SIGNIFICANT CASES

Winer & McKenna, LLP has handled some of the most significant cases in the Bay Area and California. A number of the cases have had national implications and have not only resulted in large verdicts and settlements for clients, but also have at times contributed to important changes in our society. Please click here to learn about some of these significant effects in our society.

The fact that the results below are listed in order of the amount of money awarded does not mean that the cases with the largest awards or settlements were the most significant. Many of the cases that are included which settled for confidential or relatively lower monetary amounts were very significant, not only for the Plaintiff but for consumers in general. Please click here to read more.

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• $7,130,000- Prescription Drug, Lead to Brain Damage and Abuse Case Against Doctor



Winer & McKenna, LLP represented a 43-year-old woman who had seen the same psychiatrist for ten years. During that time, he prescribed drugs which caused plaintiff to suffer from a brain injury and sexually abused his patient. As a result of her injuries, plaintiff became severely disabled, was unable to work for over ten years, and extensive future treatment was recommended. Plaintiff brought simultaneous licensing board, criminal and civil actions against defendant.

A key issue in the case was the effect that Dexedrine, a prescription drug, had on the plaintiff. Defendant claimed that the Dexedrine, which is a potent amphetamine, was safe and did not cause Plaintiff damage. Winer & McKenna, LLP retained toxicology and psychopharmacology experts who testified that the Dexedrine in the way it was misprescribed was in fact dangerous and caused severe brain damage to the plaintiff.
 

• $6,800,000- 4 Young Boys Were Sexually Molested By A Male Teacher At Their Elementary School.
  
  Plaintiffs were four boys who were sexually abused by their fourth grade teacher. The perpetrator-teacher (a male) taught at the defendant School District from 1997-1999. During that time, he molested two of the plaintiffs who were in his fourth grade class.
  
  The teacher left the school district in June 1999 and gained employment at another school district in September. In January 2000, several boys in his fourth grade class complained of improper touching by the teacher.
  
  $5,600,000- Man Paralyzed By Defective Forklift
  
  Plaintiff was a 45 year old mechanic who became paralyzed when a defective fork lift fell over onto him while he was delivering products to a car dealership.
  
  Plaintiff delivered 20 pallets of coolant to a car dealership. At all other prior deliveries to other vendors, Plaintiff did not assist nor was he asked to assist in the unloading of the delivery he made.
   

• $5,000,000 – Bad Faith Termination of Disability Insurance Benefits to Severely Disabled Former Dentist
  
  Plaintiff was a former dentist who could no longer perform his substantial and material duties due to partial blindness and loss of sensation in his hands and fingers. Plaintiff had two disability insurance policies with defendant insurer: one that guaranteed a lifetime of disability benefits should he ever become disabled from performing the substantial and material duties of a dentist; and one that would cover his business overhead expenses should he become disabled from performing these duties.
   

• $4,461,636.40 -- Judgment in Sexual Harassment Case Against FedEx
  
  Two employees who alleged that they were sexually harassed by a co-worker brought a case against FedEx. The case resulted in a total verdict of $2,328,000, plus an award of attorney fees and costs, raising the total judgment to $4,461,636.40.
  
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• $4,550,000 – Woman Becomes Paralyzed As a Result of a Trip and Fall Accident Outside of Her Motel Room
   

• $4,200,000 – Four Young Boys were Sexually Molested by a Youth Leader at a Large Youth Sports Organization
  
  Four boys in their early to mid-teens were sexually harassed by a youth leader. There was a criminal case in which the leader was convicted and sent to prison. Winer and McKenna was retained to obtain compensation for the boys’ emotional injuries. Mr. Winer took the out of court testimony of the youth leader while he was in prison and the leader denied any sexual misconduct. Winer and McKenna established, however, that the youth leader was not appropriately supervised by the national organization or the local branches of the organization. In fact, he broke numerous organizational rules including exposing the young boys to pornography, which caused the plaintiffs sever emotional trauma.
   

• $4,000,000 - 50 Year Old Electrician Suffers Severe Burn Injuries in an Electrical Accident
  
  Plaintiff was a 50 year old journeyman electrician who was placed by an employment agency in the employ of a large corporate land owner.
   

• $3,850,000 – Female Plaintiff in Her Early Twenties Sues Medical Supply Company for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation
  
  Plaintiff was in her mid twenties, working as a clerk for a large medical supply company. She claimed that she was sexually harassed and retaliated against by her supervisor. The company investigated the sexual harassment complaints and made a no substantiation finding, but made a finding in plaintiff’s favor in the retaliation case. During litigation the company claimed it handled the situation appropriately. Winer and McKenna established that the offending supervisor was never appropriately disciplined and despite an earlier warning that he would be terminated if he committed one more wrongful act, defendant was not terminated when he was later found guilty of retaliation. Officers at the very highest level of the organization protected the supervisor, thereby exposing the company to the risk of a large punitive damage award which accounts for the result.
   

• $3,850,000 - Settlement for a single-plaintiff sexual harassment case against a large insurer
   

• $3,400,000 - Two Female Employees to Settle Verbal Harassment and Intimidation Case Against National Cosmetics Company
  
  Plaintiffs were 2 female employees. who worked in the service and delivery departments of a large cosmetic company.
   

• $3,279,463.60 - Judgment In Favor Of Family In Elder Abuse Case Against Nursing Home
   

• $3,000,000 – Sixty-three Year Old Woman Suffers A Severe Leg Injury When Run Over by A MUNI Bus
   

• $2,750,000 -- Ten-Year-Old Girl Raped by 28-Year-Old Actor at a Theater Company A ten-year-old girl attended a theater school on a daily basis after her elementary school day ended. One day she was alone in the locker room at the theater company after a rehearsal when a 28-year-old man, who had just had one of his scripts turned down by the theater company, cornered her in the locker room, took her to a secluded large closet and brutally raped her, causing severe psychological damage.
   

• $2,500,000 – 20 Year-old Girl Killed as A Passenger in A SoloVehicle Automobile Accident
   

• $2,500,000 -- Judgment Against Bar That Served Drinks To Drunk Driver in Favor of Woman Employed By Bar. Plaintiff in this case worked in a bar where it was her job to flirt with the customers and get them to drink more. At the end of the night, one of the very drunk customers offered to give her a ride home. The driver drove his car off the road and plaintiff received a severe spinal cord injury and was rendered a quadriplegic. Unfortunately, the driver only had a $15,000 insurance policy.
   

• $2,490,000 -- Three Women Sexually Harassed by Supervisors at Large Rental Company
   

• $2,328,000 -- Verdict in Sexual Harassment Case Against FedEx
  
  WINER & McKENNA, LLP represented two women who were sexually harassed by a co-worker at the FedEx Sunnyvale, California station.
   

• $2,300,000 -- Two Women Who Were Sexually Harassed While Working at FedEx.
   

• $2,200,000 - Fifteen Tenants in a Large Apartment Complex win Settlement Against Landlord Based on Mold Exposure and Fraud
  
  Plaintiffs were fifteen tenants of various ages living in a several hundred unit apartment building. The tenants became ill and did not know why. Through the investigative work of 2 of the tenants, they learned that their illnesses may have been caused by exposure to mold in the apartment building. The tenants then formed a group and retained WINER & McKENNA, LLP to represent them in a case against the landlord.
   

