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View full case report Medical Malpractice
Award:n/a | Verdict-Defendant
Case Types:Medical Malpractice - Informed Consent | Medical Malpractice - Surgeon
Case: Michael Brady and Carmen Brady v. Thomas Haher, M.D.
Venue: Kings Supreme
State: NY
Date: June 26, 2003
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedics
Summary: On Nov. 21, 1996, plaintiff Michael Brady, 37, a security guard, underwent a laminectomy and spinal-fusion surgery for relief of leg and lower-back pain. Dr. Thomas Haher performed the surgery at St. ...
View full case report Motor Vehicle
Award:$180,256.00 | Arbitration
Case Types:Motor Vehicle - Rear-ender | Motor Vehicle - Uninsured Motorist
Case: Cherie Wheeler v. 21st Century Insurance
Venue: Judicate West- Santa Ana
State: CA
Date: October 08, 2003
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedic Surgery
Summary: On Sept. 28, 2001, at approximately 11:15 a.m., Cherie Wheeler, a 42-year-old NICU nurse, was stopped for a flagman in a construction zone on Lampson Avenue in Garden Grove. She had been stopped in he...
View full case report Premises Liability
Award:$95,000.00 | Mediated Settlement
Case Types:Premises Liability - Parking Lot | Premises Liability - Trip and Fall
Case: Nancy Flint v. San Diego Seaport Village
Venue: Superior Court of San Diego County, San Diego
State: CA
Date: November 25, 2003
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedics
Summary: Plaintiff Nancy Flint, 57, an office assistant, tripped in a hole in the asphalt of the parking lot of the San Diego Seaport Village, a popular harbor-front shopping and amusement area. She sued Seapp...
View full case report Medical Malpractice
Award:$4,000,000.00 | Verdict-Plaintiff
Case Types:Medical Malpractice - Failure to Treat | Wrongful Death | Wrongful Death - Survival Damages
Case: Abdul Keita for decedent Sirandou Korkosse v. Mercy Hospital of Philadelphia, Dr. Menachem Miller and Mercy Health System
Venue: Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
State: PA
Date: May 21, 2004
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedics
Summary: In December 2000, plaintiff's decedent Sirandou Korkosse, 36, fractured her kneecap. She went to the emergency room for X-rays and the next day was placed in a knee immobilizer and admitted to Mercy H...
View full case report Railroad
Award:$2,778,800.00 | Verdict-Plaintiff
Case Types:Railroad - FELA | Transportation - Rail | Workplace Safety
Case: Antonio Chavez v. Southern Pacific Transportation Company/Union Pacific Railroad Company
Venue: United States District Court, Central District, Los Angeles
State: CA
Date: August 11, 2004
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedic Surgery
Summary: In 1972, plaintiff Antonio Chavez, 57, began working for Southern Pacific Transportation Co. In 1996, he became an Union Pacific Railroad Co. employee when those two railroads merged. He began his emp...
View full case report Motor Vehicle
Award:$30,150.00 | Verdict-Plaintiff
Case Types:Motor Vehicle - Rear-ender | Motor Vehicle - Minivan
Case: Jose Ruvalcaba v. Dean Klotz
Venue: Superior Court of Orange County, Orange
State: CA
Date: April 26, 2004
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedic Surgery
Summary: On March 30, 2002, plaintiff Jose Ruvalcaba, 37, a repairman and newspaper delivery man, was driving a 1999 Ford Windstar on westbound Dyer Road in Orange County. After he went through the intersectio...
View full case report Premises Liability
Award:n/a | Verdict-Defendant
Case Types:Premises Liability - Trip and Fall | Premises Liability - Store | Premises Liability - Dangerous Condition | Negligence - Negligent Maintenance
Case: Armen Sahagen v. Controlled Motion Solutions, Inc., Burke Real Estate Group, Inc. and Santa Ana Business Center Maintenance Corp.
Venue: Superior Court of Orange County, Santa Ana
State: CA
Date: December 10, 2004
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedic Surgery
Summary: On April 3, 2003, plaintiff Armen Sahagen, 74, an owner of an electronics company, was a customer at the Controlled Motion Solutions store in Santa Ana. While walking in the rear of the store looking ...
View full case report Medical Malpractice
Award:n/a | Verdict-Defendant
Case Types:Medical Malpractice - Negligent Treatment | Medical Malpractice - Wrong Procedure | Medical Malpractice - Failure to Diagnose
Case: Don Olson and Karen Olson v. Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas, Christian D. Bentley, Nathan A. Miller
Venue: Superior Court of San Diego County, San Diego
State: CA
Date: September 14, 2006
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedic Surgery
