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Some Notable Results

McNicholas & McNicholas, LLP has a broad base of legal experience:

  • $10.8M verdict on behalf of teenage boy sexually abused by teacher. View the article

  • $10.0M verdict for a construction worker who suffered compound femur fracture which required open reduction and internal fixation. During recovery, the plaintiff suffered a non-union, which required further surgery. View the article

  • $9.0M for 26-year-old plaintiff recovered against international company for a brain injury suffered as the passenger in a single-vehicle accident.

  • $8.0M settlement for 27 tenants against their landlord for lack of habitability and nuisance, and mold related injuries. View the article

  • $8.0M settlement for plaintiff mother's fall from commuter plane's airstairs causing placental abruption and emergent C-section of plaintiff baby at extremely low birth weight (580 grams) at 26 weeks.

  • $6.5M settlement for family whose father was crushed to death during accident while working in a subway tunnel.

  • $5.7M settlement for wrongful death of two working mothers, ages 40 and 50, struck by corporate van.

  • $5.4M verdict against Sony Music and singer Michael Bolton for copyright violations on behalf of Three Boys Music, a.k.a. the Isley Brothers. View the article

  • $5.34M verdict in favor of first African-American member of L.A.P.D. bomb squad for harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. View the article

  • $5.1M settlement for truck driver against two entities that repaired a portion of his truck that did not operate properly, causing head injury.

  •  $5.0M result for death of a passenger on commuter train. 

  • $5.0M settlement on behalf of three heirs of the victim of a vehicle accident.

  • $3.6M verdict for LAPD K9 Bomb Unit dog handler retaliated against for standing up for the lone female in the Unit who was harassed and discriminated against.  View the Thomson West article. View the Los Angeles Times article.

  • $3.59M Japanese-American officer recovered against the LAPD K9 Unit for harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. View the first article. View the second article.

  • $3.45M settlement for Jones Act seaman injured while working on private fishing boat. View the article

  • $3.3M verdict against owners of Mexican hotel chain for breach in exclusive booking contract.

  • $3.15M settlement for farm laborers exposed to a soil fumigant during a single application causing acute symptoms.

  • $3.0M result from a derailment injuring an employee

  • $2.6M settlement for truck driver against the two entities that repaired a portion of his truck that did not operate properly, causing head injury

  • $2.3M verdict in favor of a female police officer denied a position on elite police squad. Jury found all male SWAT team of L.A.P.D. liable for gender discrimination. View the article

  • $2.3M verdict for female LAPD offer who was subjected to sexual harassment, causing pre-term labor that led to the loss of her child at 23-weeks.

  • $2.25M for 34 year old man rendered quadriplegic during an outdoor basketball game.

  • $2.25M for 3 female employees within the same unit of the LAPD recovered for discriminatory and retaliatory actions.

  • $2.2M for 16-year-old special education student recovered against LAUSD for being sexually assaulted in a school bathroom by another special education student.

  • $1.75M jury verdict in favor of passengers injured in an elevator crash. View the article

  • $1.55M settlement for a 28 year old single mother who sustained acute liver damage and liver transplantation after using an over the counter dietary supplement

  • $1.5M settlement for employee in whistleblower action against school district.

  • $1.4M settlement for father of a 9 year old boy ejected and killed in a motor vehicle accident while not wearing a seat belt.

  • $1.3M settlement for agricultural worker exposed to a fumigant overspray which caused immuno-suppression thereby allowing a fungal repertory infection to occur.

  • $1.25M settlement for 30 tenants recovered against their landlord for breach of the implied covenant of habitability and nuisance.

  • $1.25M verdict of death of 88 year old woman killed by CA. Department of Correction Bus while crossing the street. View the article

  • $1.15M settlement for laborer injured when gantry crane ran over his right thigh while on a job site as a temporary laborer

  • $1.0M settlement for tenant burned by overheated water while showering.

  • $1.0M settlement for truck driver with head injury in a case which McNicholas & McNicholas took over from another lawyer after summary judgment was granted against plaintiff.

Some Notable Case Results Click Here For More Results Some Pending Matters
  • $10,800,000
    Sexual abuse of a male minor
    by a male coach
  • $10,048,000
    Laborer injured right thigh & knee on
    construction job requiring internal hardware
  • $9,000,000
    26-year-old plaintiff recovered against
    international company for a brain injury
  • $8,000,000
    25 tenants subjected to slumlord
    and uninhabitable conditions
  • $6,500,000
    Subway tunnel worker killed
    in a workplace accident
  • $5,430,000
    First African-American member of LAPD bomb
    squad discriminated against because of his race
  • $5,100,000
    Independent truck driver suffered head injury as a result of an improperly repaired trailer
  • $5,000,000
    Wrongful death of individual with three
    heirs in vehicle accident
  • $3,603,000
    Verdict for LAPD K9 Bomb Unit dog handler was
    retaliated against for standing-up for the lone
    female in the Unit who was harassed and discriminated against (click here)
  • $2,200,000
    16-year-old special education student recovered
    against LAUSD for being sexually assaulted
Southern California Super Lawyers

John, Patrick and Matthew McNicholas were named as Super Lawyers in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.

The Top 100 Southern California

John McNicholas was named to the Top 100 Lawyers in California in 2007 and 2008, and Patrick McNicholas was named to the Top 100 Lawyers in California in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.

American Board of Trial Advocates

John, Patrick, and Matthew are all members of the American Board of Trial Advocates an organization based on trial experience.