Kabateck LLP takes every measure to ensure that the client is able to achieve the maximum amount recoverable in order to compensate for the wrongful conduct suffered.
Partner Anastasia Mazzella and Senior Associate Serena Vartazarian obtained a $2.1 million settlement in a medical malpractice case involving a premature infant.
The Kabateck LLP trial team, led by Brian Kabateck with the support of senior associate Shant Karnikian, secured a landmark $57 million settlement providing transformational compensation to hundreds of low-income Southern California mobile home park residents who now have the means to relocate into safer living conditions. Kabateck LLP obtained
Kabateck LLP is proud to announce that Brian Kabateck, Shant Karnikian, Brian Hong and the rest of the KBK team just obtained a $14.5 million dollar settlement for a bicyclist who suffered a brain injury as a result of being run over by a delivery van driven by someone working
KBK attorneys secured a 7-figure settlement on behalf of a Beverly Hills couple who purchased a “Superior Property Policy” which allegedly offered top-of-the-line homeowners coverage for large losses. When the couple sustained extensive damage to their family home in 2014 from flooding caused by wind-driven rain, the insurance company offered
Our client, Marcos Rodriguez worked as a laborer for an appliance delivery company when he sustained severe orthopedic injuries and a mild brain injury after a refrigerator that he was unloading fell on top of him. When Mr. Rodriguez sought coverage for his treatment through workers’ compensation, the delivery company
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KBK represented clients who had a defective Trans-Vaginal Mesh product implanted in their bodies that resulted in various complications often resulting in the need to have the mesh surgically removed. Do you have a similar case you would like to discuss with KBK? Please click here to contact one of
Nightclub patron who was injured by a security guard. Do you have a similar case you would like to discuss with KBK? Please click here to contact one of our attorneys now.
KBK represented SoCal homeowners whose homes sustained smoke and ash damage in association with the 2009 wildfires. KBK represented those homeowners against their home insurance company regarding moneys owed to the homeowners under their existing home insurance policies. Do you have a similar case you would like to discuss with
KBK represented 2 of the 6 people who were stuck while waiting at a bus stop on the 110 freeway. KBK brought a case against CalTrans seeking damages for those injured as a result of their failure to have proper signage and warning of the bus lane. Do you have
As co-lead counsel, Brian Kabateck assisted 600 Ladera Ranch homeowners in settling class action cases with two homebuilders for a total of $8 million. About 6,000 homeowners in Ladera Ranch are suing 10 different construction companies for installing copper pipes that degraded or broke apart due to the community’s water
Brian Kabateck represented television legend Ed McMahon and his wife, Pamela, when they sued American Equity Insurance Co. and garnered a settlement that, according to the Los Angeles Times, was more than $7.2 million. At the time, this was the highest published recovery in the nation by an individual alleging
Brian Kabateck represented a homeowners association against its insurer for unpaid insurance benefits for property damage arising out of the Northridge earthquake. The case went to a jury trial, resulting in a verdict for the homeowners and compensatory damages of over $7 million. Do you have a similar case you
During the 1994 Northridge earthquake, a homeowner in South Central Los Angeles, like many homeowners in Southern California, suffered damage to his single family home as a result of the quake. The homeowner’s insurance carrier, however, refused to pay for approximately $45,000 in earthquake damage. Under Brian Kabateck’s representation of
KBK represented our client who was visiting an apartment and fell from a second story window. As a result of the fall our client suffered permanent paraplegia. The case was settled for $6 million. Do you have a similar case you would like to discuss with KBK? Please click here
Kabateck LLP settled a case for $5.2 million in a class action lawsuit filed against real estate developer Pacific Bay Properties. The firm represented owners of homes built by Pacific Bay. The homes contained a wall board commonly known as “Greenboard.” The use of Greenboard by Pacific Bay resulted in
KBK represented a class of people who had been patients at a local hospital and had their private and confidential medical information disclosed to a third party. The case settled for $4.25 million. Do you have a similar case you would like to discuss with KBK? Please click here to
Brian Kabateck helped the homeowner’s association of Summerwind Townhomes, a 170-unit condominium complex in Anaheim, California, file and ultimately settle for $4 million, a class action lawsuit against the developer and subcontractors of the condominium complex. The lawsuit alleged construction defects which caused water intrusion, as well as other construction
KBK has obtained settlements for sex abuse victims who sued the Monson-Sultana Joint Union School District for assault, battery, negligent hiring and supervision, negligent training and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The improper touching included, groping, fondling genitals, oral copulation and sodomy. Convicted pedophile David Blancas preyed on these young
KBK represented a number of clients who had taken the blood thinner Xeralto and suffered severe complications. The drugs manufacturer has settled the matter paying out approximately $4 million dollars to the affected injured parties. Do you have a similar case you would like to discuss with KBK? Please click
KBK represented the family of a newborn child who was born with Cerebral Palsy as a result of Medical Malpractice. We were able to secure the family a $3.9 million settlement. Do you have a similar case you would like to discuss with KBK? Please click here to contact one
KBK represented a client was a passenger on a Starline Bus tour and was struck in the face by a tree resulting in permanent injury to client’s eye. KBK was unable to reach a settlement with the defendant and secured a $3.5 million jury verdict. Do you have a similar
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.
Our firm secured a confidential settlement for a man who lost sight in his right eye because of a defective airbag. On May 15, 2010 the plaintiff was a belted passenger in a 1997 Dodge Caravan that was being operated by Margarito Rivas Oscar Lopez. A vehicle driven by Alexis