Outstanding Results

At Blackman Legal Group, we have a remarkable record of successful results in California Wrongful Death Lawsuits. The following examples are just a few of the notable verdicts and settlements of our team, including our of counsel trial lawyers. (Please remember that each case is unique, and no specific outcome is guaranteed for your case.)

Child Molestation
$10,800,000 jury award for a minor child sexually molested by a school teacher.*

Personal Injury
$10,040,000 Severely broken leg that required multiple surgeries and causing permanent disability*
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Tenants against Slumlord
$8,000,000 settlement by a group of 27 tenants against a landlord that was in violation of a large number of statutes and running a dangerous building.*

Wrongful Death
$6,000,000 settlement for the family of an MTA tunnel worker who died in a tunnel accident.*

Racial Discrimination
$5,430,000 jury verdict for a former LAPD employee for racial discrimination.*

Employee Harassment
$5,340,000 verdict for an employee of the LAPD, in compensation for racial harassment and discrimination.*

Discrimination
$3,591,000 Nagatoshi v. City of Los Angeles, Japanese-American officer recovered against the LAPD K9 Unit for harassment, discrimination, and retaliation.

Seaman Injuries
$3,450,000 settlement for a seaman who tripped and fell in a boatyard, later developing Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (Complex Nerve Disorder) as a result of his injuries.*

Automobile Accident
$3,100,000 recovery from a defendant’s doctor for a passenger in a head-on collision who was rendered quadriplegic.

Elevator Accident
$1,750,000 jury award for injuries to the victims of an elevator crash.*

Wrongful Death
$1,250,000 Abesamis v. State of California, 88-year-old woman killed while crossing street by California Department of Corrections bus.

Birth Injury
$1,250,000 confidential settlement for the child-victim of medical malpractice during birth.*

Premises Liability
$1,000,000 settlement for a tenant burned by overheated water in an apartment shower.*

Trip and Fall
$1,000,000 verdict for an 87 year old woman who suffered a badly fractured hip after being knocked down at a Safeway by a worker pushing a cart of product.

Aviation Accident
$1,000,000 recovery for a young couple who were severely burned when their charter plane crashed in Yosemite National Park.

Wrongful Retaliation Settlement
$1,000,000 settlement for wrongful retaliation in violation of public policy for refusing to participate in illegal industrial practices.

Motorcycle Accident
$842,000 verdict for a motorcyclist who was seriously injured when a passenger van made a u-turn in front of him causing a collision.*

Automobile Accident
$645,000 verdict for a motorist who spent one month in the hospital after being broadsided on the driver’s side door by a drunk driver.

Automobile Accident
$550,000 settlement for delayed-onset Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, which caused job loss.

Slip and Fall
$550,000 settlement for a slip and fall case in the bathroom of a Marriott hotel. The plaintiff suffered a fractured hip and had surgical repair.

Wrongful Death
$500,000 settlement for the wrongful death of a 29-year-old man who died in an apartment fire in San Francisco.*

Sexual Harassment
$400,000 settlement for the employee-victim of sexual harassment whose supervisor retaliated against her when she reported the harassment.*

Fungal Blindness
$350,000 result from mold from a rental unit.

Train Accident
$350,000 result for a train passenger’s career-changing wrist injury as the result of a collision with a truck at a railroad crossing.

Single-Vehicle Accident
$350,000 settlement for an SUV driver whose vehicle rolled over during a lane change, breaking the driver’s leg.

Construction Accident
$350,000 settlement for a man injured when a temporary wooden wall designed to keep people out of a construction site at a theme park blew over onto him.*

Wrongful Death
$235,000 payment for the death of a woman’s adult son, who collapsed unexpected while waiting for a bus, and was run over.

Sexual Harrassment
$225,000 settlement against a medical clinic. A doctor there put his hand on a female patient in a very inappropriate manner.

Trip and Fall
$200,000 recovery against an event sponsor for an elderly man who tripped on a defective pavement at a street fair, fracturing his neck.

Trip and Fall
$125,000 settlement for a typing student who tripped and fell on a computer cable, resulting in a fractured ankle.

These results in other cases do not constitute a guarantee, warranty, or prediction regarding the outcome of your legal matter.

*These results were achieved by McNicholas & McNicholas. Patrick McNicholas and Matthew McNicholas are of counsel to Blackman Legal Group.