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CONFIDENTIAL

Aug. 16, 2001

Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular)
Premises Liability
Negligence

Confidential

Settlement –  $875,000

Judge

James C. Chalfant

Court

L.A. Superior Central


Attorneys

Plaintiff

Stephen L. Kaplan


Defendant

Nicole Whyte
(Bremer, Whyte, Brown & O'Meara LLP)

David A. Demanski


Experts

Plaintiff

Barbara S. Moyer
(medical)

Alessandro F. Anfuso
(technical)

Stephen P. Grifka M.D.
(medical)

Ross A. Crowe
(technical)

Ronald S. Gabriel M.D.
(medical)

L. Peter Petrovsky
(technical)

Defendant

Charles F. Beven
(technical)

Rodney L. DuBois
(technical)

Muriel S. Savikas
(medical)

Jeffrey L. Rosenberg
(medical)

Les Morgenstern
(technical)

Richard W. Rauseo
(technical)

Richard Handwerger
(medical)

Harriet T. Cokely M.D.
(medical)

Robert S. Griswold CPM
(technical)

Facts

On Jan. 21, 2000, the plaintiff, a 5-year-old child and London resident, fell from the second floor dining room
window while visiting her godmother, the cross-defendant, in the defendantsÆ apartment complex.

Specials in Evidence

$85,000

Injuries

The plaintiff sustained a fractured skull and trauma to the left frontal lobe of her brain, requiring surgery to reconstruct her skull with titanium plates.

Other Information

A mediation was held before Ross Hart of the American Arbitration Association.


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