• $2,000,000- Medical Malpractice Against A Woman Caused Her to Suffer a Catastrophic Stroke After Delivering Triplets
  
  Plaintiff was a woman in her late 30’s whose doctor failed to properly diagnose her medical condition after she delivered triplets. Due to the failure to diagnose, she suffered a catastrophic stroke resulting in partial paralysis and brain damage. This case settled for the full insurance policy limits available.
  
  $2,000,000 -- Two Filipino and Two Hispanic Employees Were Discriminated Against Based on Race and Nationality Retaliated Against by a Large Southern California Retail Company
  
  This case involved two Filipino and two Hispanic employees 2 males and 2 females who claimed that their employer first discriminated against them and then retaliated against them once the employees brought claims of discrimination.
   

• $2,000,000 - 30-Year-Old Woman Sexually Abused by Psychologist at Southern California Outpatient Treatment Facility
  
  Plaintiff was a 30-year-old woman who was referred to a psychologist due to her chronic leg pain not responding to traditional physical treatment modalities. Defendant was a specialist in treating patients with physical disorders.
   

• $2,000,000 -- Three Women Who Were Sexually Harassed During Physical Exams by a Company Doctor Plaintiffs in this case were three young women who were employees of defendant hospital. As part of their yearly physicals, they had to be examined by a male doctor who was on staff at the hospital. Plaintiffs alleged that the doctor sexually harassed them by inappropriately touching them during the physical examinations. They retained Winer & McKenna, LLP.
   

• $2,000,000 -- Wrongful Death of Politician and Cameraman
   

• Confidential Settlement -- Infant Suffers Serious Burns on Body and Legs on Airline
   

• $2,000,000 -- Prescription Drug Claim Leads to Settlement of Bad Faith Case Plaintiff in this case was a woman in her 40s who obtained a large judgment after a jury trial in a civil case. The defendant's insurance company refused to pay the judgment, claiming there was no coverage. Winer & McKenna, LLP obtained the large judgment in the underlying case in the jury trial, and then received an “assignment” of the defendant's rights and sued the insurance company to attempt to recover the judgment
   

• $1,950,000 – Female Plaintiff in Her Early 20s Sexually Harassed by Plant Manager of a Large Manufacturing Company
   

• $1,900,000 – Bad Faith Claim against Insurer
   

• $1,900,000 -- Sexually Harassed/Abused Male Students Obtain Settlement Against School
   

• $1,860,000- Teenage girls sexually abused by their volleyball coach
  
  2 girls were sexually abused by their volleyball coach at school and on a private volleyball team. The volleyball coach manipulated the young girls into trusting him and befriending him. He then got them addicted to drugs and engaged in sexual relations with them for an extended period of time.
   

• $1,725,000 - Employees Settle Race and Gender Discrimination Case
  
  Plaintiffs were several female employees who claimed gender discrimination and a combination of male and female employees who claimed discrimination based on the fact that they were Hispanic. They wall worked for a large transportation company. Several of the plaintiffs were truck drivers who alleged that as women and/or Hispanics they were given inferior routes and had to perform more heavy labor than their male counterparts. Another plaintiff worked in the front office and claimed that she was paid substantially less than a male counterpart who performed the exact same functions.
   

• $1,700,000 -- Girl Toes Amputated Because of a Drunk MUNI Driver
   

• $1,566,000 -- Woman Mis-prescribed Drugs and Sexually Abused by Her Psychiatrist, Internist and Priest
   

• Confidential Settlement -- Burn Injury to Man Following Toxic Exposure to Defectively Manufactured Topical Pain Spray
   

• $1,500,000 – Two Male Security Guards at a Dance Club Sexually Harassed by Male District Manager of the Club
  
  Plaintiffs, two African-American males in their mid-20s, suffered months of verbal and physical sexual harassment at the hands of a gay district manager. The Corporation refused to take the case seriously, claiming that Plaintiffs were two big strong men who could easily defend themselves and thus were essentially not harassable.
   

• $1,500,000 – Bad Faith Denial of Disability Insurance Benefits to Disabled Firefighter
  
  Plaintiff was a former firefighter who was ordered by his doctor to stop working in his field due to increasingly severe heart problems. He had suffered two myocardial infarctions in one year and was at risk for developing congestive heart failure.
   

• $1,500,000 - Baby Suffers Mysterious Death While Under the Supervision of a Family-owned Daycare Center
  
  The plaintiffs were the parents of a baby who died several hours after they dropped the baby off at a family-run daycare facility. The baby was sleeping peacefully in his car seat when he was dropped off. The baby was never taken out of the car seat and found dead several hours later.
   

• $1,500,000 -- Wrongful Death of a 28-Year-Old Man in a Freeway Collapse Case This case involved a tragedy which could have been avoided, the collapse of the Cypress Structure Freeway in Oakland, California, during the 1989 San Francisco earthquake. Winer & McKenna, LLP represented plaintiff widow and her eight-year-old twins who were fatherless when the freeway collapsed on top of decedent's car, crushing him to death.
   

• $1,500,000 -- Five Newspaper Boys Molested by Employee of Newspaper
   

• $1,450,000 -- Men Bring Disability and Racial Discrimination Case Against a Large Machinery Company Plaintiffs were four men who worked for a large machinery company. Their positions within the company varied from sales to service. They claimed that they were subjected to a hostile work environment and were subjected to abuse and discrimination by a tyrannical manager of the company.
   

• $1,423,000 - Female Patient Wins $1,423,000 in a Physical and Sexual Abuse Case Against her Psychotherapist
  
  Plaintiff, a young woman in her early 20s who had a very disturbed childhood, began treating with a female psychologist she met at a counseling center. Over time, the psychologist inappropriately engaged plaintiff in a personal, sexual relationship which culminated in a fight in which the therapist attacked plaintiff, and then used her authority to have plaintiff arrested and criminal charges brought against her.
   

• $1,375,000 -- 40-Year-Old Man Suffers a Severe Leg Fracture in Motorcycle Accident, Becomes Dependent on Prescription Drug Vicodin
   

• Confidential Settlement -- Large Crane at Construction Site Smashes into Building Causing Death and Injury
   

• $1,350,000 – Judgment in favor of Plaintiff whose doctor was negligent in failing to timely diagnose prostate cancer
  
  In December 2000, Plaintiff presented to Dr. Smith, his primary care provider at Health Care Partners Medical Group, with complaints of prostate pain, symptoms and discomfort. From December 2000 through July 2002, during the nine visits he had with Dr. Smith, Plaintiff’s prostate symptoms worsened.
   

• $1,350,000 -- Psychologist Utilizes Inappropriate "Reparenting" Techniques on a Patient
   

• $1,300,000 – Two Women Sexually Harassed at Factory Site Owned by a Large National Corporation
  
  Plaintiffs were two women who suffered sexual harassment at the hands of a supervisor at a factory. Witnesses saw the supervisor leering at the plaintiffs and plaintiffs complained of the sexual harassment but were not helped out by the company, so they sought the services of Winer and McKenna. Winer and McKenna, through aggressive discovery were able to prove the plaintiffs sexual harassment claims were likely viable and the case settled after multiple mediations.
   

