In brief: Young motorist catastrophically injured due to improper vehicle modifications made to his car by a customization shop In June 1992, Oganes Saakyan experienced improper auto repair in the worst possible way. After picking up his 1986 Honda Accord from Modern Auto—an automobile customization shop where it had just been fitted with new aftermarket rims and…
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Case Summary: Inattentive backhoe operator hits golfer
Case Summary: Coach/Teacher exhibits inappropriate behavior towards students We successfully secured a settlement against a Los Angeles High School for hiring a known predator who sexually assualted numerous students while coaching and teaching at the school. The coach and teacher in question had a track record of inappropriate contact with the students he had previously…
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Case Summary: Motorcyclist injured by car driver making unsafe turn On Sunday March 25, 2018, our client Hozelito Duric was riding his electric motorcycle on Palos Verdes Drive West in the #2 lane. Just as he passed through the intersection of Via Anita, a Lexus driven by Defendant Taylor which was also on Palos Verdes…
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Case Summary: Fork lift operator pushes load onto driver
“A landlord’s first and foremost responsibility is to their tenants…. They’ve got to have heat. They’ve got to have water. They’ve got to have electricity.” — Garo Mardirossian Date: November 5, 2003 The family of Quentez Castillo had to resort to warming their apartment using the burners on their gas stove, because their landlord had…
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Date: 28 March, 2003 This case went to trial because the defense stubbornly failed to negotiate in good faith for five years. They never offered a penny, and then finally made an offer shortly before trial. Garo Mardirossian had demanded seven-figures all along, and in the end. to get it settled, reduced their demand to…
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Two trials, nine years of fighting, hundreds of thousands of dollars invested, all hinging on twelve wise jurors. As Garo Mardirossian and Charlie O’Reilly stood in the Norwalk courtroom in the middle of the hot summer of 2000 waiting for the jury verdict, outside, their clients Oganes Saakyan, in his wheelchair, paralyzed, and Garnik Paronyan,…
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Case Summary: Lack of guardrail causes vehicle to leave freeway
Case Summary: Intoxicated driver causes crash