On July 21, 2016, the California Court of Appeal upheld a $8,338,116 judgment against DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. (DePuy) in the first case in the country to go to trial involving DePuy’s defective ASR hip implants. DePuy is a division of Johnson & Johnson. The plaintiff, Loren Kransky, who passed away while the appeal was pending, received… 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

PSBR attorneys Spencer Lucas and co-counsel John Ritter and Michael Belize obtained a $6,015,000 settlement for a woman who was injured while riding as a passenger on a motorcycle that was struck by a Southern California Edison vehicle. The plaintiff suffered severe pelvic, leg, and spine factures as a result of the collision.  The defense… read more

For the second consecutive year, Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP has been recognized as one of America’s Elite Trial Lawyers by The National Law Journal. The firm is included among 50 plaintiffs’ law firms from across the country that are on the cutting-edge of plaintiff-side work and have achieved the largest awards for their… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP is working with three other law firms –  Kennedy & Madonna, LLP, Morgan & Morgan, P.A. and R. Rex Parris Law Firm – to obtain justice for the victims of the Porter Ranch Gas Well Blowout. Click here to be redirected to the Porter Ranch Lawsuit website where you can… read more

On October 19, 2015, an Imperial County Superior Court jury in El Centro, California awarded $5.1 million to a woman who suffered serious orthopedic injuries after the vehicle she was driving collided with a commercial truck that had illegally crossed into her lane. The plaintiff was represented at trial by Los Angeles truck accident lawyers… read more

California state universities and colleges have no responsibility to protect their students from known threats of violence, says the California Court of Appeal, which sided with UCLA in a decision in The Regents of the University of California v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County revealed on Wednesday, October 7.  This case could have sweeping implications for… read more

Brian Panish was recognized as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in California for 2015 by the Daily Journal, California’s leading legal newspaper. Panish has received the honor numerous times in the past. The Daily Journal profile on Panish highlights his recent cases involving the protection owed by universities to their students. In Rosen v…. read more

Brian Panish has been named by the Best Lawyers publication as the “Lawyer of the Year” in the area of Plaintiffs’ Personal Injury Litigation for the Los Angeles metropolitan area.  He previously received the honor in 2009.  In 2010 and 2015, Panish was named as “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers in the area of Plaintiffs’ Product Liability… read more

Eight Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP lawyers have been included in the 2016 Best Lawyers publication as being among the leading attorneys in the Los Angeles area.  Attorneys are selected for the Best Lawyers list based solely on a peer-review basis by asking other lawyers in the same geographic and practice areas to provide their opinion… read more

On August 12, 2015, ABC7-Los Angeles broadcast a report on Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP’s lawsuit against the California School for the Deaf in Riverside alleging the rape of a 13-year old student by an older student. The parents of the boy and PSBR attorney Candice Klein were interviewed in the report which examines… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP LLP has resolved a lawsuit that was filed on behalf of the family of former Special Operations Army Ranger who was killed in a 2013 helicopter accident while filming a reality television show for the Discovery Channel.  The helicopter’s pilot and the camera operator working on the show were also killed in… read more