• $1,250,000 -- Three Women Bring Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Case Against National Company Selling Home Products
   

• $1,225,000 - Two Female Prison Guards Alleging Sexual Harassment by the Warden of Their Prison
  
  Plaintiffs alleged that the warden at a prison where they worked verbally sexually harassed them on a frequent basis. When plaintiffs and another woman finally complained the investigation took almost a year to complete, despite the fact that California law mandates a prompt and reasonable investigation.
   

• $1,200,000 – Five Women Sexually Harassed and Discriminated Against at Sports Related Facility
  
  Five women brought a case against their employer, a sports related facility that was trying to appeal to male customers by having the women dress in sexually seductive clothing. The women were discriminated against and treated unequally compared to the male employees, and were sexually harassed by customers and supervisors a like. Defendants denied any misconduct, however Winer and McKenna was able to establish that sexual harassment and the discrimination likely occurred and that plaintiffs received psychological injuries as a result of the abuse. Cases settled for a variety of dollar amounts totaling $1,200,000.
   

• $1,200,000 – Medical Malpractice Settlement on Behalf of Severely Brain Damaged Client
  
  Plaintiff was admitted to the hospital for shortness of breath and pneumonia. Due to a series of negligent actions on the part of the medical staff attending to his care, Plaintiff’s condition worsened while he was hospitalized, eventually causing him to stop breathing for a period of minutes. Plaintiff never fully recovered and remains to this day in what his current treaters have called a “persistent vegetative state.”
   

• $1,100,000 -- Seven Waitresses Bring Sexual Harassment Case Against Restaurant
  
  This case involved seven young women in their early twenties who were working part-time as waitresses. Each of the women claimed to be subjected to varying degrees of sexual harassment from the male cooks at the restaurant. They alleged the cooks would frequently make catcalls at them, and made crude and offensive sexual remarks. The women further claimed these men would touch them often and without reason on their hands and arms. Several of the women alleged the cooks would block their passage and slam into them with carts of food. A few of the women stated the cooks had touched their breasts and buttocks.
   

•  $1,100,000 -- Product Liability Case Involving 35-Year-Old Man Has Spinal Cord Injury in Moveable Machine Accident

  Plaintiff was a 35-year-old man who was operating a moveable machine as part of his job in a grocery distribution company. He alleged that when he moved the gearshift forward, instead of going forward the machine went into reverse and as a result, the machine crashed into a rack on which boxes were placed, crushing his spine and causing a spinal cord injury with partial paralysis. The plaintiff could not sue his employer because of workers' compensation preclusions, so the case proceeded against the machine manufacturer.
   

• Confidential Settlement -- Woman Requires Surgery to Both Her Knees Due to Airline Negligence
   

• $1,100,00 -- Elderly Tenants Sue Landlord and General Contractor for Nuisance and Emotional Distress During Construction Project
   

• $1,007,809 – Male Plaintiff Sexually Harassed at a Large California Consumer Goods Company
  
  Plaintiff, a male in his mid-twenties, claimed he was sexually harassed and retaliated against at his male-dominated company by male co-workers who perceived him to be gay and effeminate. Co-workers made sexually harassing comments towards plaintiff and treated him roughly during the course of his employment. Further, one supervisor exposed himself to plaintiff in an apparent attempt to hit on plaintiff. Winer and McKenna, through extensive litigation, established that the company had an out of control sexual culture in which the male employees treated other male employees terribly, particularly if they were perceived to be gay or effeminate. It was further established that employees were scared to report the harassment because of the code of silence and feared retaliation. After contentious litigation an attorney’s fee motion was made once plaintiff accepted defendant’s statutory offer and the total amount of the settlement plus attorney’s fees resulted in a seven figure settlement.
   

• $1,000,050 - Toxic Exposure Victim Wins Settlement After Trial Verdict
  
  Plaintiff was a middle-aged man who was born severely brain damaged. Plaintiff’s mother never knew the cause of the brain damage until many years later she discovered that defendant company had dumped chemicals next to her house: chemicals containing lead, which is known to cause severe brain damage.
   

• $1,000,000- Woman sexually abused as a teenager by police officers she worked with
  
  This case was brought 25 years after the sexual abuse occurred under a specific California statute that opened up the statute of limitations for 1 year due to the church sex abuse cases. Plaintiff was a teenage Explorer Scout at a police department in Southern California. Two police officers sexually assaulted and abused her, causing life long emotional distress and damages.
   

• $1,000,000- Wrongful death of pedestrian
   

• $1,000,000 -- Female Locomotive Engineer sues Employer for Sex Discrimination, Retaliation and a Hostile Work Environment.
   

• $1,000,000 -- 28-Year-Old Man Receives a Traumatic Brain Injury in a Truck Accident
   

• $1,000,000 -- Couple Sues Psychiatrist and His Wife for Malpractice, Abuse and Betrayal
   

• $1,000,000 – Toxic Tort Settlement on Behalf of Residents of Housing Project
  
  While an associate with another law firm, WINER & McKENNA 's associate Jennifer Prusak was heavily involved in a mass toxic tort action against a municipal housing authority on behalf of hundreds of residents of one of that city’s housing projects. The housing authority, without informing the residents, had exposed them to a number of chemicals proven by scientific literature to be carcinogens over a period of decades .
   

• $1,000,000 – Bad Faith Denial of Disability Insurance Benefits to Schizophrenic Former Artist
  
  Plaintiff was formerly an artist with a very successful business. He had a large, very affluent clientele who would purchase from him regularly. In approximately 1998, however, Plaintiff began suffering from debilitating hallucinations and paranoid delusions, and had recurrent suicidal ideation. By 1999 Plaintiff was diagnosed with schizophrenia. At this point he was admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Oregon and was taking extremely high doses of anti-psychotic medications on a daily basis. He was no longer capable of taking care of himself or of creating the art that previously made his career.
   

• $950,000 -- 18-Year-Old Woman Electrocuted by Electrical Wire Downed in a Storm
   

• $950,000 -- Fledgling Actress Has 26-Year Inappropriate Sexual Relationship with Psychiatrist
   

• Confidential settlement -- 15-Year-Old Boy Has Severe Degloving Burn-Like Injuries When He Collides with a MUNI Bus While on a Skateboard
   

• $950,000 -- 45-Year-Old Attorney Suffers a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury When Scaffolding Falls on His Head in a Defective Product Case
   

• $950,000 -- Wrongful Death of Woman Gored to Death on an African Safari
   

• $900,000 - Young Woman Wins Sex Abuse Case Against Her Psychotherapist and Assault Case Against Her Psychotherapist’s Husband
  
  Plaintiff was a woman in her twenties suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder. She sought the treatment of a Northern California psychotherapist. The female psychotherapist ended up in a sexual relationship with the plaintiff. When the psychotherapist’s husband found out about the sexual relationship he entered the patient’s house with a gun, threatening to kill the plaintiff. He was arrested.
   

• $ 867,135 - Cesar v. Kumin for woman injured in auto accident.
   

• 850,000 - Motorcyclist Suffers Leg Amputation as a Result of Illegally Parked Bus Blocking View of Auto Pulling Out.
   

