Past Accident, Injury, & Employment Law Verdicts and Settlements
 

The Dolan Law Firm has recovered many hundreds of settlements and numerous verdicts, all of which are too numerous to list here. The following is a small sampling of The Dolan Law Firm’s settlements and verdicts and wherein damages have been recovered for our clients. These results demonstrate the excellent representation provided by the Dolan Law Firm lawyers in a variety of case types.

Many defendants demand that settlements be kept confidential as a condition of settlement. The following demonstrate that settlements and verdicts come in all sizes depending on the facts relating to liability as well as the nature and severity of the damages suffered.

Personal Injury

Motorcycle

• $2,494,000.00 VERDICT, jury trial, $100,000.00 SETTLEMENT, Martin V. Cal-Trans, Marin County Superior Court. Defendant: State of California, Department of Transportation. Plaintiff Martin, a 26 year old motorcyclist on a GSXR 750 motorcycle, suffered paralysis of right arm and facial injuries following auto vs. motorcycle collision in Marin County, near the town of Bolinas. The accident was due to dangerous condition of public property, namely vegetation that had grown so as to block view of the cross traffic. The pre-trial offer of $30,000.00 was rejected. The police report attributed 100% of fault to motorcyclist, but the jury found that motorcyclist was not liable for his injuries. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.
• $1,750,000.00 SETTLEMENT Motorcycle accident at 25th and Church when a San Francisco motorcyclist drove through stop sign that driver could not see because of overgrown vegetation. The motorist had his leg amputated below the knee. The negligent motorist paid $1,250,000.00 and the building owner paid $500,000.00 for failing to maintain his tree. The city put up new stop signs as a result of the accident. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.
• $1,650,000.00 SETTLEMENT, Goldthwaite v. County of Lake. A fifty four year old motorcyclist was injured in single motor vehicle accident in Lake County when his Ducatti 998 lost traction because of a dangerous condition of public property, a roadway defect of loose gravel. The motorcyclist hit a guardrail, causing crush fracture of the 11th thoracic vertebrae and nerve damage. The police report attributed 100% of the fault to the motorcyclist. The Dolan Law Firm, using expert accident reconstructionists, demonstrated that the motorcyclist was not at fault. Names confidential as condition of settlement. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.
• $500,000.00 SETTLEMENT, wrongful death of motorcyclist in Napa County as a result of a car pulling back onto roadway from the shoulder, causing another car to cross the center-line into the motorcyclist. Maximum available insurance recovered. Names confidential as condition of settlement. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.
• $320,000.00 SETTLEMENT, medical negligence, There was a failure to diagnose a hip fracture following a motorcycle accident, leading to a hip replacement in 32 year old man. Medical Malpractice damages are capped in California. Names confidential as condition of settlement. Trial Lawyers: Christopher B. Dolan and Gerry Dorfman.
• $160,000 SETTLEMENT - Stratton v. Buresh - Client was a motorcyclist who was involved in an automobile accident in Berkeley, CA. Client collided with automobile in intersection. Client suffered a fractured and dislocated elbow among other injuries in accident.
• $65,000.00 SETTLEMENT, Mink v. County of Sonoma. A motorcycle rider was injured when Chiante Road in Yountville came to an abrupt end around a corner without any warning. As a result of this roadway defect, the motorcyclist broke his collar bone when his VFR 750 could not stop on gravel and he low-sided under a guardrail.
• $55,000.00 VERDICT, jury trial, Kavanagh v. Chan, San Francisco Superior Court. In a low speed rear end car v. motorcycle case, the plaintiff stayed on the bike. The plaintiff had 7 acupuncture visits and chronic pain. Offer before trial: $5,000.00. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.

