Tosdal, Smith, Steiner and Wax: Your Injury and Employment Law Specialists

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--Don N.

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--Keith G.

Actual Case Results
Injury Law
$2 million dollar settlement for a pipe-fitter who suffered severe injuries when a defective coupling caused an explosion and $430,000 settlement for a construction superintendent who suffered a worksite leg injury by a back hoe.

• $2.4 mllion doillar settlement for a man who suffered a crushing injury to his foot from a pavement grinder blade shaft

• $1 million dollar settlement for an animal trainer whose lower leg was injured by a forklift

• $1 million dollar settlement for a refrigeration technician who suffered a soft tissue back injury in a vehicle collision

• $430,000 settlement for a construction superintendent who suffered a nerve injury in his leg in a backhoe accident

• $1.4 million dollar jury verdict for golfer who suffered spinal fracture when the brakes on his golf cart failed

• $1.1 million dollar jury verdict for two construction workers injured when defective scaffold collapsed

• $1 million dollar jury verdict for woman injured in car crash who was denied insurance coverage

• $900,000 jury verdict for woman whose fiancee was killed in car crash

• $765,000 jury verdict for adult children of 68-year-old father who died in water ski accident

• $4.95 million settlement for 60 year old man seriously injured while in the custody of Border Patrol (Civil Rights Case)

• $600,000 settlement for television cable worker injured in bus crash

• $280,000 settlement for electrician who suffered 2nd/3rd degree burns because of owner's faulty wiring

• $1.5 million settlement for child whose head injury was not timely diagnosed by hospital emergency room resulting in permanent disability

• $1.3 million verdict for man injured in fall during demolition of golf course clubhouse

• $700,000 settlement for family of 39-year-old man whose life threatening heart condition was not timely diagnosed by hospital emergency room resulting in his death

• Substantial confidential settlements for persons injured by defective tires and car seats and by toxic poisoning

• Established favorable case precedent assuring the rights of California’s waterfront workers to sue their employers for civil damages when injured by punch presses and press brakes

Employment Law
• $7.96 million dollar verdict for the sexual harassment and retaliatory firing of a biotech scientist

• $700,000 dollar jury verdict for a delivery driver who was fired because a grocery chain banned him from delivering to its stores

• $1.9 million dollar jury verdict for truck driver blackballed by former employer

• $1 million verdict for woman wrongfully terminated by her employer – including $500,000 in punitive damages

• $500,000 settlement for victim of employment discrimination due to his HIV-AIDS condition

• $380,000 settlement for grocery product company district sales manager who was victim of his employer’s age discrimination.

• $350,000 settlement for pharmaceutical company district sales manager who was victim of his employer’s retaliation after protesting his company's discrimination against female sales representatives with young children

• $325,000 settlement for woman whose employer breached promise of full-time employment with health insurance coverage after she was diagnosed with cancer

• $275,000 judgment against employer for cancer discrimination resulting in employee’s unfavorable reassignment but no loss of pay

• $105,000 verdict for bank employer’s negligent misrepresentations inducing employee to relocate

• $129,000 judgment for hotel banquet waitress sexually harassed by lead waiter

• $100,000 settlement for elementary school teacher wrongfully forced to resign

• Successful representation of employees in all walks of life in defending themselves against unfair discipline and discharge actions.

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