• $829,000 - 77-Year Old Man Brings Elder Abuse Claim Against Several Nursing Homes and Doctors

  Plaintiff was a man in his mid-seventies who injured his back when he fell off a ladder. Although he fractured a thoracic vertebra in the fall, the fracture went undiagnosed for four months, despite the fact that plaintiff was in hospitals or nursing homes for almost that entire time period and was seen by dozens of physicians. As a result of the failure to diagnose the fracture, plaintiff developed spinal cord compression which necessitated an operation and left plaintiff with a compromised ability to walk and with a lifetime of pain.
   

• $800,000 – Thirty Year Male Member of an Organization Sexually Harassed by Various Supervisors Over The Entire Thirty Year Period
  
  Plaintiff sought the services of Winer and McKenna to help him receive compensation for the thirty years of sexual harassment at the hands of various supervisors in the organization in which he worked. The organization denied any misconduct and attempted to point out that it was very unlikely that plaintiff, as claimed, was sexually harassed by over ten different supervisors. Winer and McKenna sent plaintiff to a psychiatrist for evaluation to not only establish the significant nature of his psychological injury, but also, to help establish the veracity of his claims of misconduct and the fact the he was vulnerable to the type of sexual harassment to which he was exposed.
   

• $800,000 -- Settlement After a Three Week Trial in a Workplace Sexual Harassment Case
   

• $800,000 -- Four Boys Molested by Pastor in Rural Northern California County
   

• $800,000 - Elderly Disabled Man Wins Disability Discrimination Settlement and Elder Abuse Case Against his Healthcare Provider
  
  Plaintiff was a wheelchair-bound, elderly man who alleged that his healthcare providers failed to appropriately address his disability, thus discriminating against him, and further grossly neglected his care by failing to attend to his needs, causing him to become extremely dysfunctional and unable to care for his needs, thus becoming completely dependent on his family.
   

• $800,000 - Female Mortgage Company Employee Wins $800,000 Settlement Based on Verbal Harassment, an Attempted Kiss and Retaliation
  
  Plaintiff was a 40 year old employee of a large national mortgage company. She claimed that her work environment became hostile when her supervisor began making inappropriate comments about her looks. One day, when her supervisor came back from a business trip he forced her against a wall and attempted two times to kiss her.
   

• $775,000- Employee suffered severe injuries as a result of a defective dough mixing machine
  
  Plaintiff was in his 20’s when a defective dough mixer at his place of employment, a large commercial bakery, caused partial amputation of his arm. The dough mixer was manufactured in the 1950s and was still being used. The dough mixer was stopped as Plaintiff was unloading the dough, however, the machine started to cycle unexpectedly and pulled Plaintiff’s entire body into the machine, causing catastrophic injuries.
   

• $750,000 Two African-American Women Sexually Harassed by Their Supervisor at a Retail Food Outlet
   

• $750,000 – Bad Faith Termination of Disability Insurance Benefits to Disabled Former Nurse
  
  Plaintiff, a San Francisco resident, was employed as an operating room nurse for twenty years prior to the onset of bulging discs in her back that prevented her from twisting, bending, or lifting any objects greater than 15 pounds. To treat her constant back pain Plaintiff was required to take a variety of painkilling medications, all of which had serious side effects that kept her from being able to focus, remember details, or think on her feet.
   

• $750,000 – Bad Faith Termination of Disability Insurance Benefits to Former Paralegal with Traumatic Brain Injury
  
  Plaintiff was a paralegal for nearly twenty years until he was hit by a car and rendered unconscious. The result of this accident was traumatic brain injury that severely impaired his ability to reason, to think clearly and quickly, and to make decisions. This brain damage and resulting cognitive impairments were objectively verified by several board certified neurosurgeons and documented in MRIs and CT scans.
   

• $750,000 - Family Wins Settlement Based on Elder Abuse of Elder at Nursing Home
  
  Plaintiffs were the surviving children of a mother who they believed was abused while a patient at a nursing home.
   

• $750,000 -- Family Wins Medical Malpractice Settlement Based on the Wrongful Death of a Middle Aged Wife and Mother
   

• $750,000 -- Case in Which a Male-to-Female Transsexual Sued Ex Therapist For Negligence And Abuse
   

• Confidential Settlement -- 30-Year-Old Laborer Injured at Delivery to Construction Site
   

• $750,000 -- Ten-Year-Old Boy Suffers Severe Leg Damage as Result of Malpractice of Cardiac Surgeon
   

• $750,000 -- 45-Year-Old Woman Brings Medical Negligence and Sexual Abuse Case Against Psychotherapist and Psychiatric Clinic
   

Three Children and Mother Alleged Sexual Abuse by Hypnotherapist
 

• $750,000 -- Four-Year-Old Boy Brain Damaged in Dart-out Accident
   

• $750,000 -- 22-Year-Old Woman Alleges Sexual Abuse at Alcoholic Rehab Facility by Owner Manager and Bank VP
   

• $700,000 – Woman in Her 40s Sexually Abused by Her Psychotherapist
   

• $700,000- Plaintiff was catapulted off equipment while unloading a shipment at work
  
  Plaintiff sustained serious head trauma and other injuries as a result of an accident when he was off-loading a new 15,000 pound aerial boom lift from the bed of a highway trailer to the ground. Plaintiff had been a service mechanic for over 30 years and was employed in this position at the time of the accident.
   

• $700,000 -- Developmentally Disabled 24-Year-Old Man Abused at a Residential Care Facility Brings Elder/Dependent Abuse Action
   

• $675,000 – Wrongful Death Case Against Airplane Part Manufacturer
   

• $675,000 -- Single Mother Suffers Back and Head Injury When Knocked off Her Bicycle by Auto Driver
   

• Confidential Settlement -- Man Receives Spinal Cord Injury Due to Turbulence on Airplane
   

• $675,000 -- Three Patients Allege They Were Lured into Drug and Sex Parties by Their Therapists
   

• $650,000 – 2 Year Old Boy Becomes Infected with Severe E-coli Complications As a Result of Bathing with Another Infected Child
   

• $650,000 -- Young Man Suffers Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Partial Loss of Smell in Truck Accident
   

• Confidential Settlement -- Dangerous Condition of Property and Product Liability Case Against Car Manufacturer -- 16-Year-Old Boy Brain Damaged
   

• $625,000 – Two Female Employees Sexually Harassed at Large California Chain Store
  
  Two young female employees were sexually harassed by a supervisor at their company. The company refused to provide adequate compensation even after Winer and McKenna aggressively litigated the case, throwing the case into arbitration (trial) in front of an arbitrator instead of a jury. Plaintiffs won the arbitration and they were not only awarded compensation, but also attorneys’ fees. The total of that amount was $625,000.
   

• $610,000 – Gender Harassment/Discrimination Claim Brought by a Female in Her 20s against Multiple Supervisors at a Construction Site
   

• $600,000 – Two Women in Their 30s Sexually Harassed by Superior of Multi-Media Company
   

• $600,000 -- Doctor Commits Malpractice and Sexually Abuses Patient
   

• $600,000 -- Patients at Alcoholic Rehab Center Held Against Will and Abused
   

• $600,000 -- Psychologist-in-Training Sues Psychoanalyst for Negligence and Abuse
   

• $550,000 – Bad Faith Termination of Disability Insurance Benefits to Former Teacher with Seizure Disorder
  
  Plaintiff was an elementary school teacher in Sacramento for fifteen years who at age 40 developed a seizure disorder. She required several brain surgeries that removed entire sections of her brain. Her disorder, coupled with the side effects that resulted from the removal of portions of her brain, rendered Plaintiff unable to continue in her teaching position.
   