Car Accident

• $6,000,000.00 SETTLEMENT for the wrongful death of a 32 year-old wife and mother killed in a head-on collision in Humboldt County with a car driven by a sales representative that crossed center line. Names are confidential as a condition of the settlement. Trial lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.
• $1,500,000.00 SETTLEMENT for injuries to a minor child suffering head injury in a motor vehicle collision and the loss of her mother. Names confidential as condition of settlement. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.
• Clayton v. Jensen/Vince's Shellfish, $1.45 million - for auto v. auto mild TBI injury. Facts. Vince's Shellfish driver made an illegal left hand turn in front of Plaintiff, causing a head on collision. Plaintiff claimed to suffer a mild traumatic brain injury, PTSD and other injuries. The case settled on the first day of trial for $1.45 million.
• $900,000.00 SETTLEMENT in wrongful death of a 28 year old, a close friend of Christopher Dolan, when he was killed in a vehicle crossover collision in Arizona. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan. Names confidential as condition of settlement.
• $867,500.00 VERDICT, jury trial, Cesar v. Kumin, San Francisco Superior Court. The defendant ran a red light on 14th Street and Van Ness in San Francisco, injuring the Plaintiff, who had right of way. The plaintiff, a hair stylist, was limited in her ability to work at same level due to soft tissue injuries. The defendant’s offer was $13,000.00. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan. Read a NEWS ARTICLE on this case.
• $300,000.00 SETTLEMENT, Santa Clara motor vehicle collision. A motorist ran a stop sign, fracturing a 56 year old woman’s hip (non surgical) and causing back pain due to soft tissue injuries. Maximum insurance amounts were paid by the driver and plaintiff’s underinsured motorist coverage. Trial Lawyers: Christopher B. Dolan and Shaana Rhaman.
• $106,683.00 VERDICT, jury trial, Ladannay v. Self, Santa Clara County Superior Court. Soft tissue injuries were sustained in a low speed rear end collision of car and a pick up truck. The offer from defendants was $10,000.00. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.

• $45,864.65 VERDICT, jury trial, Runnells v. Alcala, Alameda County Superior Court, Judge Lawrence Appel. Hit and run motor vehicle collision in tunnel with disputed liability and damages. Plaintiff sustained a sprained thumb and cervical neck sprain/strain. Medical treatment included examinations, x-rays, and physical therapy. Defendant's last offer before trial $12,501.00. Trial Lawyer: Marjorie Heinrich. Second Chair: Erika Jacobsen White.

Truck Accident

• $976,141.00 VERDICT, jury trial. The Dolan law firm attorneys Christopher B. Dolan and Rachel Pusey obtained a verdict in the amount of $976,141.00 at trial for a husband and wife in San Francisco, California. The case involved a collision between an eighteen-wheel tractor trailer and a motorcycle operated by Plaintiff. SETTLEMENT in a medical negligence case of failure to diagnose a non-cancerous tumor growth in the middle ear, destroying hearing on one side of head. Names confidential as condition of settlement. Medical Malpractice damages are capped in California. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.
• $975,000.00 VERDICT, jury trial, Jagger v. Beatrez, San Francisco, Superior Court. A truck accident case in which an 18-wheel truck backed suddenly on Brannen Street, breaking motorcycle driver’s leg and resulting in several surgeries. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan and Rachel Pusey.
• $550,000.00 JUDGEMENT truck accident. The plaintiff, a truck driver, was injured when a car made a u-turn in front of the truck, leading to soft tissue injuries to the neck and back with attendant depression. The driver’s wife received $50,000.00 in loss of consortium. The prior offer before the statutory offer for judgment was $100,000.00. The final amount included $100,000.00 to pay workers' compensation lien. Trial Lawyers: Christopher B. Dolan and Shaana Rhaman.
• $77,500.00 SETTLEMENT, Personal Injury. A twenty-six year old motorist suffered a fractured nose after an eighteen-wheel commercial truck made an abrupt left-hand turn directly in front of her, causing a collision between the two vehicles.