Summary: On March 15, 2004 plaintiffs' decedent, Dane Olson, a 29 year-old freelance videographer, was admitted to Scripps Memorial Hospital in Encinitas for a wake boarding accident. Smith had fractured his f...
View full case report Motor Vehicle
Award:$1,850,800.00 | Verdict-Plaintiff
Case Types:Motor Vehicle - Lane Change | Motor Vehicle - Rear-ender | Motor Vehicle - Passenger
Case: Lenore Albert v Satellite Management Company, Geraldine Moss, Elizabeth Ross, Renita Lewis, Curtis Moss, and Elizabeth Saunders (Ross)
Venue: Superior Court of Riverside County, Riverside
State: CA
Date: October 17, 2006
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedic Surgery
Summary: At around noon on June 1, 2001, plaintiff Lenore Albert, 34, an attorney, was a back seat passenger in a Lincoln Continental traveling in the HOV lane on the 91 Freeway at a speed of about 55 mph, whe...
View full case report Premises Liability
Award:$937,043.00 | Verdict-Plaintiff
Case Types:Premises Liability - Store
Case: David Jackson v. The Home Depot USA Inc.
Venue: Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Norwalk
State: CA
Date: September 20, 2006
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedics
Summary: On April 2, 2002, plaintiff David Jackson, 51, was doing inventory at a Home Depot in Los Angeles as an employee of Washington Inventory. While working with a three-step ladder, Jackson called to a Ho...
View full case report Motor Vehicle
Award:$250,000.00 | Verdict-Plaintiff
Case Types:Motor Vehicle - Motor Scooter | Motor Vehicle - Dangerous Instrumentality
Case: Margaret Olsen v. Lynn Reid
Venue: Superior Court of Orange County, Orange
State: CA
Date: December 13, 2006
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedics
Summary: On Aug. 17, 2003, plaintiff Margaret Olsen, 69, a retired nurse, was standing in the women's restroom at the Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton, when she was struck from behind at the knees by an el...
View full case report Motor Vehicle
Award:$664,780.00 | Verdict-Plaintiff
Case Types:Motor Vehicle - Lane Change | Motor Vehicle - Tractor-Trailer | Motor Vehicle - Parked Car
Case: David Keith Burbeck v. Mountain Valley Express Co., Inc. and Pedro Francisco Morales
Venue: Superior Court of San Bernardino County, San Bernardino
State: CA
Date: August 27, 2007
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedics
Summary: On Nov. 1, 2004, plaintiff David Burbeck, a tire salesman/manager, hit a parked car on Valley Boulevard in Fontana, after colliding with a tractor-trailer. The tractor-trailer was driven by Pedro Mora...
View full case report Products Liability
Award:$75,000.00 | Settlement
Case Types:Products Liability - Automobiles | Products Liability - Manufacturing Defect
Case: Contreras v. General Motors Corp.
Venue: Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Norwalk
State: CA
Date: February 19, 2007
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedic Surgery
Summary: Plaintiff Cesar Contreras was driving a 2004 Chevrolet Malibu on Durfee Road in Pico Rivera when he felt the car pull to one side of the road. Plaintiff tried to control the steering wheel, but it did...
View full case report Premises Liability
Award:$500,000.00 | Settlement
Case Types:Premises Liability - Trip and Fall | Premises Liability - Store
Case: Kyle Sullivan v. Sleep-N-Aire Mattress Co.
Venue: Superior Court of Los Angeles County, West Los Angeles
State: CA
Date: March 12, 2008
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedic Surgery
Summary: On Dec. 6, 2005, plaintiff Kyle Sullivan, 34, tripped over a metal frame sticking out into an aisle in a Sleep-N-Aire Mattress Co. store. He claimed that he hurt his back and nose. There were no witne...
View full case report Medical Malpractice
Award:n/a | Verdict-Defendant
Case Types:Medical Malpractice - Knee Surgery | Medical Malpractice - Orthopedic Surgery | Medical Malpractice - Failure to Treat
Case: Sherrie McCullough v. Delaware Valley Orthopedic Associates and Gary Muller
Venue: Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas
State: PA
Date: April 08, 2009
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedic Surgery
Summary: On Feb. 4, 2005, plaintiff, Sherrie McCullough, 40s, unemployed, underwent an open reduction internal fixation surgery on her ankle to repair a trimalleolar fracture she sustained after an accident. S...
View full case report Premises Liability
Award:$449,998.00 | Verdict-Plaintiff
Case Types:Premises Liability - Parking Lot
Case: Jim Spahr and Colleen Spahr v. Forber Resorts, LLC
Venue: U.S. District Court, Salt Lake City
State: UT
Date: October 23, 2009
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedic Surgery
Summary: In October 2008, plaintiff Jim Spahr, 60, retired, fell into a 6-feet-deep hole in the parking lot at a Roadway Inn in Springdale. He claimed a knee injury.

