Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP Attorneys Obtain $34.5 Million Jury Verdict For Man Who Lost Lower Leg In Truck Crash
On January 29, 2015, PSBR attorneys Brian Panish and Tom Schultz obtained a $34,555,220 jury verdict for a man who was hit and severely injured when he was run over by a tractor-trailer while he was stopped on the sidewalk of a Los Angeles, California street. (Alan Casillas v. Landstar Ranger, Inc.; Francisco Azurdia). PSBR… read more
Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP Number One In Top Ranking California Verdicts
Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP LLP was lead trial counsel in five of the cases listed in The Recorder’s annual publication of the top verdicts in California, more cases than any other law firm. Among the cases are the number one verdicts among Premises Liability cases (Diao v. Southern California Gas Company – $19,786,818) and… read more
Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP Announces $10.5 Million Jury Verdict for Death of a Man Caused by CBS Near the Set of the Popular Show NCIS
View LA Times Article Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP obtained a $10,450,000 verdict for the family of a man killed on set by a CBS truck in 2011. Julio Villamariona, age 52, was a security guard killed on the set when a CBS van transporting actors went out of control and ran over him…. read more
Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP Obtains a $4 Million Settlement for The Children of Woman Hit by Bus
PSBR attorneys Adam Shea and Andrew Owen obtained a $4,000,000 settlement for the four children of a 72-year-old woman who was hit and killed by a San Francisco Muni bus as she was lawfully crossing within a marked crosswalk. The woman, a Daly City, California resident, was struck by an outbound 18-46th Avenue bus at… read more
Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP Obtains $3.1 Million Jury Verdict In Low Speed Crash
PSBR attorneys Rahul Ravipudi and David Rudorfer obtained a $3,102,463.62 jury verdict in Pasadena, California for a woman who suffered a ruptured cervical disc as the result of a low speed, rear end car accident. In 2011, 56-year-old Teresa Gamage was the front passenger in a vehicle that was stopped at a red light when… read more
Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP Obtains $8 Million Settlement for Fall at Hotel
PSBR attorneys Robert Glassman, Rahul Ravipudi and Brian Panish obtained a $8,000,000 settlement for an 81-year-old woman who suffered a serious spinal cord injury after falling at a hotel. In October 2013, Marilyn Miller was at a hotel in Santa Ana, California attending her 64 year high school reunion. While attempting to leave the hotel,… read more
PSBR Attorneys Obtain $17.1 Million Verdict For Bus Accident Victim
On September 16, 2013, a Los Angeles Superior Court jury awarded $17,120,662 to an 85-year-old man who was hit by a Southland Transit Inc. bus while he was lawfully walking in a crosswalk in Baldwin Park, California. The collision resulted in Julio Huayanca’s right leg being amputated. The same jury also determined that Southland Transit… read more
Ontario Judge Says Briefly Cradling Cellphone Not Illegal
It is no longer illegal to briefly handle or touch your cellphone while driving your car in Ontario. A provincial court justice has ruled that holding a cellphone requires more than just touching or briefly picking up the device while behind the wheel of your car. This finding overturned a ruling by a Justice of… read more
$6.6 Million Auto Collision Award Makes Waves in Southern California
A payout by the city of Los Angeles to the family of a woman killed in an automobile accident could provide the impetus for the Los Angeles Police Department to begin changing the way they conduct their affairs. The story was recently reported in the Los Angeles Times, and it has now made its way… read more
Mom Files Complaint After Judge Orders Her to Cut Daughter’s Hair
Some judges from across the country have received a bit of notoriety for the odd punishments they’ve dished out for individuals receiving a sentence. But as this next story demonstrates, there are certain people out there that think some of these unorthodox methods go a little too far. In Utah, the mother of a 13… read more
Massachusetts Teen Convicted of Motor Vehicle Homicide by Texting
In what’s sure to be a landmark texting while driving case with far-reaching implications, a teenager has been the first person ever to be convicted under Massachusetts law for motor vehicle homicide by texting. The initial incident took place way back on February 20 of last year. It was then that the convicted individual was… read more
Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP Recognized for Having Five of California’s Largest Verdicts in 2011
In its April 30, 2012 edition, The Recorder highlights the top verdicts in California in 2011 and five of those verdicts were obtained by the Los Angeles personal injury law firm Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP LLP – more than any other law firm. Four of the verdicts are included among the top 30 highest… read more