On Wednesday, October 4, Governor Jerry Brown signed landmark legislation Senate Bill 33, introduced by Senator Bill Dodd (D-Napa) and co-sponsored by the Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC). The bill will go into effect Jan. 1, 2018 and will prevent another Wells Fargo-sized scandal by allowing consumers to fight financial institutions in court instead of through secretive arbitration in cases involving bank fraud.
We are pleased to announce that two of the firm’s cases were selected for inclusion on The Recorder’s California’s Top Verdicts and Settlements of 2016. Doe v. Mazda Motor of America, Inc. was named the 3rd highest product liability award at $14 million, and Raul Zuniga v. Zambini Brothers Scaffolding Company was named the 12th highest mediated settlement at $600,000.e
Under the California Labor Code, employers are required to carry workers’ compensation insurance, and companies that fail to adhere can be ordered to discontinue operations. Writing for Organized Labor’s Ask the Expert, Attorney David L. Winnett discusses what to do if you are injured on the job and your employer does not provide workers’ compensation coverage.
We are pleased to announce Trial Team Leader Craig M. Peters and Attorney David L. Winnett were selected as finalists for the Marin Trial Lawyers Association (MTLA) Trial Attorney of the Year Award for their work in obtaining a $14.9 million verdict in the Doe v. Mazda case.
Trial Team Leader Craig Peters and Attorney ’s case was featured in TopVerdict.com’s Top 50 Settlements in California in 2016 for their $12 million settlement on behalf of a lineman who fell sixty feet when his work positioning belt came over the top of the pole, causing him to fall.
The Veen Firm proudly sponsored the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association’s Women Referring Women networking event on September 14 th at the Sens Restaurant.
In his Plaintiff magazine article “What Not to Share,” Attorney David L. Winnett discusses the risks of providing confidential mediation briefs to experts and what to do when the other side crosses the line.
As reported by ABC10, Trial Team Leader Elinor Leary and Attorney Clifton Smoot filed a lawsuit on behalf of Alan Whitten and his wife, Nichole, against the Sacramento River Cats Baseball Club for negligence, premises liability and product liability. Whitten was attending a River Cats baseball game when he was struck on the neck by a metal sign used to keep track of strikeouts.
Anthony Label, Kevin Lancaster, Elinor Leary, Andje Medina, Craig Peters, William Veen and David L. Winnett were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2018 for their plaintiffs’ work in personal injury matters.
In her Plaintiff magazine article “Making the Case for Case Development Plans,” Attorney discusses the benefits of creating a case development plan as a valuable framework for litigation.
