Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorneys Rahul Ravipudi and Robert Glassman obtained a $17,000,000 settlement for an 18-year-old man who suffered severe injuries after he was struck by an MTA bus while crossing the street. Plaintiff Brian Garcia was on his way to work, standing on the corner of the sidewalk and waiting for… read more

Plaintiff David Bakos, who suffered severe injuries following a surgical procedure involving a defective Ethicon surgical stapler, has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court against Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary, Ethicon, Inc., among others, for failing to manufacture a stapler free of defects as well as fraudulently marketing and selling the medical… read more

The California Second District Court of Appeal unanimously ruled that victims harmed by SoCalGas’ three-day delay in reporting the Porter Ranch gas leak are entitled to receive criminal restitution. The case goes back to the trial court where victims will have an opportunity to present evidence of damages suffered because of SoCalGas’ delay in reporting… read more

Of the more than 200 cases recognized by The Recorder as 2018 Top Verdicts & Settlements in California, Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorneys served as counsel in 14 cases ranked among the highest grossing awards in the state, including the #1 ranking Verdict in the Motor Vehicles category as well as the #1 ranking… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorneys Adam Shea, Ryan Casey, and Nicholas Yoka obtained a $5,000,000.00 compensatory verdict, and a finding by the jury that Defendant’s conduct warranted imposing punitive damages, in Maricopa County, Arizona for the parents of 22-year old Paul Troupe, a young man killed by a big rig whose driver had… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP partner and Wildfire Victim Advocate attorney Brian Panish has been appointed to serve as Co-Lead Counsel for Individual Plaintiffs in the coordinated Woolsey Fire Cases resulting from the deadly wildfire that claimed three lives and consumed 1,643 homes and structures throughout Los Angeles and Ventura counties in November 2018…. read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorneys Brian Panish and Deborah Chang have been named by Daily Journal as Top Plaintiff Lawyers in California for 2019. The legal publication recognized 31 lawyers across the state who brought single cases or multi-party actions in antitrust, labor & employment, environment, personal injury, privacy and data security, product defect and securities and financial fraud,… read more

Ethicon, a subsidary of Johnson & Johnson which manufactures surgical sutures and wound closure devices, has recalled 92,496 intraluminal circular surgical staplers due to insufficient firing and failure to completely form staples.                                                 … read more

The Super Lawyers publication has named 10 Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorneys to its annual Southern California Rising Stars list in the areas of Personal Injury – General  and/or Personal Injury – Products for 2019.                                           … read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP has been recognized by the National Law Journal as obtaining the #1 Motor Vehicle verdict in California last year, making the list as one of the Top 100 Verdicts in the U.S. for 2018. The National Law Journal’s VerdictSearch affiliate scours the nation’s court records each year in search of the… read more

In recognition of his professional achievements and civic leadership, Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP partner Brian Panish received the Harvey L. Silbert Torch of Learning Award from the American Friends of the Hebrew University (AFHU) at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on May 16.                       … read more

Attorneys for Kenneth Bruno, a longtime Program Manager overseeing the Gas & Safety Enforcement Division of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), have filed a lawsuit against Sempra Energy and SoCalGas claiming the utility giant intentionally violated CPUC’s Rule 30 standard that prohibits natural gas from having any hazardous substances at concentrations which would present… read more