Spahr sued the owners of the hotel,...

View full case report Motor Vehicle
Award:$480,434.17 | Verdict-Plaintiff
Case Types:Motor Vehicle - Driveway | Motor Vehicle - Left Turn | Motor Vehicle - Broadside | Motor Vehicle - Passenger | Motor Vehicle - SUV
Case: Darilis Fernandez and Bertha Gonzalez v. Froilan Sanchez and Maria R. Sanchez
Venue: Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Norwalk
State: CA
Date: December 04, 2009
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Hand Surgery
Summary: On May 23, 2006, plaintiff Darilis Fernandez, 22, a student, was heading westbound on Rosecrans Avenue in Norwalk when she broadsided a sport utility vehicle driven by Maria R. Sanchez. Plaintiff Bert...
View full case report Medical Malpractice
Award:n/a | Verdict-Defendant
Case Types:Medical Malpractice - Negligent Treatment | Medical Malpractice - Failure to Diagnose | Medical Malpractice - Orthopedic Surgery | Medical Malpractice - Orthopedic Surgeon
Case: Amy Badger, as administratix of the Estate of Lucille Siskind v. Edward J. Ford, M.D., and Mercer-Bucks Orthopaedics
Venue: Bucks County Court of Common Pleas
State: PA
Date: January 28, 2010
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedics
Summary: On July 19, 2003, plaintiff's decedent Lucille Siskind, 58, went to an emergency room, complaining of left leg pain; approximately three hours earlier she had stepped off a curb and fallen on her side...
View full case report Premises Liability
Award:$1,000,000.00 | Settlement
Case Types:Premises Liability - Slip and Fall | Premises Liability - Dangerous Condition | Negligence
Case: John Doe Police Officer v. Stanley Steemer of Los Angeles
Venue: Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Norwalk
State: CA
Date: February 01, 2010
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedics
Summary: On July 15, 2006, the plaintiff, 38, a police officer, was returning from his shift to the City of Bell Police Station when he slipped on a clear carpet protector near an area of carpet that had just ...
View full case report Medical Malpractice
Award:n/a | Verdict-Defendant
Case Types:Medical Malpractice - Failure to Diagnose | Medical Malpractice - Failure to Treat
Case: Susan Tilley v. George J. Tischenko, M.D., Muir Orthopedic Specialists, John Muir Health, Sequoia Surgical Center Holding Company, Sequoia Surgical Center and Sequoia Surgical Pavillion
Venue: Superior Court of Contra Costa County, Walnut Creek
State: CA
Date: February 23, 2010
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedics
Summary: In May 2006, plaintiff Susan Tilley, 50, a nurse, injured her shoulder at work and began treating conservatively for the injury with Dr. George J. Tischenko. The injury persisted for more than seven m...
View full case report Premises Liability
Award:$125,000.00 | Verdict-Plaintiff
Case Types: Premises Liability | Negligence
Case: Kathleen King v. Santa Catalina Island Company
Venue: Superior Court of Los Angeles County, San Pedro
State: CA
Date: December 07, 2001
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedic Surgery
Summary: The owner of a housing complex was liable for $125,000 for a resident''s fall through a rotting deck at the complex, a California jury said.

