Injury award.Greene Broillet & Wheeler LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol has scored another victory in a major liability case, though it could be seen as a split decision. The firm, led by founding partner Browne Greene, achieved a favorable verdict against the City of Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. in the case of an 81-year-old man who was injured while trying to board one of the city's Big Blue buses. The jury ordered the city, which is known for being difficult to best in liability cases, to pay $2.7 million to Haroun Mehdipour earlier this month. He lost his left arm and sustained a brain injury when he was struck by one of the buses. Mehdipour was judged to be 25 percent at fault, which resulted in the relatively low award. The plaintiffs asked the jury for a total award of $11.5 million. "If the jury was going to find against the city it's about as a low a verdict as I could have expected," said Lance Gams, counsel for the city of Santa Monica. "From that perspective, I'm not disappointed. I'm somewhat gratified grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. that they acknowledge in their finding of comparative negligence comparative negligence n. a rule of law applied in accident cases to determine responsibility and damages based on the negligence of every party directly involved in the accident. that the plaintiff was in part at fault for this accident." Co-counsels for the plaintiffs were Shawn Azizzadeh and Michael Ross For the United States congressman from Arkansas, see . Michael Bruce Ross (July 26, 1959 – May 13, 2005) was an American serial killer. Early life Ross was born in Putnam, Connecticut to Patricia Hilda Laine and Dan Graeme Ross. of Azizzadeh & Ross PLC. 
I had hired this firm to represent me. They ended up quitting and not finishing or following through but still took out a lien on the case and left me hanging. They also messed up my case. HORRIBLE! |
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