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    Sep. 8, 2004
    Verdicts and settlements
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    Personal Injury
    Premises Liability
    Dangerous Condition of Public Property

    Confidential

    Settlement –  $625,000

    Judge

    Tara C. Reilly

    Court

    San Bernardino Superior


    Attorneys

    Plaintiff

    Marc J. Katzman
    (Marc Katzman Law)

    Matthew B.F. Biren
    (Biren Law Group)


    Defendant

    Joseph Arias
    (Arias & Lockwood)

    Laura Tall


    Experts

    Plaintiff

    Gene Bruno M.S., C.R.C., C.C.M., C.D.M.S.
    (technical)

    Stephen I. Rosen
    (technical)

    Subodh Kumar
    (technical)

    Robert S. Bray Jr.
    (medical)

    Katrina Vlachos
    (medical)

    Peter Formuzis Ph.D.
    (technical)

    Defendant

    Robert A. Baird
    (medical)

    Eugene Flaum
    (medical)

    Robert Freundlich
    (medical)

    Gerald T. Kelly
    (technical)

    Ruth Arnush
    (technical)

    Ned Wolfe M.E.
    (technical)

    Robert B. Hall Ph.D.
    (technical)

    Facts

    On Nov. 9, 2001, at approximately 7:30 a.m., the plaintiff, a 61-year-old IRS supervisor, was injured when she slipped in oil after parking on the second floor of the defendant's five-level parking structure adjacent to the IRS office.

    Settlement Discussions

    The plaintiff demanded $650,000; the defendant offered $500,000.

    Specials in Evidence

    $80,000 $202,000

    Injuries

    Herniated cervical disc requiring an anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion at C5-6 and C6-7. The defendant contended that the plaintiff's spine problems were of long standing duration and not caused by the accident.


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