Kathleen King, a long-time resident of a housing complex ...

View full case report Motor Vehicle
Award:$860.00 | Verdict-Plaintiff
Case Types:Motor Vehicle - Left Turn
Case: Teresa Gomez Delgado v. Kim Sheehan and American Compaction Equipment, Inc.
Venue: Superior Court of Orange County, Laguna Hills
State: CA
Date: March 03, 2000
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedics
Summary: On August 27, 1997, at 3:10 p.m., plaintiff, a 45-year-old house cleaner, was a passenger is a vehicle driven by her husband. They were traveling southbound on Camino Capistrano in the City of San Jua...
View full case report FELA
Award:$1,470,000.00 | Verdict-Plaintiff
Case Types: FELA
Case: Fernando Mena v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
Venue: Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Long Beach
State: CA
Date: January 13, 2000
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedics
Summary: July 24, 1997, plaintiff, a 29-year-old hostler, was working as a hostler (truck driver) at Union Pacific's intermodal yard in Long Beach. At the time of the accident, he was in the process of unloadi...
View full case report Motor Vehicle
Award:n/a | Verdict-Defendant
Case Types: Motor Vehicle
Case: Karen T. Otis v. Brian Johnston, Elizabeth Johnston, William Groves and Leslie Groves
Venue: Superior Court of Orange County, Westminster
State: CA
Date: June 30, 2000
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedics
Summary: October 1, 1997, at 3:15 p.m., plaintiff, a 32-year-old self-employed architect, was picking up her children from their elementary school in the City of Fountain Valley. As she was driving through the...
View full case report Motor Vehicle
Award:$183,090.00 | Verdict-Plaintiff
Case Types:Motor Vehicle - Rear End
Case: Susan Atwell v. Luke Schmidt
Venue: Superior Court of Orange County, Santa Ana
State: CA
Date: October 21, 1998
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedics
Summary: October 25, 1996, plaintiff, a 41-year-old saleswoman, was injured while driving north on the 405 Freeway. Plaintiff was stopped for slowing traffic when defendant's auto rear-ended her auto.

Plaint...

