting the shop. The work required the plaintiff to sweep debris off the roof before paint could be applied. No one informed the college freshman about the existence of the roof's skylights, which had been painted over and further concealed by leaves that had fallen from nearby overhanging trees. Using a broom, the plaintiff pushed the leaves towards the gutter. As he stepped on a skylight, he heard a crack before falling through the roof to the concrete floor below.

    Specials in Evidence

    $82,626 $1,471,298 $2,337,204

    Damages

    $2,000 (vocational rehabilitation)


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