SETTLEMENTS & VERDICTS

Baradat & Edwards has successfully handled thousands of cases over the last 18 years.  The following case profiles are some examples of the past cases handled by Baradat & Edwards.

A 30-year old hairdresser from Kingsburg, was six months pregnant when her vehicle collided with a truck on Golden State Boulevard.  The injury caused a premature abruption of the mother’s placenta and the baby was delivered by C-section two days later.  The baby suffered injuries related to her prematurity.

Result: $4,300.000.00 settlement

A 53-year old auto dealer from Fresno was injured when his foot was run over by a vehicle by defendant’s driver at an auto auction.  Plaintiff developed a severe injury to his leg, reflex sympathetic dystrophy.  Plaintiff’s wife made a loss of consortium claim.

Result: $3,200,000.00 verdict

A 43-year old concrete finisher from Fresno was injured when a chute from defendant’s cement truck struck his left leg after breaking off of the truck.  Plaintiff developed reflex sympathetic dystrophy in his left leg.

Result: $1,400,000.00 settlement

A 19-year old college student was undergoing a kidney transplant procedure at the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco, when a bladder wash solution was negligently administered through an I.V. line.  As a result plaintiff experienced a succession of seizures that were not properly treated.  Plaintiff suffered brain damage as a result.

Result: $1,600,000.00 present value verdict

A 43-year old mechanic from Fresno was injured in a motorcycle accident.  The defendant’s insurance company acted in a bad faith by not protecting its insured by paying plaintiff the $15,000.00 available in policy limits.  Plaintiff went to trial in the accident case and obtained a verdict of $368,000.00.  The defendant assigned his rights against his carrier to the plaintiff.  Plaintiff then sued the insurance company for bad faith.

Result: $1,111,500.00 verdict

A 41-year old mechanic from Fresno herniated a disc at L4-5 and underwent a Laminectomy, as a result of a trip and fall accident on a hotel stairwell.

Result: $973,000.00 verdict

A 19-year old student and a 16 year old student were passengers in a vehicle and were killed when the driver, an 18 year old friend, lost control of his vehicle and struck a tree.  All attended a local high school together.  All three had been served alcohol at a Fresno tavern and were legally intoxicated.  Baradat & Edwards represented the families of the decedents in an action against the tavern.

Result: $947,500.00 settlement

A 48-year old welder fell to his death through a hole in a roof of a building under construction in Fresno County.

Result: $1,305.020.00 verdict for his family

A fruit packing company in Sanger suffered a loss to their grapes held in storage and their business reputation due to the failure of a recently installed refrigeration system.

Result: $1,325,000.00 verdict

Plaintiff, a 48-year old fire suppression system installer, severely injured his left foot in a motor vehicle accident with an uninsured motorist.  Plaintiff made an uninsured motorist claim with his employer’s insurance company.

Result: $800,000.00 present value settlement.

A 42-year old housewife suffered brain damage as a result of medical negligence in the administration of anesthesia during a surgical procedure.

Result: $1,285,000.00 present value verdict

Plaintiff, a 28 year old artist, was illegally strip searched after being arrested for allegedly harboring a fugitive, after being booked into a local jail.  She made bail without being placed in the general population.

Result: $150,000.00 settlement along with an agreement by defendant to change its strip search policy

Plaintiff, a 40 year old housewife from Visalia, suffered soft tissue injuries as a result of a motor vehicle accident.  The defendants insurance company refused to offer more than $25,000.00.

Result: $81,000.00 verdict

A 45 year old businessman lost his left eye due to alleged lack of care provided by a Kaiser physician in Fresno.  Plaintiff suffered no income or economic loss.

Result: $250,000.00 arbitration award (The maximum allowed in California for non-economic damages in medical negligence cases)

Plaintiff, a 28 year old carpenter at Fresno, suffered the traumatic amputation of both legs below the knee, when he rear-ended defendant’s low-boy trailer, that was carrying a yellow bulldozer.  The accident occurred at noon on a clear day. The defendant had stopped to make a legal left turn from highway 99 but his trailer blocked the fast lane.

Result: $900,000.00 settlement.

A 35 year old landfill attendant was injured when the rear gate of defendant’s truck fell, striking her on the hip and back, causing her to develop bursitis in her hip.

Result: $190,000.00 settlement

Plaintiff, a 67 year old part time truck driver injured his wrist and shoulder as a result of a trip and fall in a hole located in defendant’s loading ramp.

Result: $187,500.00 settlement.

A 42 year old forklift repairman from Fresno sustained injuries to both feet when he was stuck by a forklift in defendant’s cold storage facility.

Result: $750,000.00 settlement.

A 40 year old farmer from Dos Palos suffered a $29,000.00 crop loss as a result of an over spray of herbicide.  The responsible insurance company offered to pay only $9,600.00.  Plaintiff sued contending the insurance company acted in bad faith.

Result: $1,043,200.00 verdict

A 40 year old truck driver and mechanic from Fresno was injured in a motor vehicle accident which required two low back surgeries. 

Result: $750,000.00 settlement.

Plaintiff, a 54 year old bank manager suffered a severe spinal cord injury as a result of medical negligence.

Result: $1,900,000.00 settlement.