View full case report Dog Bite
Award:$10,000.00 | Verdict-Plaintiff
Case Types: Dog Bite
Case: Glenn E. Lewis v. R.B. Flaspohler
Venue: Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Norwalk
State: CA
Date: January 20, 1999
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthodontics
Summary: March 4, 1997, at approximately 9:00 P.M., plaintiff, a 67-year-old retired auto salesman, was injured while walking in his neighborhood. Defendant was walking his two mixed-breed dogs on leashes, but...
View full case report Motor Vehicle
Award:$2,345.00 | Verdict-Plaintiff
Case Types:Motor Vehicle - Rear End
Case: Michael Carr v. Tri Star Limousine
Venue: Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Long Beach
State: CA
Date: March 17, 1999
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedics
Summary: June 5, 1996, plaintiff, a 40-year-old insurance salesman, was driving on the exit of the 710 Freeway in Long Beach. Plaintiff claimed that when he stopped for merging traffic on Pacific Coast Highway...
View full case report Motor Vehicle
Award:$362,976.00 | Verdict-Plaintiff
Case Types:Motor Vehicle - Left Turn | Motor Vehicle - Intersection
Case: Diane Cole v. Joseph Elgabalawi and Nader Elgabalawi
Venue: Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Long Beach
State: CA
Date: November 22, 2000
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedic Surgery
Summary: September 24, 1998, at 6:30 p.m., plaintiff, a 51-year-old telecom executive, was traveling northbound on Studebaker Road in the City of Long Beach. Defendant Joseph Elgabalawi was following a tow tru...
View full case report Premises
Award:n/a | Verdict-Defendant
Case Types: Premises
Case: Amy Christian v. Electra Cruises, Inc.
Venue: Superior Court of Orange County, Newport Beach
State: CA
Date: July 22, 1999
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedics
Summary: April 20, 1997, plaintiff, a 31 year-old secretary, chartered for her wedding and reception a 96-foot classic fantail yacht from defendant in Newport Beach. During the reception, the disc jockey start...
View full case report Motor Vehicle
Award:$30,176.00 | Verdict-Plaintiff
Case Types:Motor Vehicle - Single Vehicle
Case: Theresa Player v. Kenneth Seala Sereno; Dollar Rent-A-Car
Venue: Superior Court of Orange County, Santa Ana
State: CA
Date: September 23, 1999
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedics
Summary: July 7, 1997, plaintiff, a 35-year old student, was with her boyfriend, defendant Sereno who was driving a Rent-A-Car vehicle in Hawaii. After an argument, their car spun out, striking both sides and ...
View full case report Railroad Accidents/FELA
Award:$512,000.00 | Verdict-Plaintiff
Case Types: Railroad Accidents/FELA | Falldown
Case: Luis Haro v. Union Pacific Railroad
Venue: Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles
State: CA
Date: September 16, 1998
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedics
Summary: In May of 1995, plaintiff, a 26-year-old railroad signalman employed by defendant, was injured when he slipped and fell from the driver's side door of a signal department "boom" truck while standing o...
View full case report Negligence
Award:$464,829.00 | Verdict-Plaintiff
Case Types: Negligence
Case: Carmen Shea v Corporate Property Investors and Pembrook Management Company
Venue: Superior Court of Orange County, Santa Ana
State: CA
Date: October 07, 1997
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedic Surgery
Summary: 4/21/95 at 6:00 a.m.: Plaintiff, a 26 year-old retail store manager, and coworkers were attempting to unload a truck at a loading dock at Westminster Mall. Plaintiff and her coworkers were attempting ...
View full case report Motor Vehicle
Award:n/a | Verdict-Defendant
Case Types:Motor Vehicle - Pedestrian
Case: Jack K. Bryant vs. Nippondenso of Los Angeles, Inc. and Piotr K. Dalecki
Venue: Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Torrance
State: CA
Date: May 21, 1997
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedic Surgery
Summary: March 27, 1995, plaintiff, a 70 year-old civil engineer, was exercising on a lunch break. Plaintiff came to the "T-intersection" of Rolling Hills Drive and Airport Way in the City of Torrance. Dalecki...
View full case report Motor Vehicle
Award:n/a | Verdict-Defendant
Case Types:Motor Vehicle - Motorcycle
Case: Robert Torres and Maureen Torres vs. Rosario Cruz and CEH Transportation
Venue: Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Pomona
State: CA
Date: April 25, 1997
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedic Surgery
Summary: 2/6/95: Plaintiff, a 43 year-old MTA supervisor, was riding his motorcycle. Defendant truck operator caused another vehicle to lose control, cross four lanes of traffic and end up in front of Plaintif...
View full case report Motor Vehicle
Award:$17,000.00 | Verdict-Plaintiff
Case Types:Motor Vehicle - Rear End
Case: Chona Babbidge vs. James Cunningham and Robert Cunningham
Venue: Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Norwalk
State: CA
Date: March 19, 1998
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedic Surgery
Summary: November 7, 1995, plaintiff, a 32-year-old insurance adjuster, was a back-seat passenger in a vehicle stopped at a red light. Plaintiff was rear-ended by Defendant James Cunningham. Plaintiff was seve...
View full case report Premises Liability
Award:n/a | Verdict-Defendant
Case Types: Premises Liability
Case: Marlene Sutton v. Carpeteria, Inc.
Venue: Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Torrance
State: CA
Date: November 13, 1997
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedics
Summary: 2/9/92: Plaintiff, a 51 yearold teacher of deaf children, and her husband were

in a Carpeteria store looking at carpet rolls. The salesman helping them bumped Plaintiff

with a roll of carpet he w...

