
Police Excessive Force Leads to Wrongful Death
Trial attorneys Walter Walker and Peter Koenig received a unanimous verdict for their clients, the parents of a 23-year-old man killed in a high profile Fresno Police shooting case. A federal jury ruled that police used excessive force and said an officer's negligence caused Willis' death. After years of legal battles, the city paid $1.72…
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MUNI Bus Hits Man in Crosswalk
On March 12, 2014, attorneys at Walker, Hamilton & Koenig, LLP, LLP obtained a $1,250,000 settlement for a client who was injured by a San Francisco MUNI bus. The client, E.D., had disembarked a MUNI bus on San Francisco street corner and began to walk through a marked crosswalk on a green light. He made…
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Fee Recovery After Police Shooting Victory
Trial attorneys Walter Walker and Peter Koenig received an award of $824,495 in attorneys' fees and costs in a high profile police shooting case in Fresno. After receiving a unanimous verdict for their clients in December 2013, the attorneys at Walker, Hamilton & Koenig, LLP petitioned the court to order the police department to pay…
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Medical Malpractice Against Kaiser Permanente
Trial attorney Timothy Hamilton received a $250,000 arbitration award against Kaiser Permanente, the maximum allowed by California law for pain and suffering in medical malpractice actions. Tim represented a client whose wife had died after a surgery at Kaiser Permanente’s San Francisco campus. Tim alleged and was able to prove that her doctors failed to provide instructions on…
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Appellate Victory in Police Negligence Case
Walker, Hamilton & Koenig Wins Appellate Case Before Ninth Circuit On August 4, 2014, the attorneys at Walker, Hamilton & Koenig, LLP achieved yet another victory before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, adding to its decades of appellate success. In this case, WHK attorneys represent the parents of a young man who was arrested…
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