Accident and Personal Injury Lawyers serving Redding CA and beyond

LATE IN 2002 A PATIENT CAME TO US CLAIMING SEVERAL DOCTORS HAD ATTEMPTED TO PERFORM UNNECESSARY SURGERY ON HIS HEART. AFTER INVESTIGATING THIS MOST SERIOUS CHARGE— INCLUDING GETTING OPINIONS FROM OTHER CARDIOLOGISTS– WE FILED THE FIRST LAWSUIT IN WHAT BECAME THE FAMOUS “ REDDING MEDICAL CENTER CASE,”* DOCUMENTED IN THE BOOK, “CORONARY.” THE CASE ULTIMATELY RESULTED IN AN AWARD OF $450 MILLION TO THE VICTIMS. WE ARE PROUD OF THE PART WE PLAYED IN GETTING THOSE UNNECESSARY SURGERIES STOPPED.

FOR A FREE CONSULTATION ABOUT YOUR CASE, CALL BARR AND MUDFORD IN REDDING AT 243-8008.

A 36-YEAR OLD SOFTWARE ENGINEER WAS PARALYZED FROM THE NECK DOWN WHEN HE FELL INTO A MINE SHAFT IN THE NEVADA DESERT WHILE PARTICIPATING IN A HIGH-TECH SCAVENGER HUNT. THE DEFENSE CLAIMED THE EVENT ORGANIZERS WERE NOT LIABLE BECAUSE THE VICTIM SIGNED A WAIVER. WE PROVED THE ORGANIZERS HAD BEEN WARNED BY OFFICIALS THAT THE AREA WAS RIDDLED WITH HIDDEN AND DANGEROUS ABANDONED MINES. THIS INFORMATION WAS NOT PASSED ON TO THE VICTIM. THE CASE WAS SETTLED FOR $10.5 MILLION.

FOR A FREE CONSULTATION ABOUT YOUR CASE, CALL BARR AND MUDFORD IN REDDING AT 243-8008.

A CONVENIENCE STORE EMPLOYEE IN SACRAMENTO CHASED A SHOPLIFTER OUT INTO THE STORE PARKING LOT, WHERE THE SHOPLIFTER RAN OVER THE EMPLOYEE TWICE. THE DEFENSE CLAIMED EMPLOYEES WERE TOLD TO AVOID PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH SHOPLIFTERS. WE PROVED THE EMPLOYER ACTUALLY DEMANDED EMPLOYEES TO CHASE AND CONFRONT SHOPLIFTERS. THE JURY AGREED THAT HIS DEMAND PUT THE EMPLOYEE IN GRAVE DANGER AND RETURNED A VERDICT IN THE AMOUNT OF $2.1 MILLION.

FOR A FREE CONSULTATION ABOUT YOUR CASE, CALL BARR AND MUDFORD IN REDDING AT 243-8008.

THIS CASE INVOLVED VICTIMS OF TWO DIFFERENT CAR/BIG RIG CRASHES ON THE SAME STRETCH OF I-5 NORTH OF REDDING—AN AREA WHERE CALTRANS WAS TESTING A NEW TYPE OF PAVEMENT SURFACING. THE DEFENSE CLAIMED BOTH ACCIDENTS WERE THE FAULT OF THE TRUCK DRIVERS. WE WERE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE NEW PAVEMENT SURFACING BECAME DANGEROUSLY SLICK AND UNSAFE WHEN IT GOT WET. ONE CASE WAS SETTLED FOR $3 MILLION, IN THE OTHER A JURY AWARDED $1.5 MILLION.

FOR A FREE CONSULTATION ABOUT YOUR CASE, CALL BARR AND MUDFORD IN REDDING AT 243-8008.