Los Angeles serious injury attorney Scott Marks has helped thousands of individuals who have sustained serious injury and families who lost a loved one in personal injury and wrongful death accidents the result of someone else's negligence in Orange County, Los Angeles County, Riverside County or San Bernardino County .
Mr. Marks has an outstanding and notable reputation of aggressively pursuing insurance bad faith issues.
Mr. Marks has won significant verdicts for his clients at jury trials and mediation for cases ranging from insurance bad faith disputes, vehicle accidents, medical malpractice, workplace injures , defective products , to premises negligence injuries, truck accident injuries, serious auto injuries, and product defect injuries.
Obtaining personal injury damages involves a complex legal battle to determine the merits of the plaintiff's case. While not all personal injury victims obtain a settlement, there are many that do. The following settlements are just a few examples of the results that are possible.
Reports of jury verdicts and settlements can be of great value when evaluating an attorney's results.
The results provided are not necessarily representative of results obtained by the lawyer/firm or of the experience of all clients or others with the lawyer/firm. Every case is different, and each client's case must be evaluated and handled on its own merits.
Bridal Images vs. Truck Insurance Exchange
$381,000.00 judgment against an insurance company. The insurance company denied the claim on the grounds that the policyholder committed fraud.
Schroll vs. Sanchez
$40,000 settlement after a trial verdict in favor of Ms. Schroll. Rear end automobile accident in which Plaintiff incurred $ 9,000.00 in medical bills.
Moore vs. Roe Insurance Company
$525,000.00 settlement. Automobile collision case in which the Insurance Company failed to accept a $15,000.00 policy limit settlement offer. Based on an assignment, we represented Mrs. Moore in a lawsuit against Roe Insurance Company resulting in a later settlement.
Cantley vs. Roe Insurance Company
$250,000.00 settlement. Insurance company wrongfully rescinded a disability insurance policy.
Acosta v. Doe Defendant
$328,000 settlement. Personal injury action where Mr. Acosta broke an ankle at Defendant's store.
Atler vs. Doe
$80,000 settlement. Slip and fall outside a restaurant resulting in a broken ankle.
Chiacchiera vs. Doe Insurance Company
$4,750,000 settlement. Insurance bad faith action arising out of a failure to defend and settle a homeowner's claim.
Chiu vs. Hearn
$321,000 settlement. A criminal wrongful death action in which the insurance company contributed its policy limits to the settlement.
Davis v. Doe Insurance Company
$250,000.00 settlement. Insurance bad faith action arising out of a theft loss at a home. The insurance company denied the claim resulting in a loss of $35,000.00 in insurance benefits.
Davis v. Invacare Corporation
$250,000 settlement. Product liability action involving the collapse of a wheelchair resulting in $27,000 in medical expenses.
DiPaulo v. Maryland Casualty Company
$250,000 settlement. Automobile accident involving a disputed knee injury.
D.I.S.C. v. Doe
$250,000 settlement. Accounting malpractice.
Enriquez & Acosta v. Doe Insurance Company
$925,000 settlement. Insurance bad faith action arising out of an insurance company's failure to defend a policyholder where a child died while in the care of the policyholder.
Feldman v. Roe Insurance Company
$350,000 insurance bad faith settlement arising out of the denial of coverage under a homeowner's policy.
Flood vs. Commerce Casino
$110,000 verdict with finding of comparative fault. Premise liability case involving a slip and fall resulting in disputed injuries to the back and leg.
Garcia v. Financial Indemnity Company
$16,650,000 verdict. Co-counsel in the largest spoliation of evidence jury verdict in California history and the first against a liability insurer.
Godzdik v. Transport Life Insurance Company
$300,000 settlement. Insurance bad faith action arising out of a rescission of a healthcare policy of an elderly woman.
Gomez vs. Doe Life Insurance Company
$500,000.00 payment of life insurance claim. Insurance company initially denied the claim on the grounds that the policy was not in effect.
Gonzalez vs. Farmers New World Life Insurance Company
$250,000 settlement. Insurance bad faith case arising out of an insurance company's recission of a life insurance policy and denial of a $100,000.00 death benefit.
Gonzalez v. Krishnan
$800,000 settlement. Premises liability accident that occurred over 10 years ago, when a then 4-year-old girl fell through guardrails at an apartment complex.
Gonzalez v. Stevens Construction Company
$260,000 settlement. Construction accident case.
Grajeda vs. Doe Health Insurance Company
$350,000 settlement. Insurance bad faith action arising out of an insurance company's recission of a healthcare policy after the policyholder was diagnosed with a life threatening condition.
Guyette vs. Doe Insurance Company
$380,000 settlement. Insurance bad faith action arising out of the handling of an underinsured motorist claim against two different automobile insurers.
Hicks v. Doe Insurance Exchange
$500,000 settlement. Insurance bad faith action arising out of denial of $22,000 in homeowner policy benefits.
Kennedy vs. Safeco Insurance Company
$100,000 settlement. Automobile collision in which there was $600.00 in property damage with disputed injuries and a pre-existing medical condition.
Levine v. Doe Insurance Company
$250,000.00 settlement. Insurance bad faith action arising out of a fire loss at a home where the policyholder suffered $70,000.00 in damages.
Lipton v. Doe Mutual Insurance Company
$1,000,000 settlement. Insurance bad faith action arising out of the bad faith defense of a policyholder.
Money Direct Mortgage, et. al. vs. A.C. Plato, et. al.
$250,000.00 settlement. Business tort case arising out of a commercial building owner=s destruction of business property.
Nichols vs. Doe Insurance Company
$300,000.00 settlement. Insurance bad faith case arising out an underinsured motorist claim in which the insurance company initially denied coverage with policy limits of $35,000.
Nuno v. Does
$700,000 settlement. Premises liability accident involving a 9-year-old boy injured by a garage door.
Regos vs. Doe
$750,000 settlement. Automobile collision involving disputed injuries to the neck and back.
Salvin vs. Ionex Telecommunications
$98,000 verdict. Business dispute case involving a telecommunications company failure to preserve voice mail messages which caused financial loss.
Simi Valley LeParc HOA v. Farmers Insurance Exch.
$5,600,000 settlement. Insurance bad faith action arising out of a failure to defend a 264-member homeowners association.
Vann v. Lincoln General Insurance Company
$225,000 settlement. Insurance bad faith action arising out of an insurance company's failure to settle a claim which resulted in the policyholder being subjected to $48,000.00 judgment.