• $540,803 – Three Male Plaintiffs Sexually Harassed by Male Supervisors in a Factory
   

• $525,000 - Family of Elderly Woman Wins Elder Abuse in the Collective Case Against Nursing Home and Medical Providers
  
  Plaintiff was the middle-aged daughter of an elderly woman who she claimed was severely neglected while in a nursing home. She claimed neglect against the nursing home and also, more significant neglect by her mother’s physicians who refused to come to her mother’s aid when the nursing home called the doctors for medical intervention.
   

• $515,000- Pedestrian struck by vehicle causing mild head injuries
   

• $500,000 – Latino Male Sexually Harassed and Retaliated Against at a National Chain
  
  Plaintiff, a Latino male in his late twenties was an illegal immigrant working at a national chain. The supervisor at that chain sexually harassed him by making aggressive sexual advances towards plaintiff and performing oral sex on plaintiff off the premises. Winer and McKenna was able to establish that, more likely than not, the sexual harassment occurred, and also that the company failed in its responsibility to conduct a fair, prompt and reasonable investigation. Employees of the company who conducted the investigation took no notes and did not follow standard investigation practices for such an investigation. Winer and McKenna also sent the plaintiff out for a psychological evaluation and it was determined that he needed several hundred thousand dollars of treatment for future psychotherapy. The case was heavily litigated and settled on the courtroom steps.
   

• $500,000 – Young Woman Sexually Harassed and Retaliated Against by Supervisor at Southern California Medical Clinic
  
  Plaintiff, a young woman, was allegedly sexually harassed by her supervisor and multiple others in the company. Rather than accepting responsibility for their actions, defendant denied any responsibility. Winer and McKenna, through aggressive litigation established that the sexual harassment likely occurred, that defendants failed to properly investigate plaintiff’s allegations, and that plaintiff was later retaliated against.
   

• $500,000 – Male Plaintiff Sexually Harassed at a National Transportation Company
  
  Plaintiff, a man in his twenties, worked off location at a national transportation company. The supervisor of the location subjected plaintiff to unwanted pornography, touched plaintiff inappropriately and made inappropriate sexual comments towards plaintiff. The company attempted to defend the supervisor’s actions by claiming that it was just horse-play between male employees and not actually sexually orientated. Winer and McKenna, through witnesses and plaintiff’s testimony was able to demonstrate the sexually harassing nature of the supervisor’s conduct, and that the lewd sexual conduct was unwanted by plaintiff, who was forced to watch the pornography by the supervisor. Despite nominal wage loss the case reached a substantial settlement.
   

• $500,000 – Returning Iraq War Veteran Discriminated Against Based Upon His Race and His War Induced Disability and Forced to Quit by Company He Worked for Prior to Being Called to Duty Brings USERRA Claim
   

• $500,000 – Thirty-Eight Year Old Woman Sexually Harassed by Vice-President of a Large Construction Company
  
   

• $500,000 Judgment against Pacific Bell for sexual harassment of a male employee by his male supervisor
   

• $500,000 - African American Employees Win Racial Discrimination Lawsuit
  
  Plaintiffs were four African American women who were employed by a health service provider. They alleged that they were not treated as well as Caucasian employees and that the president of the company made numerous derogatory racial remarks.
   

• $500,000 - Asian Woman Wins Sexual Harassment Settlement Against Large Computer Company
  
  Plaintiff was a 35 year old, foreign-born, married employee of a large computer company. She claimed that her supervisor (from the same country as plaintiff) coerced her into performing oral sex on him on 3 occasions. After the third occasion she became so disgusted that she told her husband about the harassment and a report was made to the company.
   

• $500,000 - Fifteen Year Old Girl Molested by a Doctor at a Hospital
  
  Plaintiff was a 15 year old girl who was recovering from a significant brain surgery at a hospital. Plaintiff alleged that a neurosurgeon who was following her recovery molested her two times. Plaintiff reported the first molest to her mother. Her mother reported the molest to the hospital and asked them to make sure that it never happened again. The hospital failed to take appropriate action and the second molest occurred.
   

• $500,000 -- 50-Year-Old Man Dies as a Result of Malpractice by HMO
   

• $500,000 -- Woman Sues National Corporation for Sexual Harassment by a Division President
   

• $500,000 -- Woman's Psychological Condition Deteriorates as Result of Psychiatrist Malpractice and Abuse
   

• $500,000 -- Four Employees of a Funeral Business Claim Discrimination, Retaliation and Illegal Practices
   

• $500,000 -- Prescription Drug Foul-Up Leads to Significant Injuries
   

• $500,000 -- Kindergartners Allegedly Molested by Teacher
   

• $500,000 -- Parking Lot Assault and Rape of Two
   

• Confidential Settlement -- Toxic Tort and Product Liability Case Where Issue Was Whether Toxoplasmosis Caused by Chemical or AIDS
   

• $490,000 -- Psychiatrist Addicts Patient to Tranquilizers and Begins Living with Patient and Her Family
   

• Confidential Settlement -- Construction Worker Severely Injured at Construction Site
   

• $485,000 – Male Plaintiff Working at a National Chain Sexually Harassed Because of His Perceived Homosexual Orientation
  
  Plaintiff, a young man in his late twenties, worked for a national chain. Everything was going well at his job, until one day he was visited by a gay friend at the job and from that time on all the employees of the company perceived plaintiff to be gay and made anti-homophobic comments against him, ostracized him, and refused to work cooperatively with him. As a result of the sexual harassment, plaintiff had a nervous break-down, a psychotic episode, and ended up hospitalized. By performing an extensive investigation, Winer and McKenna was able to turn up evidence which tended to establish the accuracy of plaintiff’s allegations, and had plaintiff evaluated by a psychiatrist who confirmed the seriousness of his psychological injury.
   

• $480,000 -- Medical Malpractice Case Involving Misdiagnosis and Substandard Treatment.
   

• $460,000 -- Daughters Sue Doctor Father for Incest
   

• $450,000 – Woman Sexually Harassed by Supervisor
  
  Plaintiff was a middle age woman who worked in a factory in Northern California. During the course of her employment, her supervisor made lewd sexual advances toward her and inappropriately sexually touched her. During litigation the supervisor denied any inappropriate conduct. Winer and McKenna was able to establish through witnesses and taking the supervisor’s deposition that, he in fact did engage in sexually inappropriate conduct and made inappropriate statements toward plaintiff.
  
