There is a reason why the Law Offices of Todd P. Emanuel gets frequent referrals from former clients, police officers, medical doctors, paramedics, nurses, and members of the legal community. We get consistent results!

$1,000,000 Merrit v. JD Jetting (Santa Clara County, 2009)

Our client, a motorcycle rider, was severely injured by a defective product, a carburetor jet kit that contained improper parts. Our client was violently thrown from his motorcycle. The defense claimed our client must have negligently driven the motorcycle and the incident was entirely his own fault. We employed the right motorcycle carburetor expert to support our client's position that the defective product was the sole cause of the incident. We also obtained critical documents and deposition testimony that showed defendant's pattern of putting its customers at risk by providing the wrong component parts to customers. This is our most recent significant win in a strict products liability case.

Policy Limits Settlement- Thorpe v. Santillan (San Mateo County, 2008)

Our client was an on duty police officer driving his patrol car. Defendant attempted an illegal left turn and cut in front of the officer. When the officer tried to take  evasive action he was struck head-on by a bus.

$1,750,000.00 Munoz v. Wahl (San Mateo County, 2008)

Our client was walking on a sidewalk when she was struck by a BMW. Our client suffered a traumatic brain injury and a broken femur. The hospital tried to discharge our client prematurely because she was uninsured. We persuaded the hospital not to abandon our client. The defense tried to minimize our client's injuries, but could not defeat our experts. We collected the $500,000.00 maximum of the defendant's motor vehicle insurance policy (Fireman's Fund), and an additional $1,250,000.00 of the defendant's umbrella policy (Navigators Ins. Co.).

$1,000,000.00 Arams v. CSAA (Santa Clara County, 2008)

Our client was struck by an underinsured driver, sustaining multiple cervical disk injuries requiring extensive surgery.

$500,000.00 Jane Doe v. Sandra Caron European Spa, Inc. (2008)

Jane Doe was sexually assaulted by a massage therapist at a day spa in San Mateo. The corporation hired this massage therapist knowing he had recently been terminated at a nearby spa for allegedly sexually assaulting another woman under substantially similar circumstances. Our client was compensated for severe emotional distress. We presently represent other "Jane Does" who were sexually assaulted at Sandra Caron European Spa, Inc.

$575,000 McCollins v. Johnson (San Francisco County, 2008)

Our client is a young man who was sitting next to an iron gate when a vehicle suddenly crashed into the gate. The force of the vehicle bent the gate toward our client's face. A spoke from the top of the gate impaled our client's left eye. The defendant had a minimal insurance policy. Our investigation revealed defendant's ownership of two residential properties so we could get a Judgment and pursue, and collect, damages far in excess of the insurance policy. During the course of the litigation, we retained a board certified "ocularist" to make our client a realistic looking prosthetic eye. We also obtained a settlement for our client's mother on a theory of "bystander liability" because she was a witness to this tragic incident.

$500,000.00 Kaplan v. Granelli (San Mateo County 2008)

Our client was driving lawfully on El Camino Real when her vehicle was struck head-on by the defendant who was driving on the wrong side of the road. She suffered a fracture-dislocation of her left hip and a sciatic nerve injury. We obtained a policy limits settlement.

$350,000 Hardenbergh v. Luther (Los Angeles County, 2006)

Our client was turning left at an intersection on a green arrow. She was struck by on oncoming driver. Our client sustained serious neck injuries requiring anterior cervical fusion surgery. The defense denied liability, insisting that defendant's light was green, and our client must have failed to yield the right-of-way to oncoming traffic. Our engineering expert helped us obtain an excellent settlement by exploring the timing of the lights and fully reconstructing the incident.

$300,000 Dudum v. Laura's Beauty Care (San Mateo County, 2007)

Our client went for a pedicure at a salon. The pedicurist negligently cut our client's toe and submerged it into a dirty whirpool tub. Our client contracted a severe staph infection (staph aureus) that spread to other areas of his body. Our client was on intravenous antibiotics for several months before the infection was cured. The defense denied liability and hired an infectious disease expert from UCSF to testify that the pedicure was not the source of his staph infection. During our investigation we obtained documents from the State Board of Barbering & Cosmetology proving that the salon had a history of unsanitary conditions and code violations.

$207,000.00 Speizer v. All State (2007)

Our client was an off-duty paramedic who sustained wrist injuries when she was struck by a vehicle. We demonstrated that our client's wrist injury could jeopardize her ability to function on the job, and obtained a fair settlement.

$175,000 Olibas v. Swift Trucking Co. (San Joaquin County)

Our client's vehicle slammed into the side of a large commercial truck on the freeway. Our client sustained a fractured femur. The defense denied liability. We proved that at the time of impact the truck was jack-knifed, completely blocking lanes of traffic in both directions. There was almost no visibility, and thus our client had no ability to see the truck in order to avoid the collision. We stay on top of laws that are unique to the commercial trucking industry such as those involving driver fatigue, truck and trailer conspicuity, and commercial vehicle inspections.

Confidential Settlement Jane Doe v. Dr. John Doe (Santa Clara County)

Our client went to a physician to receive collagen injections in her lips. The physician intended to inject a safe anesthetic into our client's mouth before applying the collagen. However, the physician negligently used a syringe containing BOTOX instead of anesthetic! We have successfully handled a number of cases against registered nurses and others who have severely harmed our patients by misusing lasers, drugs, and syringes.

$100,000 Adams v. Lu (San Francisco County, 2008)

Our client was an on duty police officer ticketing a driver who was illegally parked. As our client was placing a citation on the driver's windshield, the driver drove away and the officer was struck by the car. In recent years we've received big damages, exponentially larger than workers compensation claims, on behalf of numerous Bay Area police officers injured by third parties. This has become a niche of our practice.

$125,000 Augustine v. Kennedy (San Mateo County, 2008)

Our client was injured in an auto accident on highway 92. The defense claimed that the defendant could not afford to pay any damages in excess of his $100,000 insurance policy. Our investigation revealed that the defendant had recently transferred an interest in a home. We filed an additional lawsuit for fraudulent conveyance of property, and recovered damages in excess of the policy limits.