Father and Daughter Thrown Through a DMV Window After Car Drives Onto Sidewalk and Collides With Them
After five days of trial in Marin County, Skip Walker and Clarissa Kearns settled a personal injury suit against the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) for $2,000,000. Our clients in Pantoja v Estrada, et al. were a father and daughter who, during COVID, were told by DMV personnel to stand on a marked spot outside…
Read MoreInternationally known photographer suffered extensive injuries caused from brake failure after her E-Bike was serviced by a local bicycle shop
Clarissa Kearns and Skip Walker obtained more than $2,400,000 for our client in a defective bicycle case in which the brakes failed while she was riding downhill in Berkeley. Extensive investigation showed that the foreign manufacturer had used incompatible parts and that a local bicycle shop had failed to properly adjust the brakes when she…
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Settlement Awarded – Water Usage Case
Walker, Hamilton & Koenig, working through former partner Beau R. Burbidge, just reached a $6 million settlement with the Marin Municipal Water District, which was illegally extracting punitive payments from residents deemed to have exceeded their allotted water usage.
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Marin Resident Injured in Crosswalk by Motorist
A 77-year-old Marin resident was struck by a motorist while crossing a San Francisco intersection on October 27, 2019. He suffered a fractured elbow, head injury and bruises. The young driver admitted she failed to yield the right-of-way.
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Elderly Woman in a Marked Crosswalk Hit by Vehicle
A jury returned a substantial verdict for our client just before the coronavirus shut down the courts. Our client, a recent immigrant to this country working as a caregiver, was struck by an inattentive driver and suffered multiple injuries to her knees, hips, shoulder and face.
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