View full case report Motor Vehicle
Award:$155,342.00 | Verdict-Plaintiff
Case Types:Motor Vehicle - Tractor-Trailer | Motor Vehicle - Rear End
Case: Colleen Funston vs. Hans Edling and Truline Corporation
Venue: Superior Court of San Bernardino County, Rancho Cucamonga
State: CA
Date: October 02, 1996
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedic Surgery
Summary: 11/2/92: Plaintiff, a 34 year-old computer systems technician, was injured while driving her van westbound on the Pomona Freeway. Edling, in the course and scope of his employment with Truline, was dr...
View full case report Motor Vehicle
Award:n/a | Verdict-Defendant
Case Types:Motor Vehicle - Single Vehicle
Case: Lisa Jo Nichols v. Dennis Brader
Venue: Superior Court of Orange County, Santa Ana
State: CA
Date: September 14, 1999
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedics
Summary: April 4, 1997, plaintiff, a 42-year-old nurse, was driving on Santiago Canyon Road at the entrance to Irvine Lake. Plaintiff claimed that defendant, who had consumed 18 to 24 beers, crossed the center...
View full case report Premises Liability
Award:$1,788,361.00 | Verdict-Plaintiff
Case Types: Premises Liability
Case: Craig Edgar Noice v. California Steel Insdustries, Inc. and Fosda, Inc. dba S&D Specialties
Venue: Superior Court of San Bernardino County, San Bernardino
State: CA
Date: June 08, 2000
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedics
Summary: February 17, 1997, plaintiff, a 41-year-old journeyman painter, was working for Miller Painting Services, on a job in with both Miller Painting and defendant Fosda, Inc. dba S & D Specialties (a steel...
View full case report Falldown
Award:$55,000.00 | Verdict-Plaintiff
Case Types: Falldown
Case: Marlene Lemon v. San Diego Unified Port District and Pedus Building Services Inc.
Venue: Superior Court of San Diego County, San Diego
State: CA
Date: November 20, 1997
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedic Surgery
Summary: 11/2/95: Plaintiff, a 63-year-old driver for Enterprise Car Rental, went to the San Diego airport to pick up a friend. She slipped and fell on a small piece of wax buildup in the east lobby of the air...
View full case report Motor Vehicle
Award:n/a | Verdict-Defendant
Case Types:Motor Vehicle - Intersection
Case: Heidi Medina vs. Tina Douglas
Venue: Superior Court of Orange County, Newport Beach
State: CA
Date: March 07, 1997
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedic Surgery
Summary: 4/95: Plaintiff, a 28 yearold retail sales person, was driving without headlights at 7 p.m., past sundown. Defendant stopped at stop sign and hit Plaintiff when they both entered the intersection. Pl...
View full case report Motor Vehicle
Award:$40,000.00 | Verdict-Plaintiff
Case Types:Motor Vehicle - Head-on
Case: Ann M. Matthews vs. George Moore and Patricia Moore
Venue: Superior Court of Orange County, Santa Ana
State: CA
Date: March 18, 1997
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedic Surgery
Summary: 6/2/95: Plaintiff, a 72 year-old retired female, was hit head-on by Defendant''s car when Defendant crossed the center line. Defendant fainted when he had a sudden coughing fit. The impact speed was a...
View full case report Motor Vehicle
Award:$70,000.00 | Verdict-Plaintiff
Case Types:Motor Vehicle - Rear End | Motor Vehicle - Left Turn
Case: Lucille Hubbell vs. Norman C. Johnson, Karen J. Peterson and Erik R. Peterson
Venue: Superior Court of Orange County, Santa Ana
State: CA
Date: April 23, 1997
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedic Surgery
Summary: Admitted Liability

8/24/94 & 1/26/95: Plaintiff, a middle-aged homemaker, was involved in two motor vehicle accidents. The first occurred on August 24, 1994. It was a rearender at 30 to 35 mph. The ...