  $450,000 -- A Straight Male Emloyee Sexually Harassed by Supervisors Based on Their False Belief That He Was Gay
   

• $450,000 -- 40-Year-Old Man Brain-Damaged in Bicycle Accident During a Triathlon Brings Case Against Helmet Manufacturer and Triathlon
   

• $450,000 -- Woman Brings Sexual Harassment Claim Against Governmental Entity
   

• $450,000 -- 22-Year-Old Bicyclist Suffers Traumatic Brain Injury in Collision with Van Driver with Only $100,000 Insurance
   

• $450,000 -- Four Women Sue Psychologist Who Convinced Them That They Had Been Abducted by UFOs
   

• $450,000 -- 35-Year-Old Security Guard Has Forearm Amputated as a Result of a Severe Electrical Burn Injury at Construction Site
   

• Confidential Settlement -- Product Liability -- Policeman Has Nylon Socks Melt onto His Legs During Fire -- Causing Severe Third Degree Burns
   

• $450,000 -- Motorcyclist Wins Settlement Against Motor Vehicle Driver with Only $100,000 Insurance Coverage
   

• $450,000 -- Woman Fractures Her Elbow When She Trips and Falls Crossing Market Street
   

• Confidential Settlement -- Toxic Tort -- Sewage Backup in Apartment Causes Psychosis
   

• $425,000 – Woman in Her Late Twenties Sexually Harassed at a Restaurant
  
  Plaintiff, a woman in her late twenties, worked as a waitress in a restaurant in rural California. Her supervisor at the restaurant sexually harassed her, both through inappropriate touching and other lewd sexual behavior and comments. Defendant’s insurance company did not want to adequately compensate plaintiff for her injuries despite the fact the plaintiff made an excellent witness who was even believed by the defense counsel. As a result, Winer and McKenna had to aggressively litigated the case, and was able to achieve just compensation on behalf of plaintiff.
   

• $350,000 – Male Plaintiff in His Late Thirties Received Back and Knee Injury in a Car Accident
  
  Plaintiff was driving his vehicle when another car took an illegal left hand-turn in front of plaintiff causing plaintiff to hurt his knee and back. During litigation the defense challenged the nature of the extent of plaintiff’s injuries, however, through the use of medical experts; Winer and McKenna was able to confirm the seriousness of plaintiff’s injuries and the appropriateness of present and future treatment.
   

• $425,000 - Three Female and One Male Employee Claim Sexual Harassment Against Nightclub
  
  Plaintiffs were 3 waitresses and 1 waiter who worked at a medium-sized nightclub chain. The waitresses alleged that they were sexually harassed by inappropriate sexual comments and come-ons perpetrated by the nightclub managers. The male employee claimed that the managers sexually harassed him by hiring a prostitute to attempt to sexually seduce him while the managers secretly watched and made fun of the employee at his expense.
   

• $400,000 – Female Attorney in Her 20s Sexually Harassed by Chief Attorney in Their Government Entity Department
   

• $400,000 – Female College Student Sexually Harassed and Abused by Her Psychotherapist in the College Counseling Program
   

• $400,000 settlement against California agency for defective road conditions which led to a woman becoming a paraplegic due to auto accident.
  
  $400,000 - Three Unbelted Passengers Injured in Auto Accident
  
  Plaintiffs were a husband and wife visiting from another country and driving from Lake Tahoe to the Bay Area with their 25 year old daughter-in-law. A municipality-owned truck made a left-hand turn in front of plaintiffs, causing the accident.
   

• $400,000 -- 40-Year-Old Man Injured in Bicycle/Auto Collision
  
  Plaintiff, an expert bicyclist, was riding his bike to work early one morning when a small truck driven by a repairman took a left-hand turn in front of plaintiff. Plaintiff collided with the side of the truck, suffering a severe shoulder injury which required two operations and left plaintiff with some limited motion and a slightly drooping shoulder.
   

• $400,000 - Female Scientist Wins $400,000 in Sexual Harassment Case Against Her Employer
  
  Plaintiff was a scientist in her late 30s working for a medical research company. Shortly after she began her employment one of the executives of the company pursued a romantic relationship with plaintiff. Plaintiff consensually entered into that relationship. However, once the executive began to be abusive within the relationship she extricated herself from the relationship and made it clear that she was not interested in any further contact.
   

• $400,000 -- 40-Year-Old Patient and Employee Sues Doctor for Sexual Harassment
   

• $400,000 -- Children of Elderly Mother Bring Elder Abuse Case for Her Injury and Death at a Nursing Home
   

• $400,000 -- Male Employee Alleges Sexual Harassment Against Store
   

• $390,000 -- Woman in Her Early Twenties Suffers Psychological Injury When Her Car Collides With Train at a Train Crossing

Plaintiff was a 25-year-old woman who was driving to work in a small SUV. When she approached train tracks she noticed a train passing by, but when she came to a stop she also noticed that the crossing arm which was supposed to stop her progress several yards back had come down parallel as opposed to perpendicular to the roadway.

• $375,000 – 50 Year-old Woman Sexually Harassed by Two Supervisors at Low Income Housing Development
   

• $375,000 – Male Waiter Sexually Harassed by Multiple Coworkers at a Restaurant
   

• $375,000 -- Family Brings Elder Abuse Case Against Nursing Home for Abuse and Death of an 88-Year-Old Man
   

• $350,000 – Male Plaintiff in His Late Thirties Received Back and Knee Injury in a Car Accident
  
  Plaintiff was driving his vehicle when another car took an illegal left hand-turn in front of plaintiff causing plaintiff to hurt his knee and back. During litigation the defense challenged the nature of the extent of plaintiff’s injuries, however, through the use of medical experts; Winer and McKenna was able to confirm the seriousness of plaintiff’s injuries and the appropriateness of present and future treatment.
   

• $350,000 – Woman in Her 20s Sexually Harassed by Managing Agent of Computer Software Company
   

• $350,000 - Department Store Clerk Sexually Harassed by Graveyard Shift Supervisor
   

• $350,000 – Gay Male Plaintiff Makes a Sexual Orientation and Disability Harassment Claim against a Supervisor of a Production Company
   

• $350,000 -- Wrongful Death of Elderly Pedestrian in Car Accident
   

• $350,000 -- Plastic Surgeon Has Sexual Relationship with Three Women Patients
   

• $350,000 -- 16-Year-Old Driver Fractures His Leg and Has Psychological Injury and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in an Accident with a Man Who Had Been Drinking
   

• $350,000 -- Woman Sexually Harassed by Supervisor at Bank Where She Worked
   

• $350,000 -- Ten-Year-Old Boy Hit Crossing the Street Develops Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
   

• $350,000 -- Psychologist Brings Sexual Abuse and Malpractice Case Against Treating Psychiatrist
   

• $350,000 - “Visual” Sexual Harassment Settlement Against a Large Electronics Company
   

• $349,218 - Justet v. United Airlines for a disabled worker
   

• $348,275 – 32 Year-old Male Plaintiff Injured As a Passenger in A Taxi Cab Accident
   

• $345,000 – Three Women Sexually Harassed at a Mall Chain Store
  
  Three plaintiffs who worked at a chain store in a mall were sexually harassed by their supervisor who denied any misconduct. Winer and McKenna established that the misconduct likely occurred and the women received a significant settlement as a result of injuries from the sexual harassment, despite having only minimal wage loss and medical expenses.
   