Pedestrian Accident

• $4,265,000.00 SETTLEMENT Personal Injury - Lum v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. A thirteen-year-old boy suffered permanent brain damage after being struck by a vehicle at the intersection of San Jose Avenue and Niagara Street in San Francisco . The intersection at the time of the accident consisted of traffic lanes travelling in five different directions without any stop signs controlling northbound or southbound traffic. Although prior to the incident, community leaders advised City representatives that the intersection presented a danger to pedestrians, no action by the City was taken. After the incident, the Dolan Law Firm, on behalf of the boy, sued the City alleging that the accident was caused by a dangerous condition of public property. The driver who was operating the vehicle that struck the boy was also sued. The City agreed to pay $4,250.000.00 and placed an additional stop sign at the intersection. The driver agreed to pay her insurance policy limit of $15,000.00
• $2,008,000.00 VERDICT, jury trial, Ryan v. CCSF, San Francisco Superior Court. Defendant City and County of San Francisco, represented by the City Attorney’s Office. Plaintiff Ryan was a pedestrian crossing Market Street to MUNI Island, in front of the Flood Building in San Francisco. He twisted his ankle because of a dangerous condition of public property, an 11” diameter pothole that was approximately 1.5 inches deep, resulting in severe back injury and lower leg paralysis below the knee (drop foot). Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.
• $1.25 million Personal injury --Zhang v. CCSF. On July 14, 2006, Wan Yu Zhang was walking in Chinatown to do her regular weekly shopping. As she crossed Kearny Street, heading West on Jackson Street, in the crosswalk, she was struck and killed by a MUNI bus. The police report reflected that witness statements had the pedestrian crossing against a red light. The police reported faulted the pedestrian for the incident. The Dolan Law Firm accepted representation, conducted a full investigation, including depositions held in Virginia, and demonstrated that the light the witness had seen, which he claimed to be red, was a light that only faced the bus driver, and, therefore, proved the bus was running a red light. Extensive testimony was also obtained from other independent witnesses that showed that the bus was moving rapidly, and the bus driver was looking over his left shoulder as he merged into traffic and drove into the pedestrian. Deposition testimony of the bus driver himself indicated that the driver was inattentive to pedestrians ahead of him as he sought to quickly merge into traffic while changing multiple lanes, moving forward while looking backward in his mirrors and over his shoulder. The lawsuit was brought on behalf of the children and husband of Wan Yu Zhang.
• $750,000.00 SETTLEMENT, Personal Injury. An elderly man was killed on December 17, 2005, after being struck by a San Francisco MUNI bus at the intersection of Haight and Cole streets in San Francisco. The plaintiff was crossing (in a clearly marked crosswalk) on Haight Street, when a MUNI bus, coming from behind him on Cole Street, turned right, struck him, and threw him to the ground, resulting in a fractured spine and severely injured skull causing his death from multiple blunt force trauma and severe cerebral damage. The City contested fault claiming the pedestrian "darted out" in front of the bus thereby claiming the pedestrian was 100% at fault. The Dolan Law Firm, on behalf of the plaintiff's children, sued the City and the driver of the bus for negligence. The decedent, a retired elderly man, had been estranged from his children for many years but was on the verge of reconciliation when killed. After two years of litigation, The City agreed to pay $750,000.00.

Slip and Fall

• $2.38 million SETTLEMENT, Personal Injury. A 72 year old woman suffered a severe spinal injury occasioned by a trip and fall on an uneven public sidewalk. Liability was highly contested in that the injured party had walked on this sidewalk almost daily for more than 25 years and there were few prior injuries at the location. The uneven sidewalk, ranging up to 1 inche off of level, was located in the sidewalk, at a driveway area, on Otis Street in front of a storage facility. The defendants alleged that the sidewalk defect was trivial and challenged whether it, versus a sudden fainting spell, was the cause of the fall. The owner of the business and building adjacent to the uneven surface paid the bulk of the settlement funds. As a result of the action brought by The Dolan Law Firm the sidewalk along Otis Street, at Duboce, was also repaired and replaced to prevent further injury to pedestrians.
• $1.5 million SETTLEMENT, premises liability -- Plaintiff, while working as a computer field technician, was called to The Buckhorn Bar & Grill Restaurant in Walnut Creek to repair a computer. While walking through the kitchen toward the computer, Mr. Falcon slipped on the tile floor that was covered in an inconspicuous puddle of grease, water, and dishwashing liquid which had come from the Buckhorn's large dishwashing sinks. Mr. Falcon slipped backward and fell hard on the ground landing on his head and upper back. Mr. Falcon suffered a severe posttraumatic concussion, severe debilitating traumatic migraine headaches, and a cervical spine injury caused by slamming his head onto Buckhorn's kitchen floor. Trial Attorney: Marjorie Heinrich and Christopher B. Dolan.
• $265,000.00 SETTLEMENT. Slip and fall in an Antioch supermarket due to dirty aisles, resulting in knee surgery. Names confidential as condition of settlement. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.
• $165,000.00 SETTLEMENT. A San Francisco hotel patron suffered an ankle fracture with plate fixation after being injured in a slip and fall in a parking garage due to greasy floors. Names confidential as condition of settlement. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.

