In recent years, the following trial results were won by our firm on behalf of injured railroad workers:
A mechanical worker-machinist in Bakersfield was offered $150,000.00 by the railroad which was rejected and instead he received a verdict of $1,173,984.00.
A shopcraft worker, who was offered $150,000.00 by the railroad, which was rejected and instead he received a verdict of $850,000.00 from a Los Angeles Federal Court jury.
A shopcraft worker was offered $200,000.00 which was rejected and instead he received a verdict of $637,000.00 in El Centro, California.
A Union Pacific Maintenance of Way worker was injured in Nevada and was offered $200,000.00 which was rejected. The Plaintiff received a $600,000.00 verdict in trial.
A Maintenance of Way worker who was offered $50,000.00 prior to trial and asked to resign as a condition of settlement which was rejected and he instead received a gross trial verdict of $268,000.00, plus pre-judgment interest without having to resign.
Additionally, we have obtained for clients who are relatives or friends of railroad workers, several large verdicts in non-FELA cases. For instance, we won on behalf of our client a verdict of $1,219,000.00 in a maritime case in Long Beach Superior Court. A client from Arizona received a $435,000.00 verdict from a Phoenix jury for injuries sustained in a construction accident. A plaintiff received a verdict in Norwalk Superior Court in a medical malpractice case in the amount of $248,827.00 in the face of a zero offer. We obtained a trial verdict of $430,000.00 in a Jones Act case after declining an offer of $30,000.00.