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Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP is proud to announce founding partner, Brian J. Panish, has been named President of The Inner Circle of Advocates, an invitation-only group comprised of 100 of the best plaintiff lawyers in the United States who are respected among their peers and who are experienced and skillful in the handling… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorneys Lyssa Roberts and Paul Traina obtained a $10,650,000 settlement for a man who suffered catastrophic burns as a result of an explosion due to a gas leak. A stress fracture developed in a pipe installed, maintained and controlled by Southern California Gas Company, leaking natural gas that ultimately… read more

Allergan BIOCELL® textured breast implants and tissue expanders have been recalled worldwide due to an uncommon incidence of Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (BIA-ALCL), a rare cancer of the immune system. On July 25, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a nationwide recall due to an increasing number of cases and deaths… read more

PSBR attorneys Brian Panish, Adam Shea, Kevin Boyle, Rahul Ravipudi and Deborah Chang have been named among the Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers for 2019. The annual guide recognizes the “best of the U.S. plaintiff bar who specialize in representing individuals who have suffered injuries from accidents, pharmaceuticals, civil rights abuse and other torts.” According to the… read more

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