Binkley, Jeremy Micah

David N. Bigelow specializes in the areas of personal injury, business torts and product liability litigation against many of America's largest corporations, including General Motors, Sempra Energy, Wyeth, Pfizer, Merck, BMW, Coldwell Banker, Bayer, Blue Cross and Michelin. In 2004, he was co-lead trial counsel in the only case tried in California concerning the diabetes drug Rezulin. From 2003 to 2006, Mr. Bigelow oversaw the firm's mass tort litigation against the manufacturers of the pharmaceuticals Baycol, Rezulin, Fen-Phen and Vioxx. He has obtained multi-million dollar verdicts in both product liability and personal injury cases, including two recent verdicts for childhood sexual abuse by agents of the Masonic Home for Children in California. The latest verdict included the first punitive damage award in Los Angeles County under California's recent statute reviving childhood sexual abuse claims.

VERDICTS AND SETTLEMENTS:

Verdict, $1.3 million – Premises liability

Adams v. Costco, San Luis Obispo

Settlement, $1.4 million – Negligence/premises liability

Kohler v. Santa Barbara YMCA SBN 214316

Verdict, $2.4 million – Wrongful death/negligence/product liability

Montgomery v. BMW OCSC Case 771190

Verdict, $3.5 million – Negligent hiring and supervision/childhood sexual abuse

Deutsch/Mohr-McDermott v. Masonic Home for Children in Covina LASC Case BC 306444

Verdict, $12.5 million - Negligent hiring and supervision/childhood sexual abuse

Jones v. Masonic Home for Children in Covina LASC Case BC 306444