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The California Court of Appeal has upheld a $19,786,818 judgment against Southern California Gas Company (“SoCalGas”) for a San Gabriel, California man who suffered severe burn and traumatic brain injuries when his rental home exploded as a result of a SoCalGas employee’s negligence. Plaintiff Pengxuan Diao was represented on appeal and at trial by Kevin… read more

Southern California Gas Company’s removal of a safety valve in one of its 100-plus storage wells has led to a massive well blowout in Porter Ranch, raising questions about the safety and maintenance of its Aliso Canyon Underground Storage Facility. The damaged well, identified as SS-25, began spewing noxious gases into the hillside community on… read more

On December 10, 2015, an Imperial County Superior Court jury awarded nearly $10 million to a man who suffered a below the knee amputation after he was struck by a vehicle driven by a State of California employee. The plaintiff was represented at trial by Deborah Chang, Tom Schultz, and Austin Ward of Panish |… read more

For the second consecutive year, Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP has been recognized as one of America’s Elite Trial Lawyers by The National Law Journal. The firm is included among 50 plaintiffs’ law firms from across the country that are on the cutting-edge of plaintiff-side work and have achieved the largest awards for their… read more

Disturbing new video shot with a highly specialized Optical Gas Imaging camera on Monday night (December 7) reveals an ominous cloud of methane gas hovering over the community of  Porter Ranch following the Southern California Gas Company’s leak which was discovered in October. The chilling video, along with a panel of experts, will be presented… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP along with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have joined The R. Rex Parris Law Firm in a class action lawsuit on behalf of five individual plaintiffs and Save Porter Ranch who represent a class of individuals affected by a massive gas leak that was discovered adjacent to the residential community of… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP is working with three other law firms –  Kennedy & Madonna, LLP, Morgan & Morgan, P.A. and R. Rex Parris Law Firm – to obtain justice for the victims of the Porter Ranch Gas Well Blowout. Click here to be redirected to the Porter Ranch Lawsuit website where you can… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP has filed a civil lawsuit for negligence against Caitlyn Jenner on behalf of Peter Wolf-Millesi, his wife Lea, the couple’s two minor children, and Lea’s mother Elga Maurer for injuries suffered in a chain-reaction, four-vehicle collision that occurred in Malibu earlier this year. The plaintiffs were hit head-on by… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP has filed a civil lawsuit on behalf of the widow and mother of Eric Stein, who tragically died after a speeding Los Angeles County Fire Department crew bus unsafely passed on a two-lane highway and collided with his vehicle. On July 31, 2015, Stein and his wife Ksenia Rozen… read more

On November 19, 2015, ABC7 Bay Area broadcast a story on Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP’s lawsuit against firefighter Michael Quinn and the City and County of San Francisco. In June 2013, plaintiff Jack Frazier was riding his motorcycle facing a green light on 5th Avenue in San Francisco when he was struck by… read more

On November 18, 2015, ABC7-Los Angeles broadcast a follow-up report on Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP’s lawsuit against the California School for the Deaf in Riverside alleging the rape of a 13-year-old student by an older student. The Riverside boarding school for the deaf filed its response to the allegations earlier this month, denying… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP has donated $100,000 to the California State University, Fresno Foundation to establish the Ana G. Tapia Memorial Endowment Fund. Ms. Tapia was in her first year of the Master of Public Health program at Fresno State when she died from a car accident on Nov. 7, 2014. Firm partner… read more