| VERDICT/SETTLEMENT | | CASE DESCRIPTION |
| | | |
| $9,000,000 | |
Gambrell v. Chevron Oil: Young boy at gas station burned head-to-toe by attendant. Case settles before trial. |
| $6,442,570 | |
Action for wrongful death/survivor due to drug overdose on residential premises. Judgment obtained. |
$5,000,000 | |
Bicyclist run over by truck and sustains crushed hip. |
| $3,500,000 | |
Baby boy severely injured when riding in front seat on mother’s lap after Madera Tribune delivery driver turns left in front of vehicle. California Statute excludes newspaper publisher from liability for agency relationship with delivery persons; Gillen proves Tribune knew deliveryman was dangerous driver and danger to public safety. |
| $3,052,640 plus
Confidential Settlement against Mandalay Bay/MGM | |
Six family members sustain lower extremity injuries in bus vs. bus collision returning from gambling trip to Vegas. Casinos Gold Strike Hotel & Gambling Hall (Mandalay Bay/MGM/Jean Development) and Four Queens Hotel & Casino sued on an agency theory. Case involves over 100 plaintiffs, 33 plaintiffs’ counsel and seven defense counsel, but only Gillen’s clients obtain settlement proceeds from Mandalay Bay/MGM/Jean. Gillen clients receive four times the settlement monies than other plaintiffs in case. More... |
| $1,200,000 | |
Shirley LeBlanc v. Bill Graham Productions (Woodstock Concert Promoter): Young girl drinks a pint of rum then goes to rock concert and falls from window sustaining brain injury. Two month jury trial results in deliberations for one week before finding for intoxicated teenage girl. |
$900,000 | | Debris falls off truck and victim loses vision in eye. |
| $750,348 | |
Teenage girl seen by physician at Kaiser Hospital for physical exam to play high school softball then faints in hospital lobby after being administered vaccination without parental consent. Student suffers brain injury. Defense never made any offer. Judge awards after five day arbitration. |
| $750,000 | |
Woman trips on conduit pipe at USA Gas Station sustains brain injury. Ex-husband claims no brain injury; Gillen impeaches ex with prior correspondence stating he “will do anything to hurt her” and impeaches Defense neuropsychologist who misrepresents extent of plaintiff’s injuries. Plaintiff awarded after one week bench trial. |
| $700,000 | |
Woman falls through loft space at work and impaled on chair. Defense claims comparative negligence of employer for sending plaintiff up on false ceiling. |
| $650,000 | |
Spanish-speaking mother of six walks into Santa Monica Emergency Room with foot fracture. Physician and nurse cause fatal coma. Maximum settlement available under Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act of 1975 (MICRA) is obtained. |
| $600,000 | |
Worker wearing defective safety glasses losses vision in one eye. |
| $540,000 | |
Elderly pedestrian hit by pizza delivery car sustains soft tissue injuries. Case settles before trial. |
| $500,000 | |
Army recruiter Sergeant is rear-ended and suffers whiplash/back injury. Jury awards Plaintiff. |
$375,000 plus
$250,000 | |
Young actor attending USC on scholarship struck while riding bicycle and suffers leg injury with resulting scars. Defense makes no offer, but after two week jury trial, verdict for Plaintiff obtained. Thereafter, Plaintiff sues insurance company for Bad Faith and obtains additional settlement. |
| $375,000 | |
60-year old bicyclist hit in crosswalk and suffers shoulder separation. One week jury trial tried to verdict. |
| $375,000 | |
62-year old bicyclist pulls out in front of plastic surgeon-driver. Plaintiff previously disabled with pre-existing frontal lobe Dementia. Gillen argues Dementia exacerbated by inattentive physician-driver. Binding Arbitration before retired Appellate Judge with verdict for Plaintiff. |
| $359,000 | |
Four year old child runs out in front of truck going 5 miles per hour sustains minor concussion. Case settles before trial. |
| $325,000 | |
Bicyclist changes lanes in traffic then rear-ended by vehicle and suffers concussion. |
| $300,000 | |
Dr. Richard Guttler v. USAA Insurance: World authority on thyroid disease sideswiped and suffers whiplash. Case settles during trial for policy limits. |
| $300,000 | |
Man slips on wet apartment steps and hits head sustaining brain injury with loss of sense of taste/smell; no eye witness to fall. Defense disputes brain injury; Gillen proves at Mediation by blindfolding plaintiff and presenting ammonia without effect. Plaintiff also drinks mouthwash like soda, without effect. Defense becomes very concerned with plaintiff’s well-being. Case settles prior to trial. |
$300,000 | |
Ranch worker thrown from horse. Case settles before trial. |
| $175,000 | |
84 year old woman falls visiting ex-husband on Christmas when greeted by ex’s newly-adopted 90 lbs Siberian Husky, fracturing hip, but fails to treat for one month. Insurance company denies claim alleging fraud. Case settles prior to trial. |
| $129,400 | |
33-year old Australian national slips on wet lobby flooring of L.A. apartment building and sustains wrist fracture. Defense claims comparative negligence due to open/obvious condition. Case tried to verdict. |
| $120,000 | |
Shopping cart loaded with cement sacks falls on young woman’s shin at home improvement store. Case settles before trial. |
| $118,000 | |
Young man suffers soft tissue injury in three-car freeway accident. Client represents self for two years wanting to settle for $25,000.00 but no offers. Gillen settles in six months with divide and conquer strategy: $25,000.00 from defendant #1; $93,000.00 from defendant #2. |
| $80,000 | |
Indiana woman rear-ended while stopped in traffic on freeway. Case settles prior to trial. |
| $77,500 | |
Woman driving on freeway hit by beer keg falling from truck and suffers whiplash. Case settles before trial. |