View full case report Motor Vehicle
Award:$128.00 | Verdict-Plaintiff
Case Types:Motor Vehicle - Rear End | Motor Vehicle - Stop Light
Case: Wendianne Boles vs. Loni Dunlap and Kevin Dunlap
Venue: Superior Court of Riverside County, Riverside
State: CA
Date: September 17, 1997
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedic Surgery
Summary: Admitted Liability

1/24/95 at 7:30 a.m.: Plaintiff, a 26 year-old subdivision specialist, was involved in a two vehicle, rearend low impact type of accident. The accident occurred at Lime and 9th St...

View full case report Falldown
Award:n/a | Verdict-Defendant
Case Types: Falldown
Case: Alicia Aguilar vs. Food 4 Less
Venue: Superior Court of Orange County, Santa Ana
State: CA
Date: March 20, 1997
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Surgery
Summary: Plaintiff, a 51 year-old housekeeper, was shopping at Food-4-Less. She slipped on water that was spilled by Defendant's porter.

Plaintiff claimed the fall was due to water on the floor. The w...

View full case report Medical Malpractice
Award:n/a | Verdict-Defendant
Case Types: Medical Malpractice
Case: Marie Bedrossian v. David Schurman, M.D.; and Stanford Health Services
Venue: Superior Court of Santa Clara County, Santa Clara
State: CA
Date: September 05, 1997
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedics
Summary: February 2, 1994, plaintiff, a 68-year-old retired electronics assembler from San Jose, underwent hip revision surgery for a failed femoral prosthesis, performed by defendant orthopedist, a professor ...
View full case report Negligence
Award:$210,000.00 | Settlement
Case Types: Negligence
Case: Randall Broomfield v. Excel Paving and City of Long Beach
Venue: Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Long Beach
State: CA
Date: June 16, 1999
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedic Surgery
Summary: 4/24/97: Plaintiff was a 42-year-old aircraft inspector. Excel Paving was spot repaving Lakewood Boulevard in front of McDonnell-Douglas. They scraped the road four inches and sprayed with oil. Excel,...
View full case report FELA
Award:$342,500.00 | Settlement
Case Types: FELA
Case: James B. Hardy vs. Union Pacific Railroad Company
Venue: Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Central
State: CA
Date: January 20, 2000
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedic Surgery
Summary: 2/23/98 at 11:00 a.m.: Plaintiff, a 54-year-old freight conductor, was employed by Defendant. Plaintiff was assigned to perform switching operations in Defendant's railroad yard. He was required to pl...
View full case report Premises Liability
Award:$225,000.00 | Settlement
Case Types: Premises Liability
Case: Confidential
Venue: Superior Court of Orange County, Laguna Niguel
State: CA
Date: October 23, 2001
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedics
Summary: May 11, 2000, the Plaintiff, a 9-year-old autistic boy, visited with his mother at their friends' house in the city of Laguna Niguel. Their friends were a couple and their autistic child. While the wi...
View full case report Motor Vehicle
Award:$537,611.00 | Settlement
Case Types:Motor Vehicle - Rear End
Case: Richard Witmer, D.D.S. et al. vs. Scott Leo Chase, et al.
Venue: Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Torrance
State: CA
Date: July 01, 1997
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedic Surgery
Summary: 10/15/93: Plaintiff, dentist, was seated in the right rear passenger seat when his vehicle was struck in the rear by a limousine driven by the Defendant who was in the course and scope of his employme...
View full case report Motor Vehicle
Award:n/a | Verdict-Defendant
Case Types:Motor Vehicle - Intersection | Motor Vehicle - Stop Light | Motor Vehicle - Tractor-Trailer
Case: David Russell Repp v. Sergio A. Martinez, Pedro Cervera
Venue: Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Compton
State: CA
Date: June 17, 2002
Experts: Steven R. Graboff (Huntington Beach CA) Orthopedic Surgery
Summary: A Los Angeles County jury returned a defense verdict where a tractor-trailer driver who was alleged to have collided with the plaintiff's car as both made right turns at an intersection, claimed that...
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