• $325,000 – Male Plaintiff Sexually Harassed and Retaliated Against by His Female Supervisor at a Local Company
  
  Plaintiff, a male in his early thirties was very submissive by nature and had been abused by girlfriends in the past. Plaintiff worked alone with defendant female supervisor who lived on the premises of the company with her husband. Plaintiff claimed that the supervisor came on to him and attempted to engage him in a sexual relationship, which he resisted. During litigation, the supervisor denied any attraction to plaintiff, and claimed she was deeply in love with her husband and would never engage in such conduct towards plaintiff. Winer and McKenna was able to establish evidence that tended to indicate that the female supervisor was attracted to plaintiff and did make sexual advances towards him at various points during his employment. Further, Winer and McKenna established numerous acts of retaliation by the company, which occurred after plaintiff reported his claim. Plaintiff was forced to transfer to a worse location and Winer and McKenna was able to find emails which indicated that the company was trying to force plaintiff out because of the perception that he was a trouble maker.
   

• $317,000 – Two Female Grocery Store Clerks Sexually Harassed by Department Supervisor
   

• $312,500 – Female Sales Person for Large Mall Chain Sexually Harassed by Supervisor
  
  Plaintiff, a woman in her twenties, was a sales associate for a national mall chain store. Her supervisor allegedly sexually harassed her, and plaintiff received injuries as a result of the sexual harassment. The company denied any responsibility for the sexual harassment, but Winer and McKenna, through aggressive litigation, established that the sexual harassment likely occurred and that plaintiff suffered significant injuries as a result of the sexual harassment.
   

• $310,000 -- Premises Liability Case in Which Legal Secretary Fractured Her Arm
   

• $309,000 – Female Employee in Her Early Twenties Sexually Harassed on a Business Trip by Her Supervisor
  
  On a number of business trips which plaintiff was forced to go on with her supervisor, (despite complaining about earlier trips in which the supervisor acted inappropriately), defendant supervisor sexually harassed plaintiff. The harassment consisted of attempting to engage in sexual activities with plaintiff in her motel room and on car drives to sales appointments. Plaintiff was psychologically injured as a result of the supervisor’s misconduct. Despite denying any wrong doing, defendants settled on the courtroom steps on the day of trial.
   

• $302,973 – Plaintiff Sexually Harassed and Discriminated Against by a Manufacturing Company
  
  
  Plaintiff, a woman in her thirties, was sexually harassed by her supervisor at a manufacturing company. In addition to the sexual harassment, plaintiff was also discriminated against based upon her gender. The company denied any misconduct and denied that plaintiff was fired as a result of complaining of sexual harassment by her supervisor. Winer and McKenna litigated the case and was able to find evidence which tended to indicate the validity of plaintiff’s claims of sexual harassment and sexual discrimination and the case was settled after extensive litigation.
   

• $300,000 – Two Male Employees Sexually Harassed at Large National Company
  
  Plaintiffs were dock workers for a large national company. They were sexually harassed by supervisors who perceived them to be gay. Plaintiffs’ supervisors made extremely offensive comments based upon this perception, and engaged in sexual gestures aimed at plaintiffs. The company defended the case, claiming that plaintiffs and the alleged offending supervisors were just engaging in horse-play and that plaintiffs “gave as good as they got.” Winer and McKenna, through extensive litigation, established that plaintiffs were, in fact, mistreated based upon their perceived sexual orientation and that the supervisors engaged in inappropriate conduct of a sexual harassing nature. Neither plaintiff sought psychotherapeutic treatment.
  
  $300,000 – 72 Year-old Woman A Victim of Medical Malpractice
   

• $300,000 – Woman in Her 30s Claimed Sexual Harassment And Retaliation Against Supervisor with Whom She Had A Prior Consensual Relationship
   

• $300,000 – 18 Year Old Girl Sexually Harassed by Store Manager
   

• $300,000 -- Two Toddlers Abused at Home Day Care by Drunk Owner
   

• $300,000 -- Two Women Sexually Abused by Doctor -- Husband Becomes Angry and Retaliates
   

• $300,000 -- Trucking Accident Involving Serious Injury from Spilled Tomatoes
   

• $300,000 -- Drunk Driver of Truck Kills Male Passenger
   

• $300,000 -- Two Young Boys Molested by Son of Home Day Care Owner
   

• Confidential Settlement -- Plaintiff Receives Severe Psychological Injury When Gondola Snaps and Leaves the Plaintiff and Others Suspended in Mid-Air.
   

• $300,000 -- Private Airplane Crash Where Young Girl Survives
   

• $300,000 -- Woman Receives Facial Scarring and Psychological Injury as a Result of Pickup Truck Rollover
   

• $300,000 -- College Student Sexually Abused by Counselor Who Undermines Her Religious Beliefs
   

• $300,000 -- Woman in Southern California Brings Therapist Exploitation Case
   

• $300,000 -- Psychiatrist Violates Boundaries of Therapy with Female Multiple Personality Disordered Patient
   

• $300,000 -- Woman Looking for Psychological Help Ends up Being Sexually Abused by Psychotherapist
   

• $300,000 -- Woman Raped in Sauna at Her Large Apartment Complex
   

• $300,000 -- Nurse has Non-Surgical Back Injury as Result of Automobile Accidents
   

• $300,000 - Automobile Driver Receives Significant Psychological Injury in a Freeway Accident
   

• $290,000 – Mentally Disabled Woman in Her 40s Sexually Harassed by Coworker in a Department Store
   

• $287,500 -- Elderly Woman Tenant Fractures Hip at Apartment Complex
   

• $285,000 -- Passenger Sues Drunk Driver of Car in Which He Was Passenger for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
   

• Confidential Settlement -- Plaintiffs Injured When Airplane Crashes into a Shopping Mall.
   

• $285,000 -- Truck Driver Falls off Defectively Designed Loading Dock at Construction Site and Fractures Arm
   

• $275,000 – Settlement for Retaliation Only Case on Behalf of a Female Plaintiff in Her Thirties
  
  Winer and McKenna represented plaintiff in a prior sexual harassment case. Following the resolution of that sexual harassment case, plaintiff claimed that the company retaliated against her for her complaints and for availing herself of her rights, denying her promotions and subjecting her to ridicule.
   

• $275,000 – Female Government Employee in Her 30s Sexually Harassed by Department Supervisor
   

• $275,000 -- Husband and Wife Allege Deception by a Psychologist Who Was Running a Therapy Cult
   

• Confidential Settlement -- Plaintiff Fired after Reporting Toxic Waste Company to Federal Agency for Illegal Practices
   

• $275,000 - On Behalf of Bicyclist Killed While Riding His Bicycle Through a Construction Zone Without a Helmet
   

• $265,000 -- Woman Wins Settlement in Case Where Therapist Denies Sexual Misconduct
   

• $260,000 -- Two Women Sexually Harassed by Executive of a National Accessory Company
   

• $250,000 – Male Plaintiff Sexually Harassed by a Male Supervisor
  
  Plaintiff, a male in his twenties, was sexually harassed by his male supervisor. The company defended the case by claiming that plaintiff and supervisor were simply engaged in horse-play and not sexual harassment. Winer and McKenna established the sexual nature of defendant’s misconduct and obtained fair compensation on behalf of plaintiff.
   

