Results and Verdicts

Downtown Jury Finds 50/50 Liability in Rear-end Accident Involving Truck

On May 30, 2025, Scott Macdonald and Michael Moon secured a favorable verdict in Downtown Los Angeles.  Our client was an appliance delivery company.  Plaintiff claimed that they were rear-ended on the freeway without warning.  Defendant driver claimed that plaintiffs swerved into his lane and stopped rapidly, thereby cutting off our client’s stopping distance.  The plaintiffs had a...Read More

Appellate Court Affirms Trial Court’s Order Granting Defendant’s Anti-SLAPP Motion in Defamation Case

Amy Akiyama and Megan K. Hawkins secured an appellate victory in a defamation case. On January 30, 2025, the California Appellate Court affirmed the Trial Court’s Order granting Defendant’s anti-SLAPP Motion pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16 and striking the Plaintiff’s operative complaint without leave to amend. In the operative complaint, Plaintiff alleged: (1) Plaintiff was...Read More

Christmas Defense Verdict

On December 24, 2024, Scott Macdonald and Jorge Lopez Herrera secured a defense verdict in Van Nuys, California.  Plaintiff was a tenant of our client.  She claimed that a shower door failed and came off of its tracks.  The door hit plaintiff in the head and caused her head to be pushed back into a wall.  She fell to the floor and lost consciousness.  She was found by a family member that had...Read More

California Supreme Court Denies Plaintiff’s Petition to Reverse Order Sustaining Demurer in Defendant Homeowner’s Favor in Criminal Home-Invader Case

Scott L. Macdonald and Edye A. Hill secured an appellate victory in a homeowner personal injury case. On November 13, 2024, the California Supreme Court denied Plaintiff’s petition to review the Appellate Court’s order affirming the Trial Court’s Order that sustained a demurrer without leave to amend. Both higher courts approved and affirmed the ruling in Defendant’s favor. Plaintiff was a...Read More

LA Jury Returns a Unanimous Defense Verdict Within 18 Minutes on a Disputed Liability Case Involving Surgery

On February 21, 2024, Marvin Velastegui obtained a defense verdict where an LA jury found no negligence on the part of the defendant. This case involved disputed liability as it was two vehicles approaching one another in a narrow residential neighborhood.  The plaintiff and defendant had two different versions of how the incident occurred and the photographs depicted a minor impact.  The...Read More