2016

A Pasadena Public Health Department investigation report released this week reveals 16 patients at Huntington Hospital were infected with the “superbug” following procedures with tainted Olympus duodenoscope between January 2013 and August 2015. Of those 16 patients, 11 have died, with only one death certificate listing the scope-related bacteria as the cause of death. Huntington Hospital had previously said only… read more

The Workers’Compensation third-party case is a potential type of case that often gets overlooked by attorneys who assume that when workers are injured on the job, their only course of remedy for their client is to go through the Worker’s Compensation system. In the May issue of Advocate, Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorneys Ryan… read more

At the start of trial in the Jerich v. City of Glendale matter on Wednesday, the case resolved for a settlement of $6.5 million.  This is believed to be one of the highest personal injury settlements in Los Angeles County for someone 90 years of age. Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP trial lawyers Brian… read more

Attorneys Brian Panish and Spencer Lucas of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP will begin trial today in the matter of Margaret Jerich v. City of Glendale. The 90-year-old Plaintiff was struck and nearly killed by a City of Glendale garbage truck while she was crossing the street in a marked crosswalk with the aid of her walker on… read more

  The daily reimbursement amount for meal allowance has changed for eligible residents relocated as a result of the Aliso Canyon Storage facility gas well blowout last October. On Sunday, May 1, 2016, Southern California Gas Company began implementing a new, three-tiered meal reimbursement plan based on the age of the relocated residents. Eligible residents… read more

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge will hear arguments this afternoon regarding whether SoCalGas should be required to continue paying for the relocation of residents displaced as a result of the October 2015 Aliso Canyon gas well blowout. The hearing follows the reversal by the California Court of Appeal of another superior court judge who rejected… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorney Deborah S. Chang has been named to the Daily Journal‘s list of Top Women Lawyers in California for 2016. The coveted West Coast ranking recognizes women lawyers who have made a difference to their clients, their firms, and their profession. In the article addressing Chang’s accomplishments, the Daily… read more

Attorneys Brian Panish and Robert Glassman of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP, Steve Yerrid of The Yerrid Law Firm, and Jeffrey D. Murphy obtained a $4.75 million settlement for the family of Ted Agu, a 21-year-old student-athlete who passed away on the Berkeley campus during a football workout on February 7, 2014. The Agu… read more

The family of Hun Joon “Paul” Lee, an autistic student who died last year after being left aboard a school bus, appeared in Sacramento today to lend their voice in support of Senate Bill 1072. The bill – also known as the “Paul Lee School Bus Safety Law” and authored by Senator Tony Mendoza –… read more

On March 29, 2016, a Los Angeles Superior Court jury awarded $1.85 million to 55-year-old Byron Whetzel who suffered injuries after his commercial truck was rear-ended by a State-owned Chevrolet Impala. The Plaintiff was represented at trial by attorneys Spencer Lucas, Thomas Schultz and Erika Contreras of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP. The Plaintiff… read more

The Whittier Police Department has made an arrest in the death of Hun Joon “Paul” Lee, a 19-year-old autistic student left aboard a school bus parked at the Pupil Transportation Cooperative depot on one of the hottest days last year. Whittier school bus driver Armando Able Ramirez, 37, was taken into custody at his Apple… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP has made a $1 million donation to the Casa Colina Foundation in honor of two PSBR clients who were treated there over the last several years. Casa Colina is a medical and rehabilitation center in Pomona, California that provides services to those with various injuries, including brain and spinal cord… read more