Representative Cases
Cases We Handle
- $6,500,000 Verdict - For a family whose father was crushed to death during an accident while working on a subway tunnel. **
- $5,700,000 Settlement - For families of two working mothers struck by a corporate van. **
- $4,000,000 Verdict - For the family of a 40-year-old who was burned to death in a car accident due to a defective fuel system in a Toyota. **
- $3,000,000 Judgment - For the family of a woman killed on the freeway by a tire that fell off another car coming in the opposite direction. **
- $2.,400,000- For the family of a nursing home resident who was left in her own excrement, developed stage IV pressure sores and infection, eventually leading to sepsis and death. **
- $1,500,000 Settlement - For the family of a student who was killed in a school's swimming pool. **
- $500,000 Settlement - For the wrongful death of a 29-year-old man in an apartment fire.
- $300,000 Settlement - For the wrongful death of tenant burned in gas explosion in an illegal rental unit (a room in a private home).
Motor Vehicle Accidents
- $9,000,000 Settlement - For a brain injured man in major car accident. **
- $5,700,000Settlement - For the wrongful death of two working mothers struck by corporate van. **
- $4,000,000 Verdict - For the family of a 40-year-old who was burned to death in a car accident due to a defective fuel system in a Toyota. **
- $3,100,000 Settlement for passenger in car paralyzed in head on collision
- $3,000,000 Judgment - For the family of a woman killed on the freeway by a tire that fell off another car coming in the opposite direction.
- $2,500,000 Settlement for driver of a car paralyzed in broad side MVA
- $1,100,000 - For the children of a mother who died in a single car rollover accident that occurred in Mexico.
- $325,000 Settlement - For the children of a father who died in a single car rollover accident that occurred in Mexico.
Pedestrian Fatalities
- $2,000,000 Settlement - For the family of an elderly lady run over and killed in by a truck.
Airplane Crashes / Aviation Accidents
- $1,000,000 Settlement - For the family of a couple who killed in the crash of a small charter plane.
Premises Liability
- $6,479,000 Settlement after trial and appeal - For 60 year old delivery man who suffered a back injury in an elevator accident which eventually required spinal reconstructive surgery.
- $1,500,000 Settlement - For the family of a student who was killed in a school's swimming pool. **
- $500,000 Settlement- For the wrongful death of young tenant burned in illegal rental.
- $500,000 Settlement - For the wrongful death of a 29-year-old man in an apartment fire. **
- $300,000 Settlement - For the wrongful death of tenant burned in gas explosion in an illegal rental unit (a room in a private home).
Burn Injuries
- $4,000,000 Verdict - For the family of a 40-year-old who was burned to death in a car accident due to a defective fuel system in a Toyota. **
- $1,000,000 for young woman burned in fire when small charter plane crashed
- $500,000 Settlement - For the wrongful death of a 29-year-old man in an apartment fire.
- $300,000 Settlement - For the wrongful death of tenant burned in gas explosion in an illegal rental unit (a room in a private home).
Defective Products / Product Liability
- $10,000,000 Verdict - For a construction worker who suffered catastrophic leg injury due to product failure at a construction site. **
- $4,000,000 Verdict- For the family of a 40-year-old who was burned to death in a car accident due to a defective fuel system in a Toyota. **
** Result obtained by Patrick McNicholas of McNicholas & McNicholas, LLP
