Results
Settlements and verdicts from the last two years. Amounts are before fees, costs and liens. Names and identifying details are withheld at clients’ request.
| Recovery | Case | Where | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|
| $3,200,000 | Wrongful death | Riverside County | A father of three killed by a delivery driver who had exceeded federal hours-of-service limits. Settled with the carrier and the driver’s employer before trial. |
| $2,400,000 | Truck collision | Kern County, Interstate 5 | Client’s leg fractured in three places when a tractor-trailer changed lanes without checking. Electronic logs showed the driver had falsified rest periods. |
| $1,100,000 | Rideshare passenger | Los Angeles | Spinal injury to a passenger. Two insurers denied coverage; trip records established the ride was active and the $1 million commercial policy applied. |
| $875,000 | Pedestrian | San Diego | Client struck in a marked crosswalk by a driver making a right turn. Bus camera footage settled fault within the first month. |
| $640,000 | Slip and fall | Sacramento | Hip replacement after a fall on an unmarked spill in a grocery store. Store video showed the spill had been present for 40 minutes. |
| $410,000 | Motorcycle | Monterey County, Highway 1 | Driver turned left across the rider’s lane. Reconstruction disproved the police report’s speed estimate; insurer paid policy limits. |
| $295,000 | Dog bite | Fresno | Facial scarring to a six-year-old. Settlement with the owner’s homeowner’s insurer includes funds for future scar revision. |
| $185,000 | Car accident | Bakersfield | Rear-end collision with a $8,000 initial offer. Neck injury required injections; settled at policy limits plus underinsured motorist coverage. |
Every case is different. Prior results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in your case.
In clients’ words
“The adjuster had already offered me $8,000 and I was about to take it. Rachel told me not to sign anything. Eleven months later the case settled for a lot more, and she called me herself every time something happened.”
Marisol T., Bakersfield “Daniel had someone at the truck yard photographing the rig before the company could move it. He knew what to ask for. We would never have known any of that on our own.”
Jerome W., Stockton “Two insurance companies each said the other one was responsible. I had a spinal injury and couldn’t work. Guardian Justice got the trip log from Uber in a week and settled with the million-dollar policy.”
Danielle O., Los Angeles “I was in the bike lane and the driver just turned right across me. His insurance said I came out of nowhere. María pulled the footage from a bus that was behind him. That ended the argument.”
Priya N., San Jose “The store said there was a wet floor sign. There wasn’t. The video showed the spill sitting there for 40 minutes with employees walking past it. My hip replacement was paid for and a great deal more.”
Gloria H., Sacramento “Our dad was killed by a delivery driver who had been on the road for 14 hours. Daniel treated us like people, not a file. He never once pushed us to move faster than we could.”
The Alvarado family, Riverside County