Winning Settlements for over 30 Years
Over the last three decades, The Law Office of Rivers J. Morrell III has successfully represented numerous cases representing the Plaintiff and defendants. Our experience representing both the plaintiff and the defendant brings tremendous insight into winning cases for our clients.
To provide an entire summary of his highlights over an impressive 30 year legal career would require additional pages on this website. Here is a short history of some of the law firm’s noteworthy civil litigation successes and settlements.
When representing the plaintiffs:
- Settled a $12 million dollar case involving
an injured car driver - Handled the first private party hazardous waste clean up case in the State of California, and recovered approximately $4 million from the United States Government, under the then newly enacted CERCLA statute.
- Recovered over $1 million dollars on behalf of an adult Vietnamese family whose father, an accomplished swimmer, drowned in a public swimming pool.
- Recovered close to $2 million on behalf of a
Hispanic female who was injured as a result of a dangerous road design, against a public entity. - Recovered just under $1 million dollars for an individual who slipped on a ramp and injured his knee
- Recovered just under $1 million dollars in a fire case where the defendants offered nothing until just before the trial
When representing the defendants:
- Obtained a defense verdict for his client, a bartender, in a bar fight where the customer/plaintiff was very seriously injured
- Obtained a defense verdict for his client who was sued by a passenger in his vehicle, when his client rear ended another vehicle, and the passenger/plaintiff received a fractured hip (tried in downtown Los Angeles)
- Obtained a defense verdict for his client, a local City, when the plaintiff ran off the road, and lost the lower use of both legs
- Obtained a defense verdict for his client, a truck driver, when he ran over a pedestrian, and the pedestrian lost the lower portion of one leg (tried in downtown Los Angeles).
- Obtained a defense verdict for his client, when a passenger in the other vehicle died, (tried in downtown Los Angeles)
- Obtained a verdict of $751 for his defendant/client, when his client rear ended the plaintiff, and the plaintiff had back surgery (tried in downtown Los Angeles)
- Obtained a defense verdict for his client, a dialysis patient transporter, when his van stuck a pedestrian, when leaving the dialysis clinic, and the pedestrian/plaintiff fractured his hip (tried in downtown Los Angeles)
- Obtained a defense verdict for his client who rear-ended the plaintiff (admitted negligence), and the plaintiff had neck surgery, and had been out of work for three years
- Obtained a defense verdict for his client, when his client lost control of his vehicle, and hit the plaintiffs head on in their lane
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Email: rjm@rjmlawfirm.com
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