Los Angeles County MTA Accident Lawyers
Verdicts and Settlements in Mass Transit Accident Cases
The trial attorneys of Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP, represent people who were seriously injured in MTA rail and bus accidents in Los Angeles County and in public transportation accidents throughout Southern California and the state. We also represent the family members of those who died in such accidents.
We have obtained millions of dollars in financial compensation. We invite you to review these results and to learn more about the resources we can bring to your case. Then contact our Santa Monica law firm to schedule a free initial consultation with an attorney.
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$13.82 Million Verdict
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Garcia v. L.A. County MTA Bus Company
Joseph Garcia was a 56-year-old unemployed passenger on an LACMTA bus, when that bus struck a parked truck. Using the bus' own onboard videotape, we demonstrated to the jury how our client was thrown violently around the bus at the moment of impact. Mr. Garcia was thrown around the interior of the bus and suffered a subdural hematoma, resulting in severe brain damage and hemiplegia of his left side.
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$1.9 Million Settlement
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Torchia v. LA County MTA Bus Company
An MTA bus sideswiped our client's motorcycle with such force that it broke off the bike's clutch handle. Our client, a 50-year-old man, suffered serious orthopedic injuries.
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$3.4 Million Settlement
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Kinder v. San Diego Trolley
The San Diego trolley system is designed so as to force patrons to jump through the trolley cars in order to catch the trolley on the opposite side of the tracks. While "couple jumping" onto a moving trolley, our client sustained serious injuries.
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$2.6 Million Verdict
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Mehdipour v. City of Santa Monica
80-year-old man who was trying to catch a bus had his left arm run over resulting in amputation.
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$8.15 Million Verdict
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Quezada v. Motor Coach Industries
A wife and mother was struck by an unattended chartered bus at a school picnic. She died while saving the life of a three-year-old child.
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$5.6 Million Verdict
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Cellamare v. Laidlaw
Woman struck by Laidlaw school bus while in a crosswalk. Resulting injuries included fractures of both femurs, the right tibia and right ankle.
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$22 Million Verdict
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Pogosyan v. Metropolitan Transit Authority
During a wrongful MTA police pursuit, woman struck by a car and pinned by the vehicle. Resulting injury led to partial leg amputation and a crush injury to the other leg.
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$5 Million Settlement
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Choi v. State of California
A young homemaker and mother suffered serious head trauma while a passenger in a car that was struck by a Caltrans vehicle.
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$3.67 Million Settlement
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Damron v. Laidlaw
Plaintiff severely injured after a school bus, operated by a private contractor, failed to yield to oncoming traffic. Injury to brain, facial paralysis, fractured hip and multiple other personal injuries sustained.
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$3.2 Million Settlement
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Staley v. MTA Bus
A 21-year-old UCLA graduate student suffered traumatic brain injuries after being struck by MTA bus.
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$1.5 Million Settlement
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Perez v. MTA Bus
Thirty-five-year-old woman struck by bus.
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We Know Where to Look and What to Look For
Our legal team quickly investigates MTA and other public transit accidents, gathering witness statements, onboard video and data from the vehicle's tracking system. All of this evidence can be invaluable. To discuss your bus, trolley, train or taxi accident claim, please contact Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP.