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.

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.

The results of the cases below were based on the facts of the particular case and results will differ if based on different facts. Please read the Disclaimer below before viewing the information provided here.

• $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.
 
• $3,279,463.60 - Judgment In Favor Of Family In Elder Abuse Case Against Nursing Home
   
• $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.
   
• $1,566,000 -- Woman Mis-prescribed Drugs and Sexually Abused by Her Psychiatrist, Internist and Priest
   
• $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.”
   
• $1,100,00 -- Elderly Tenants Sue Landlord and General Contractor for Nuisance and Emotional Distress During Construction Project
  
  
• $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 -- Couple Sues Psychiatrist and His Wife for Malpractice, Abuse and Betrayal
   
• $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 -- 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.
   
• $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
   
• $750,000 -- Three Children and Mother Alleged Sexual Abuse by Hypnotherapist
   
• $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 -- 50-Year-Old Man Dies as a Result of Malpractice by HMO
   
• $500,000 -- Woman's Psychological Condition Deteriorates as Result of Psychiatrist Malpractice and Abuse
   
• $500,000 -- Prescription Drug Foul-Up Leads to Significant Injuries
   
• $490,000 -- Psychiatrist Addicts Patient to Tranquilizers and Begins Living with Patient and Her Family
   
• Confidential Settlement -- Construction Worker Severely Injured at Construction Site
   
• $480,000 -- Medical Malpractice Case Involving Misdiagnosis and Substandard Treatment.
   
• $460,000 -- Daughters Sue Doctor Father for Incest

• $375,000 – 50 Year-old Woman Sexually Harassed by Two Supervisors at Low Income Housing Development
   
• $350,000 -- Wrongful Death of Elderly Pedestrian in Car Accident
  

  $300,000 – 72 Year-old Woman A Victim of Medical Malpractice
  

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

Disclaimer - 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.

The law as it relates to nursing home neglect and elder abuse, and the injuries that flow from such abuse, are unique. If you or a family member has been the victim of nursing home neglect or elder abuse, you should consider hiring an attorney who specializes in handling such abuse cases.

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