$9.75 Million
Settlement · Premises Liability · 2024
Property owner ignored repeated warnings about a hazard
Orange County, CA
Case summary
A commercial landlord received multiple written complaints about a structural defect and took no action. Our client suffered a traumatic brain injury. Deposition testimony from property management produced admissions that drove a pre-trial resolution funding a lifetime care plan.
Case at a glance
Injuries: Traumatic brain injury with permanent cognitive deficits.
- Defendant
- Commercial landlord and property manager
- Key issue
- Actual notice of the structural defect
- Resolution
- Pre-trial settlement
- Time to resolution
- 19 months
The challenge
Both defendants pointed at each other, and the defense retained a neuropsychologist who disputed the severity of the brain injury.
How we built it
- Collected written complaints predating the incident by more than a year
- Deposed property management, producing admissions about ignored work orders
- Paired neuroimaging with day-in-the-life documentation of daily function
The outcome
Both defendants contributed to a settlement structured to fund a lifetime care and supervision plan.
How the case moved
Retained
Referred by treating hospital social worker
Discovery
Management depositions produced key admissions
Mediation
Resolved in a single session
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Every case is decided on its own facts, venue, and available insurance coverage.
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