Our trial team, led by Daniel Balaban, won an $18.6 million jury verdict for flight attendants harmed by toxic airline uniforms. This landmark mass tort victory was recently profiled in the Daily Journal as one of 2025’s Top Verdicts by Impact. Building on a prior bellwether win, this result highlights our commitment to workplace safety, […]
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Our trial team, led by lead trial attorney Daniel Balaban, recently secured an $18.6 million jury verdict on behalf of five flight attendants who sued the uniform manufacturer, Twin Hill. This is the second bellwether trial involving current and former American Airlines employees who suffered serious health issues after wearing toxic uniforms. The toxic uniforms, […]
Balaban & Spielberger partner Daniel Balaban recently obtained a $7 million settlement for the family of a man who was injured in an accident in San Diego’s Old Town. The plaintiff was paralyzed from the neck down from the accident, and died 17 months later from complications related to the incident. Press https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/investigations/san-diego-pay-7m-in-fatal-cyclist-crash/509-80ff87a2-dca3-4d38-87e1-e29baf074149 San […]
An Alameda Superior Court jury recently found the manufacturer of American Airlines’ uniforms responsible for causing debilitating illnesses to four of the airline’s flight attendants, setting the stage for hundreds more cases filed by employees against the company. The four flight attendants became ill after wearing uniforms contaminated with formaldehyde. In the bellwether trial, which […]
After nearly 12 years of litigation, including a federal civil rights trial and $5 million jury verdict, San Diego County agreed to a $6.5 million settlement resolving claims of excessive force and negligent supervision by the Sheriff’s Department. The lawsuit stemmed from a September 5, 2014, incident that resulted in our client being beaten by […]
DBAS Law Secures $19.75 Million Settlement with Los Angeles County for Man Paralyzed by Car Crash in Dangerous Intersection The DBAS Law’s litigation team obtained nearly $20 million on behalf of a 22-year-old man who suffered a permanent spinal cord injury following a car crash in Agoura Hills. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors finalized its […]
Recently, Balaban & Spielberger reached a settlement of $15 million with the City of Los Angeles related to a dangerous crosswalk in Hollywood. Read more about it at the LA Times link below and/or watch the video below: LA Times Article – “L.A. to pay $15 million to man struck by car in Hollywood crosswalk”
OC Sheriffs responsible for sexual assault of young woman due to improper policies. For a summary of the case, read the full Orange County Weekly article here… or the full Orange County Register article here…
Pasadena Loan Broker Hit with $30.5 Million Jury Verdict, Settled before Punitive Damage Phase in Predatory Lending Trial November 1, 2016— A predatory lending-foreclosure trial settled confidentially today before the punitive damage phase was set to begin, following a $30.5 million judgment against a Pasadena loan broker that knowingly issued a toxic and deceptive […]
VERDICT: $475,000 ATTORNEYS: Plaintiff – Daniel K. Balaban (Balaban and Spielberger LLP, Los Angeles). Defendant – Sylvia S. Aceves, Randall L. Brownwood (Austin, Brownwood, Cannon & Santa Cruz, San Diego) for Watersedge Landscape. FACTS: Zulma Pereira sued Watersedge Landscape Inc. dba Cutting Edge Turf; Palacio Del Mar; Carmel Valley Village I Home Owners Association; and […]
A Los Angeles jury found a subsidiary of pharmaceutical giant, Johnson & Johnson responsible for the wrongful death of 25-year-old Leo Liu who died in a clinical trial of the dangerous anti-psychotic medication, Risperdal. Janssen Research and Development will pay the decedent’s mother $8 million in damages. Liu, who lived in Los Angeles, suffered from […]