Med Mal

• $686,000.00 VERDICT, jury trial, J.B. v. Planned Parenthood, San Francisco Superior Court. A medical malpractice case in which Planned Parenthood Golden Gate (“PPGG”) preformed an early first trimester abortion, failing to diagnose a twin pregnancy and aborting only one fetus and part of another. PPGG continued to see the patient and failed to perform pregnancy tests to diagnose her as still pregnant despite the fact that she had symptoms. A late second trimester abortion required the termination of her pregnancy in the fifth month. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan. Medical Malpractice damages are capped in California.
• $586,500.00 ARBITRATION award, Fonseca v. Kaiser Permanente. A pregnant woman died in childbirth following the misdiagnosis of pregnancy-related complications and the administration of the wrong therapy. Her husband and four children were left behind. The wife was not eligible to work in United States so there was no wage loss. The husband was compensated for loss of household services and economic damages. Medical Malpractice damages are capped in California. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.
• $500,000.00 SETTLEMENT, medical negligence case / fraud case. Physician promised to perform minor surgical repair of patient. Surgeon did not perform surgery and, without consent of patient, substituted a different surgeon. Physician lied about the surgery. Patient required second surgery to correct defect. Names confidential as condition of settlement. Medical Malpractice damages are capped in California. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.
• $250,000.00 SETTLEMENT, medical negligence case. A doctor left a sponge in his patient during breast implant surgery, leading to multiple operations. Names confidential as condition of settlement. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.
• $158,200.00 VERDICT, jury trial, Brown v. Fraizer, Alameda County Superior Court. Doctor Fraizer placed a cast too tight on the patient’s arm, leading to a crush injury as the arm swelled in the cast. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan. Amount reduced to reflect 30% comparative fault of Plaintiff.

Vehicle Roll Over

• $650,000.00 SETTLEMENT, tire failure case, Highway 101, San Mateo County. The plaintiff’s car rolled over causing head injuries after the defendant’s vehicle had a blow out, causing loss of control and contact with plaintiff’s vehicle. The defendant paid $100,000.00 according to insurance limits, and the tire manufacturer paid $550,000.00. Names confidential as condition of settlement. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.

Bicycle Accidents

• $365,000.00 VERDICT, judge trial Baecht v. Elwir, San Francisco Superior Court. A bicyclist was injured when a passenger opened a car door directly into his path, causing spleen removal. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.
• $238,000.00 VERDICT, jury trial, bike accident case, Chambers v. Gorden, San Francisco Superior Court. A bicyclist was traveling on Lincoln Blvd. in the Presidio when a pedestrian stepped out in front of a parked car, causing a fractured jaw and cheek for the bicyclist and fractured cheek of the pedestrian. The pedestrian countersued the bicyclist as being at fault. An offer of $175,000.00 came from the pedestrian, with a demand of $15,000.00 for his own injuries. The jury found the pedestrian to be 100% at fault. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.
• $103,900.00 VERDICT, jury trial, Cho v. U.C. Berkley, Alameda County Superior Court. Bicycle Accident. A bicycle rider was hit on UC Berkeley Campus by an electric maintenance cart, causing laceration to the lower leg, scarring, and loss of sensation to the small toe. Offer: $10,000.00. Amount reduced by 8% for comparative fault. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.

Other Accidents

• Nishihama v. Raley's - $650,000 for a "stick and fall" at a Raley's store in Modesto. While Raley's was undergoing renovations, it held an employee awards ceremony in a recently demolished area of the store. Plaintiff became glued to the floor during the ceremony by residual glue left on the floor by Raley's subcontractors. When Plaintiff attempted to walk forward, she fell on forward injuring her knee, shoulder and neck.
• $1.25 million SETTLEMENT. Plaintiff suffered potentially career-ending injuries when an uninsured contractor dropped a 30-50 pound bag of roofing materials onto her head from the third-story roof of a large apartment complex. The Dolan Law Firm brought claims of premises liability, negligence, and negligence per se against the contractor, and the apartment complex. Trial attorneys: Christopher B. Dolan, Bryan Lamb, and Vanessa Wills.
• $175,000.00 SETTLEMENT. A San Francisco renter was injured when a stair gave way as she descended an old staircase, causing ankle fracture with surgical plate fixation.
• $149,000.00 SETTLEMENT. A San Francisco nightclub patron was injured when struck by security guard, suffering a fractured nose and a decrease in the sense of smell. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.
• $300,000.00 SETTLEMENT -- Plaintiff suffered serious personal injuries when a large plate glass window shattered on him while Mr. Ballard was working out at a 24 Hour Fitness club in Oakland. The Dolan Law Firm brought claims of Premises Liability, Negligence and Negligence Per Se against 24 Hour Fitness and Swig, arguing the plate glass window should have been safety tempered glass rather than plate untempered glass. Trial Attorney: Marjorie Heinrich and Christopher B. Dolan

