CLIENT VICTORIES

Rhonda Gallo suffered injuries to her hip and wrist, both of which required surgery, as a result of tripping over a defective cable box cover owned and controlled by Comcast. The incident occurred on Union Street in San Francisco. The dangerous condition, which caused Ms. Gallo to stumble and fall, was a large 2.5 inch wide long and 1.75 inch deep lateral defect. Heinrich Law retained an engineer to help prove the dangerous nature of the defect. Ms. Gallo’s medical bills totaled $28,000 and her income loss totaled $8,000. Comcast agreed to settle the case for $395,000 shortly after a lawsuit was filed against Comcast and the City and County of San Francisco.

This case involved an automobile versus bicycle collision that occurred in Oakland. Ms. Lake was riding her bike down a residential street in Oakland, that contained shallow bike lane markings, when Mr. Chen, who was parked on the right side, suddenly and without warning flung his driver side door into the path of Ms. Lake’s oncoming bicycle. Ms. Lake was unable to avoid striking the car door. She was thrown over her handlebars and landed on her face, sustaining serious injuries to her jaw, nose and teeth. The matter had to be litigated because Mr. Chen denied fault, arguing that Ms. Lake was riding too close to his car door. Heinrich Law proved this wasn’t true, and the matter was resolved for $375,000 at mediation.

Client was a female bicycle rider, biking home from work in San Francisco, when she was struck at a high rate of speed by a red light running Town Car. Client was lawfully crossing the street in a cross walk when the crash occurred. Client sustained a severe concussion, several straining/spraining injuries, and abrasions as a result of the collision.

Plaintiff suffered serious personal injuries when a large plate glass window shattered on him while he was working out at a 24 Hour Fitness club in Oakland. Claims of premises liability, negligence and negligence per se were brought against 24 Hour Fitness and the building’s owner, arguing the plate glass window should have been made of safety tempered glass rather than untempered plate glass. Matter settled shortly before trial after client successfully defeated a Motion for Summary Judgment.

Client was a cyclist in San Francisco who was clipped by a car and thrown off of her bike in a hit and run incident. She suffered severe injuries to her ankle. While the offending driver was never located, Mr. Wimert was able to recover client’s policy limits under the uninsured driver provision of her policy of auto insurance.

Client was a pedestrian crossing in a downtown San Francisco crosswalk who suffered a degloving injury when a truck driver drove over her foot. The matter was resolved prior to the commencement of litigation and involved recoveries against both the at-fault driver and under client’s underinsured motorist coverage.