I'd like to thank Ivy for excellent research. . . and balance.
There has been a lot of
misinformation in this thread. Do your homework. OK? The attorney's website is easy to find on Google.
Katherine is paying NOTHING for this, and this law-firm has a lot on the line. They do ONLY "contingency" lawsuits, which means that they are paid NOTHING unless they win. They have an excellent national reputation. They have a lot of money to spend on Private Investigators, expert witnesses, and whatever other background material they need. If anyone can, THEY can discover what happened to Michael. I'd expect that Michael's fans would want to know the truth, whatever it is.
If not, why NOT?
This law firm is highly regarded, and is unlikely to settle out-of-court. They are trial lawyers. This case does NOT weaken the chances for Murray's conviction. This civil suit will happen after the trial, regardless, so that is a non-issue. Discuss as you will, but here are some FACTS, ok?
Los Angeles Personal Injury Lawyers
http://www.psandb.com/about-us.html
Who we are
Brian Panish, Adam Shea and Kevin Boyle have consistently been named among Southern California's Best Lawyers. Mr. Panish has been named one of the "100 Most Influential Lawyers in the Nation" by the National Law Journal, and also as Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles. The Daily Journal named both, Mr. Panish and Mr. Boyle as two of the Top 100 Lawyers in California. Panish Shea & Boyle LLP is the only law firm in Los Angeles to receive the distinction of being named a Top 12 Plaintiffs Law Firms in the Nation by the National Law Journal.
Accomplishments – Verdicts and Settlements
The three partners together have secured more than $10 billion in verdicts and settlements for injured clients over the years. Below is a sampling of the landmark cases won by the attorneys of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP:
• A $4.9 billion auto product liability verdict against General Motors involving a defective fuel tank.
• $55- million verdict in a tire tread separation case.
• A $27.4 million jury verdict in the death of a 4-year-old girl and injuries to three pedestrians after a city of San Francisco truck ran a red light, jumped the curb, struck and injured the victims. This was the largest ever personal injury verdict against the city of San Francisco.
• A $13.55 million settlement from the makers of the Apache helicopter that crashed in Iraq and injured two soldiers.
• Positive Ions v. Media Networks: This was one of the first cases to define the rules of convergence between television and the Internet
Punitive Damages
Our firm seeks substantial punitive damage awards on behalf of our clients from large companies that fail to put consumer and public safety over their profits. The civil justice system in America has historically forced large corporations and product manufacturers to operate in a manner that does not endanger the public and provides for punitive damages if they do not.
Contingency Fee
Have you ever wondered if you can afford being represented by a high-powered law firm? If that is your concern, please realize Panish Shea & Boyle LLP works on a contingency fee basis.
This means that our clients owe no attorneys’ fees or costs until we obtain just compensation for the wrongs committed against them.
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http://www.psandb.co...s-tnlj2010.html
The Panish Law Firm
Personal Injury Litigators of 2010
The National Law Journal
Plaintiffs’ law firm Panish, Shea & Boyle works relentlessly to obtain justice for their injured clients. And they have succeeded. Indeed, there have been four personal injury jury verdicts in the State of California that have exceeded $50 million. The firm’s lawyers have obtained three of those four. Other successes include the largest single-plaintiff personal injury verdict in California history at the time ($58 million), as well as the largest products liability personal injury verdict in U.S. history at the time ($4.9 billion). The firm’s attorneys have obtained over 15 verdicts or settlements in excess of $10 million, and over 150 in excess of $1 million. The firm’s track record increases the value of all of the firm’s cases in the eyes of insurance companies, corporations, and government entities. “I often hear stories of other lawyers getting their cases settled by threatening to bring Panish, Shea & Boyle ‘into the case’,” says The Hon. Peter Polos (Ret.), who joined the firm this year after retiring from the California bench.
“Other retired Judges often inform me that our settlements get top-dollar due to the ‘Panish Premium’,” added Adam Shea, to which Polos agreed. While a Judge, Polos had watched many trial lawyers in the community, and when he was ready to step down from the bench, he “wanted to go with the best trial lawyers out there”, he said. Not many firms can offer a preview of the judicial perspective. “The addition of Judge Polos to the firm is an indication of the extra lengths we go to for our clients,” says Brian Panish.
This is all a part of PS&B’s methodical focus on seeking full compensation for those who have been catastrophically injured in plane, train, and automobile accidents, by defective products, harmful pharmaceuticals, and
business fraud. Working on a contingency basis (that is, the client does not pay unless there is success), the firm represents a wide array of people and families ranging from below-the-poverty line immigrants to moguls of the entertainment industry and titans of corporate America, with
the common thread being that they’ve all found themselves in the worst situation imaginable through the action (or inactions) of others.
The aggressive firm embraces trial where most others would choose to seek settlement.
The firm recently obtained a $21 million verdict for an Iraqi war vet who was injured in an automobile accident after coming home from his fourth tour of duty. “That was a case in which most firms would have taken the substantial settlement offer without trial—but we got multiples,” says Kevin Boyle. All three partners - Adam Shea, Kevin Boyle, and Brian Panish—have been selected for inclusion in the Los Angeles area’s Best Lawyers®, to add to the other accolades they’ve collected over the years. For example, the “100 Most Influential Lawyers in Nation” by The National Law Journal, Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles, and the “Top 100 Lawyers in California” by the Daily Journal. The firm itself was the only Los Angeles area law firm to be named a “Top 12 Plaintiffs Law Firms in the Nation” by the NLJ.
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