Motorcycle & Bicycle Law/Transportation Law

Muni Accident

• $113,000.00 VERDICT, jury trial, Wanvig v. CCSF MUNI, San Francisco Superior Court. MUNI bus passenger injured falling on plastic bag on steps of buss that had not been cleaned. Zero offer from defendants. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.
• $100,000.00 SETTLEMENT, Personal Injury. An elderly woman was injured while riding a San Francisco Muni bus. To avoid a collision with a Honda making a right turn as the bus was leaving a scheduled stop, the bus driver slammed his brakes suddenly. This caused the plaintiff to be thrown off her seat, hitting the seat in front of her, and landing on the bus floor. The plaintiff was taken to the hospital by emergency personnel. As a result of this accident, the plaintiff, once a fairly healthy 70-year old woman, developed knee, shoulder, and back problems and also headaches. According to investigation, the bus driver acted in a careless manner for a public transportation driver who is responsible for the safety of passengers. The Honda driver did not expect bus driver to move forward, blocking his turn, since the bus was stopped at a bus stop. Case was settled for $100,000.00 in favor of Plaintiff, including attorneys' fees.

Employment Law

Harassment Cases

• $60,000,000.00 VERDICT, California Jury Awards $50 Million In Punitive Damages, Above $11 Million In Compensatory Damages, to Arab-American FedEx Drivers. Click here for more information. Trial lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.
• $750,000.00 SETTLEMENT, racial employment harassment of an African American female by the manager of major transportation company, resulting in wrongful discharge. Names confidential as condition of settlement. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.
• $375,000.00 SETTLEMENT, DOE v. CCSF, sex harassment. A female employee of a public works department was sexually harassed by her co-worker. She reported it to management and management began retaliating and harassing her. In addition to financial compensation, the client was transferred to a different department, free from harassment. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.
• $320,000.00 SETTLEMENT, San Francisco. A hotel worker was harassed on basis of race, retaliated against for taking medical leave, denied accommodation and wrongfully terminated. Names confidential as condition of settlement. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.
• $275,000.00 SETTLEMENT, Employment retaliation case versus City and County of San Francisco Department of Public Works. A male employee stood up for female employee, protesting sexual harassment by shop workers, and suffered retaliation in the form of discipline. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.
• $230,000.00 SETTLEMENT, Sexual Harassment. Mr. Dolan and Ms. Pusey recently achieved resolution in a sexual harassment case involving a prestigious car dealership in Southern California. The plaintiff, a manager, was sexually harassed by her supervisor who made a series of sexually suggestive comments to the plaintiff. When one of the plaintiff's employees came to her and complained of also being subjected to unwanted conduct, the plaintiff came forward and complained to Human Resources. The plaintiff was never informed as to the status of an investigation or whether or not the supervisor had been reprimanded. Within one week of having made her complaint, the supervisor engaged in actions which were perceived to indicate a physical threat. The plaintiff complained that she was fearful for her safety. The employer took no steps to assure the plaintiff that she would be safe, leaving her with no choice but to resign from employment.