• $250,000 – Young Woman Sexually Harassed by Supervisor at Government Agency
   

• $250,000 – Woman in Her Late 20s Sexually Harassed by Supervisor of a Non-Profit
   

• $250,000 - Judgment against Doctor for wrongful death/medical malpractice in failing to diagnose colon cancer
   

• $250,000 -- Settlement in Favor of Male Hispanic Racial/National Origin and Sexual Harassment Victim
   

• $250,000 -- Man Who Suffered a Heart Attack Sent Home by Hospital Without Treatment
   

• $250,000 -- Doctor's Neglect Causes the Death of 17-Year-Old Boy
   

• $250,000 -- Two Housekeepers Sue Hotel for Sexual Harassment by its General Manager
   

• $250,000 -- Whiplash Injury to Woman in Collision with Drunk Driver
   

• Confidential Settlement -- Apartment Fire Causes Emotional Distress and Burn/Smoke Inhalation Injuries
   

• $250,000 -- Sexual Harassment of Young Woman Clerk at Large Grocery Chain by Supervisor
   

• $250,000 -- Woman Seeking Treatment for Chronic Pain Over-Medicated and Sexually Abused by Pain Specialist
   

• $250,000 -- Patient Claims Malpractice When Treated by a Delusional Psychiatrist
   

• $250,000 -- Unwitting Reality Show Participant Suffers Psychological Breakdown
   

• $234,500 – Plaintiff Female Porn Star Sexually Harassed at Communication Company
  After Someone in the Communication Company Discovered that She Had Participated in Pornographic Movies
  
  Plaintiff freely admitted that she participated in pornographic movies, but decided to leave the pornography industry to “go straight” and establish a career in business. While she was attempting to establish that career, one of her supervisors found out that she was in the porn industry and distributed her pornographic movies to her co-workers and sexually harassed her based on the fact she had been in the movies. Plaintiff was devastated by the fact that she was not able to escape her past and that a single supervisor had destroyed her career. Winer and McKenna was able to establish the nature of plaintiff’s devastation as a result of a legitimate desire to go straight, yet, to have her past haunt her as a result of a supervisor violating California sexual harassment laws.
   

• $225,000 – Female Employee Sexually Harassed by Manager
  
  Plaintiff, a woman in her early thirties worked for a large firm. A manager of that firm frequently made sexual advances towards her, and attempted to sexually assault plaintiff. The manager denied the conduct, and the company performed an inadequate investigation which excused the manager’s conduct. Winer and McKenna litigated the case established that the sexual harassment more than likely occurred and that the company failed in its responsibility to perform an adequate investigation due to the inexperience of the investigators.
   

• $225,000 – Three Employees of Upscale Hotel Chain Sexually Harassed by A Supervisor
   

• $225,000 – Woman Claims Retaliation and Termination Based on Her Bringing a Sexual Harassment Complaint
  
   

• $225,000 – Male Personal Trainer Claims Sexual Dysfunction After Being Sexually Harassed by Supervisor
   

• $222,000 – Female Employee in Her 20s Sexually Harassed by Supervisor of a Tech Company while Traveling to India
   

• $210,000 – Thirty Year Old Male Sexually Harassed in a Northern California Hotel
  
  Plaintiff, a thirty-year-old male, worked at the desk of a hotel in Northern California. He claimed that his supervisor sexually harassed him by coming on to him and engaging in various inappropriate sexual innuendo. The company denied any responsibility for the supervisor’s actions, however, witness testimony demonstrated that plaintiff was more likely than not sexually harassed and injured by that sexual harassment.
   

• $210,000 – Young Woman Sexually Harassed by Supervisor
   

• $200,000 – African American Woman Sexually Harassed at Her Company
  
  Plaintiff, an African American woman in her twenties was sexually harassed by a supervisor at her company. The company defended the claim by attacking plaintiff, claming that she had been fired from a prior job for watching pornography and, in fact, was a former member of the pornographic industry. Plaintiff vehemently denied these attacks; however, defendants were able to establish some evidence that she had been fired from a prior job based on the pornography. Winer and McKenna, arguing trial what happened at a prior job was irrelevant. Winer and McKenna refocused the case at the sexual harassment at the current job. As a result, Winer and McKenna was able to obtain a good settlement on behalf of plaintiff based upon establishing that she had, in fact, likely been harassed at her current employment.
   

• $200,000 – Woman in Early 30s Sexually Harassed by Her Supervisor at a Truck Dealership
   

• $185,000 – Plaintiff Date Raped by a Fellow Student at a Large University
  
  Plaintiff, a female college student, brought this case against the perpetrator who she claimed date raped her after they met at a campus brewery. Plaintiff voluntarily went to the dorm room of the perpetrator, however, when she tried to leave, the perpetrator allegedly falsely imprisoned plaintiff and sexually attacked her, though he did not fully penetrate her. Winer and McKenna by carefully pleading the case was able to get the perpetrator’s home owner’s insurance company to pay for a significant settlement, despite the fact that the insurance company claimed that there were sexual act exclusions which prevented them from paying any money at all.
   

• $184,250 – Casting Couch Sexual Harassment Case on Behalf of A Seventeen Year Old Heterosexual Male Sexually Harassed by Gay Film Producers
   

• $175,000 – Two Year Old Boy Fell Off Playground Equipment at a Daycare Center and Fractured His Arm
  
  Plaintiff, a two year old boy was climbing on some equipment in the backyard of a daycare without adequate supervision, when he fell off the equipment, fracturing his arm. The owner and employees of the daycare attempted to avoid responsibility by coming up with multiple stories as to how plaintiff hurt himself, blaming plaintiff instead of accepting accountability for their actions. Winer and McKenna established that plaintiff was, in fact, inadequately supervised, and that even though the equipment was in good shape, the young boy should not have been allowed to climb such a large piece of equipment and should have been more closely supervised. Further, through medical testimony, Winer and McKenna provided evidence that the young boy had a chance of having significant problems in the future as a result of his arm fracture.
   

• $175,000 – Woman in Her Forties Sexually Harassed, Not Because of Her Attractiveness, but Rather Because of Her Perceived Unattractiveness
  
  Plaintiff, a woman in her forties, worked for a blue-collar industry company in which she was the only female employee. This was not a typical sexual harassment case in which a woman was hit-on because of her attractiveness. Rather, the male supervisors in the company consistently made fun of plaintiff for being obese and unattractive. They engaged in juvenile behavior such as making fun of her, calling her names, telling her that she smelled, and consistently demeaning her. When Winer and McKenna took the case, the company did not want to pay any money for settlement because of the unusual nature of the case and the fact that it was clear that none of the defendants sexually harassed plaintiff because of her attractiveness. Through the course of litigation, Winer and McKenna convinced the defense and a mediator that plaintiff did suffer significant emotional injuries because of the way she was demeaned and made fun of, despite her hard work.
   

• $150,000 – Male Police Officer Sexually Abused by Chiropractor in Southern California
  
  A male police officer received an on-the-job back injury. He sought the treatment of a chiropractor who amongst other things grabbed plaintiff’s genitals during a single appointment. The chiropractor denied the sexual conduct, but the police officer was highly creditable at his deposition and Winer and McKenna was able to obtain a settlement for this one time sexual assault, despite the fact that the officer did not receive any psychological treatment.
  
   

* The result in the cases above were based on the facts of the particular case, and results will differ if based on different facts. No guarantee, warranty or prediction is being made regarding any particular case or injury..

* No inference is intended regarding the dollar amount of any Confidential Settlement listed above.