March 1, 2019
Fresno Victory for Scott Macdonald
Fresno Victory for MacDonald Cody: Jury Awards Plaintiff Just 15% Over Defendant Pre-Trial Offer, More than 75% Below Plaintiff’s Sought Damages On February 28, 2019 a Fresno jury awarded plaintiff roughly $1,495,000, just slightly over the pre-trial offer of $1,300,000. Plaintiff had refused to negotiate below their multi-million dollar demands and asked the jury to award between $6,800,000...Read More
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September 16, 2018
Defense Verdict in Serious Injury, Rear-End Accident
September 2018, Scott Macdonald and Bryan Thomas secured a defense verdict in Norwalk. The plaintiff was a passenger in a vehicle driven by her mother. The accident occurred on Interstate 5 in Norwalk in an area that has been under construction for years. Defendants were the driver and company operating a dump truck that was hauling debris from the job site. Defendant’s vehicle was...Read More
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July 7, 2018
Net Verdict Substantially Lower Than The Pre-Trial CCP § 998
July 2018, Scott Macdonald and Debra Braasch successfully defended at trial a prominent Southern California auto dealership that was sued when one of its drivers was involved in an automobile collision. Plaintiff, a sixty-eight year old man, broadsided our client’s vehicle that was attempting to exit the dealership into traffic. Our client’s driver had his view obstructed by a car carrier...Read More
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May 10, 2018
Jury Refuses to Award Costs for Unnecessary Surgery and Alleged Brain Damage
May 2018, Plaintiff sought $6,500,000 at trial for a knee surgery, lumbar fusion and alleged traumatic brain injury. The jury awarded just over $41,000, substantially less that our pre-trial offer of $300,000. We were entitled Section 998 costs. The net result achieved by Scott Macdonald with trial support from Laura Reichenbach was a “walk-away”. Our client was a trucking company. The...Read More
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March 14, 2018
Unreasonable Leap of Faith – What are friends for?
March 2018, Scott Macdonald with trial support from Laura Reichenbach obtained a defense verdict in Orange County for an incident where an independent contractor fell from a scaffold at our client’s place of business. We represented a small business owner. He hired a friend to assist with repairing the box on a bob tail truck. Our client’s friend utilized a mobile scaffold to work on the...Read More
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