Client Victories

Congratulations to Edmond El Dabe and his client on this recent outstanding jury verdict. In June of 2011, the plaintiff was involved in an automobile accident and was rushed to the hospital.  In the emergency room, plaintiff’s speech was slurred; she repeated questions and was confused. The doctors diagnosed her with a concussion and soft tissue injuries...

Congratulations to California attorney Christopher Banys of Banys, P.C. for securing a victory of $9.25 million for his clients due to damages in a patent-infringement case. Sons of Dallas-area inventor, Charles Freeny, Jr., sought the help of Christopher Banys and his team of lawyers with four claims of infringement against Murphy USA. The Texas jury con...

Congratulations to our friends and colleagues at Harper, Evans, Wade & Netemeyer on this recent settlement in a motor vehicle case for which the insurance company initially denied all liability. This case sprang from an automobile accident in Boone County, Missouri. The injured Plaintiffs were not at fault in the accident. The Defendant attempted to m...

The Louisiana Supreme Court recently issued a decision that will have national implications on how insurance companies defend bad faith claims.  Advocate Capital’s friend and client, Frank Tomeny III of Tomeny Law Firm APLC was instrumental in bringing the issue before the Louisiana Supreme Court. Tomeny successfully argued that an insurer can be found li...

Our friend and colleague Michael Cowen of The Cowen Law Group convinced the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to initiate a probe into why defective Chinese-made tires were recalled by one importer but not another, even though the tires share the same U.S. distributor. As reported by PR Newswire, the agency opened the investigation on...

Congratulations to San Francisco bicycle accident attorney Sally Morin of Sally Morin Law Firm for securing a settlement of $70,000 for her client due to an electric bicycle accident. While riding his electric bicycle to work in San Francisco, a 36-year old cinematographer was suddenly hit by a vehicle making an illegal left turn. The outcome of this acci...

Advocate Capital, Inc. friend and client James T. Capretz, of Capretz & Associates, in representing former NFL quarterback Preston Jones and others similarly situated, successfully argued to a federal judge to issue a ruling that the proposed NFL concussion settlement should incorporate changes including credit for seasons played in the NFL Europe lea...

  Congratulations to Laureen F. Bagley of Sloan, Bagley, Hatcher & Perry Law Firm for the exceptional work in securing a judgment for her young client, in the amount of $681,735.34 from a low speed motor vehicle accident. Laureen and her client faced a huge hurdle overcoming causation when the plaintiff admittedly suffered not only from a pre-existing...

Congratulations to Christopher Banys and his team at Banys, P.C. on securing this $5.4 million settlement on behalf of over 1,800 technology workers in a class action against a major Silicon Valley employer. The plaintiffs, all high-income earning employees, were denied vacation benefits by their employer. Although the benefits were earned through years o...

Congratulations to Roger E. Booth, the team at The Law Offices of Booth|Koskoff and their client, who recently obtained a policy limits settlement of $3 Million. The Plaintiff was driving a forklift at his employer’s plant, when he encountered a 20 foot long metal “pole” gate that was left open, facing the wrong direction, and directly in his path. Per co...