Defendants | Success Record

Where Experience Shows

Mr. Morrell has handled literally thousands of cases in his areas of practice. To provide a summary of the highlights would do an injustice to the record of success.  However, below are some noteworthy successes for this personal injury attorney.

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 who struck a pedestrian, and the pedestrian received a fracture of the spine.
• Obtained a defense verdict for his client, who rear ended the plaintiff’s vehicle, and the plaintiff had neck surgery.
• 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 truck driver, when this client backed up into another truck injuring the passenger, against a $200,000 offer.
• 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, when his client sideswiped a vehicle and the plaintiff had neck surgery at two levels.
• 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
• Mr. Morrell has also obtained a defense verdict for this clients in numerous rear end accidents, wherein his client rear ended the plaintiff’s vehicle.
• The total pre-trial settlement demands made by the plaintiff on the cases that went to trial totaled approximately $5.5 million. The verdicts, where a defense verdict  was not obtained, totaled approximately $450,000.