Discrimination

• $2.5 million +- Gender Orientation Discrimination and Retaliation
  Female employee of Fortune 500 company brought a claim against her employer that she was terminated for having protested the use of homophobic slurs and statements in the workplace which were made by senior company executives. Employee was stripped of all responsibilities and slated for termination when she retained the Dolan Law Firm to file a complaint on her behalf. The matter was resolved without the need for a trial. The names and identities of the parties are withheld due to confidentiality agreements.
• $750,000.00 SETTLEMENT, disability discrimination of a disfigured amputee by a large corporation. An employee who had suffered burns, losing his hands and disfiguring his face, was denied employment because of his burns. Names confidential as condition of settlement. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.
• $650,000.00 SETTLEMENT, Pregnancy discrimination, San Francisco, California. A pregnant woman was harassed, called a “fat cow,” asked to provide breast milk to her supervisor, denied full pregnancy disability leave, and demoted based on the perception that she would not be able to do her job while raising a family. Names confidential as condition of settlement. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.
• $545,000.00 SETTLEMENT, disability discrimination (mental depression), failure to provide medical leave, failure to accommodate (provide time off work for hospitalization), and wrongful discharge. A sixty year-old employee of a major financial institution was denied the right to take time off to seek psychiatric care for depression. Disciplinary action started after requested time off, leading to termination the day before medical leave was to be taken. Names confidential as condition of settlement. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.
• $435,000.00 SETTLEMENT, housing discrimination case in which a San Francisco man with AIDS was denied an apartment because of his disease. Names confidential as condition of settlement. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.
• $345,000.00 VERDICT, jury trial, Justet v. United Airlines, San Francisco Superior Court. Disability discrimination / failure to accommodate. Case brought by a diabetic who required sick time because of distal neuropathy. United stopped providing the accommodation that it had offered for eight years and began giving discipline. The defendants made a $200,000.00 offer before the trial. Attorney’s fees pending because United filed bankruptcy. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.
• $200,000.00 Gender Discrimination, Hastings v. Seton Medical Center, Daughters of Charity. Charlene Hastings, a transgender woman, sought to have breast augmentation surgery done at Seton Hospital, a hospital run by the Daughters of Charity, a Catholic affiliated facility. The hospital provided breast augmentation services for other women but, as Ms. Hastings alleged, the hospital refused to provide her with breast augmentation surgery. Ms. Hastings claimed that hospital administrators indicated they would not provide sex surgery for her, a transgender, because "God made her a man." Ms. Hastings brought suit pursuant to the UNRUH Act, California Civil Code, Section 51.7, et seq. which prohibits discrimination in the provision of goods, services, and contracting. This law requires that businesses treat all people equally regardless of their race, sex, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, disability, age, and transgender status. Following the filing of the lawsuit, Seton Hospital agreed to change its policy so as to provide for plastic surgeries on transgender women to the same extent that they would provide them on other women. The hospital also agreed to pay Ms. Hastings $200,000.00.
• Six figures SETTLEMENT, Failure to Accommodate Disability. Mr. Dolan and Ms. Pusey recently assisted a man who suffered life-threatening, disabling injuries while riding his motorcycle to work in San Francisco. The plaintiff remained in a coma for four days after he was run off the freeway by an unidentified driver who failed to stop. The plaintiff's roommate called the plaintiff's employer and notified them that the plaintiff was severely injured and was in the hospital. As soon as the plaintiff was released from the hospital, he visited his place of employment to provide them with information about his disabling condition. The plaintiff was promised job security and told to focus on "getting better." The plaintiff returned to the workplace several times throughout his recovery to provide his employer with medical documentation. On the last visit, only weeks before the plaintiff was to be released to work, he was told that his employment was terminated. The plaintiff submitted a demand letter and the parties participated in a pre-litigation mediation. The opening offer of settlement was $7,500. The plaintiff was able to contact another manager from the employer during the mediation who confirmed that management knew of the plaintiff's condition prior to submitting termination paperwork. The case ultimately settled in the six figures.

Wrongful Termination

• $587,500.00 SETTLEMENT, medical leave, disability and retaliation claims. Employee who was injured at work required a medical leave and temporary light duty reassignment during recovery. Employer failed to provide light duty, refused to permit employee to take medical leave, and retaliated against employee for filing a workers compensation claim by terminating employment. Names confidential as condition of settlement.
• $500,000.00 SETTLEMENT wrongful discharge and retaliation of male field worker for a major energy company who protested the sexual harassment of his female co-workers by his supervisors. The employee was reinstated in addition to the financial award. Names confidential as condition of settlement. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.

LGBT Rights

• $300,000.00 SETTLEMENT, gender orientation discrimination / retaliation. Lesbian employee of a high-tech company was not given equal promotional opportunities and was terminated on trumped-up charges by a homophobic supervisor. Names confidential as condition of settlement. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.
• $220,000.00 SETTLEMENT, sexual orientation harassment. A San Francisco nurse was harassed on the basis of his being gay. The supervisor trumped up false charges to cause wrongful termination. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.

Employment Wage Claims

• $140,000.00 SETTLEMENT, Employment/Wage Claim. Five employees sued their employer for failure to pay minimum wage, overtime, and meal and rest breaks. The group of employees received compensation for all their wages, plus interest, penalties and attorneys fees.

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