Maximum Settlement for Wrongful Death of Motorcyclist
The attorneys at Walker, Hamilton & Koenig, LLP recently achieved a wrongful death settlement on behalf of the mother of a woman who, at just 30 years of age, died as a result of injuries she sustained in a head-on collision on Skyline Drive in San Mateo. The decedent, a professional ballroom dancer, was a passenger on…
Read MoreSexual Assault Follows School’s Failure to Supervise
The attorneys at WHK reached a $750,000 settlement on behalf of a minor client who was sexually abused by another student while on a school trip. The settlement was negotiated with San Rafael City Schools, who WHK alleged failed to supervise its students when it placed the client in a cabin with other students known…
Read MoreRear-End Accident Exiting Freeway
The attorneys at Walker, Hamilton & Koenig, LLP successfully negotiated a $185,000 settlement for two clients involved in a rear-end car accident. On September 15, 2012, John and Nancy K. were exiting the freeway in Fremont, California and came to a stop at an intersection. The defendant, who had followed John and Nancy off the…
Read MoreBicyclist Injured by Automatic Garage Gate
Walker, Hamilton & Koenig, LLP, reached an $82,500 settlement on behalf of their client, M.R., a 48-year-old child protective services worker with the City and County of San Francisco, who was rendered unconscious on April 11, 2013, while exiting her employer’s parking structure on her bicycle. Video surveillance footage of the incident showed a helmeted…
Read MoreBox Truck Rear-Ends Family’s SUV
On May 14, 2013, K. and D. Miller, and their then 18 month-old-son, M., were traveling north on U.S. 101 in San Mateo when they were rear-ended by a box truck that failed to see that traffic ahead had slowed to a crawl. The impact crumpled the rear of the Miller’s Ford Explorer, and rendered…
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