Results and Verdicts

Magic Flying Mattress Case and a Defense Verdict

April 2017, Scott Macdonald with the assistance of Laura Reichenbach received a defense verdict in Long Beach after a jury found that defendants were not negligent. Defendants were the owner and operator of a hauling business.  Defendant was on his way to pick up some plants from a nursery on the 101 freeway in the Woodland Hills area when plaintiff alleged that a mattress flew out of the back...Read More

Tragic Accident but Defense Verdict

March 2017, Scott Macdonald obtained a defense verdict for our client in San Bernardino after a hotly contested two-month trial. Defendant was driving home from a church retreat with three passengers.  She was in a rural desert area with a two-lane road.  Defendant encountered a vehicle which had come across the center line and into her lane.  Defendant took evasive action which forced her...Read More

Defense Verdict in Automobile Versus Pedestrian Accident

December 2016, Scott Macdonald and Laura Reichenbach obtained a defense verdict in Orange County in a truck versus pedestrian collision. Defendants were a mechanic and his employer.  Defendant driver was on his way to a designated job location in the early morning hours in his company vehicle.  He was on Beach Boulevard in Anaheim which has four lanes in each direction separated by a median....Read More

One Million Dollar Award and Substantial Contributory Negligence For Case Involving Deceased 16-Year-Old in Long Beach

August 2016, When Macdonald & Cody, LLP was opening its doors, Scott Macdonald and Laura Reichenbach were in trial in Long Beach in a wrongful death case involving a 16-year-old who was crushed to death by a speed boat that hit a jet ski upon which the 16 year old was a passenger.  The driver of the jet ski sustained serious injuries.  The driver of the jet ski and parents of the deceased...Read More

Reasonable Award For Pedestrian Hit On Crosswalk

April 2016, in his second of back-to-back alleged traumatic brain injury cases in Orange County, Scott Macdonald was successful in securing a reasonable demand of $34,000 in the face of a multi-million-dollar demand. Plaintiff, a young man, was walking in a crosswalk with his brother when our client collided with him. He had a very large contusion to the side of his head. Plaintiff claimed...Read More