Verdicts and settlements

A selection of the verdicts and settlements Tobin Lanzetta has obtained for clients, alone and with co-counsel, over more than twenty years of trial practice. Case names are given where the result is public.

$55,000,000 jury verdict — Andrews v. Marriott. Invasion of privacy. The Consumer Attorneys of California named Tobin and his trial partners 2016 Consumer Attorneys of the Year for this result.

$21,000,000 settlement — Santa Monica Farmers Market litigation. Multi-party litigation against the City of Santa Monica and other defendants on behalf of the victims; the City installed permanent protective barriers afterward.

$13,820,000 jury verdict — Garcia v. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Catastrophic injury caused by a public transit vehicle.

$9,000,000 settlement — Ho v. City of Rancho Palos Verdes. Dangerous condition of public property.

$3,500,000 jury verdict — Ventura County. Catastrophic forklift injury; workplace equipment failure.

$3,000,000 settlement — Saucedo v. Los Angeles Unified School District. Government liability.

$3,000,000 settlement — Blood v. County of San Bernardino. Government liability.

$2,600,000 jury verdict — Flores v. ConvergeOne. Employment case, featured on the Great Trials Podcast.

$2,600,000 jury verdict — Mehdipour v. City of Santa Monica. Big Blue Bus public transit collision.

$2,500,000+ jury verdict — San Bernardino County. Multi-party personal injury case.

Confidential settlement — Downtown Los Angeles explosion. Firefighter catastrophically injured; multi-party case against building owners, operators and others.

Confidential settlement — Vehicle design defect. Spinal cord injury caused by a vehicle's design, resolved with the manufacturer.

Each case is different. Past results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any future matter. Some results were obtained with co-counsel. Amounts are gross recoveries before attorney's fees and costs.