Wrongful Death

Maritime Law. Five-year-old Yamaha Waverunner explodes from built-up gasoline vapors. Battle of experts ensues at trial. 

After-school playground supervisor solicits childcare work from school parents, is later convicted of murdering a child he was babysitting.

Plaintiffs claim exposure to asbestos from building products used in the original construction in the 1970s.

Plaintiff was exposed to asbestos while working for the City of Newport Beach, where he was in close proximity to workers cutting asbestos cement pipe in the 1980s.

Psych drug builds up in plaintiff's system, causing her death, allegedly after she demonstrated symptoms that were ignored by defendants.

Middle school student with known heart problem collapses; an AED available at the school is not used to resuscitate him.

Severe pressure sores are blamed on understaffing at nursing home owned/operated by corporate entities.

Man being searched for weapons on train platform is killed when he is struck by arriving train.

Auto salesman comes in to the dealership on his day off to take care of a customer.

Parent company is said to be responsible for death of worker at its subsidiary's facility.

Man hired by homeowners to trim olive trees is struck by car while working.

Driver had just started driving for Lyft when the accident occured. Plaintiff claimed that as a Lyft driver, defendant was a common carrier.

In single-vehicle accident on a wet road at 2 a.m., decedent's alcohol consumption is said to contribute to his death.

Liability is disputed in high-speed head-on crash on two-lane road.