Brian Kabateck represented Paul Libaridian, a 40-year-old Security systems installer, husband and father of two young children, who was seriously injured when his defective motorcycle stopped functioning on a major Fresno street. While holding the stalled motorcycle, Mr. Libaridian was struck by a 2003 Cadillac DeVille automobile. Mr. Libaridian suffered
Plaintiff, Jose Cortes, was 34 years old when he was catastrophically injured while operating a massive rock crushing facility machine. Mr. Cortes was standing on top of the machine, lost his balance and fell onto a conveyor belt. He was then rendered unconscious and seriously injured by a combination of
Our firm settled a wrongful death lawsuit against Richmond Pacific Railroad on behalf of the siblings and parents of a young man killed after crashing his car into a metal I-beam on a barrier in front of a railroad crossing arm. The decedent died after the beam pierced his skull.
General managers and employees of Papa John’s locations in California filed a class action lawsuit, represented by Kabateck LLP, against Papa John’s for its systematic failure to provide general managers overtime compensation, and for its failure to provide all employees meal and rest periods. The lawsuit alleged that Papa John’s
A class action lawsuit was filed against Labor Ready, Inc., International Aluminum Corporation, and International Window Corporation, on behalf of women who applied for employment at the South Gate facility of International Window Corporation. The lawsuit settled for $2.4 million, the settlement provided $15,000.00 for each named plaintiff who sought
Kabateck LLP settled a case for $2.3 million dollars on behalf of TEG/LVI Environmental Services employees. The employees performed on-site environmental remediation for TEG/LVI Environmental Services. They had not been paid for the mandatory on-site time spent attending safety meetings prior to entering containment areas, or for the time spent
The defendant, MPBS Industries, sold an unguarded headstock for a meat grinder to the plaintiff’s employer. On December 14, 2010, the plaintiff was operating a sample meat grinder at Central Valley Meat Company when her dominant right hand and then arm were pulled into the unguarded headstock grinder, into the
KBK represented a client who suffered a severe allergic reaction resulting in Steven Johnson’s Syndrome. KBK brought a case against both the doctor involved in the patient’s care as well as the distributor of the product. The case settled for a confidential amount. Do you have a similar case you
In the first loft-related construction defect case in Downtown Los Angeles, Brian Kabateck was able to settle a case for $1.3 million dollars for residents of the 20-unit Toy Warehouse Lofts. The residents filed the class action lawsuit against the developer and subcontractors for improper soundproofing and other construction defects.
KBK represented the family of a driver who struck a tractor-trailer that was illegally parked on the side of the highway. The tractor-trailer filed to have proper hazard triangles/cones which are typically required when parking on the side of the highway. The driver died as a result of the accident.