Personal Injury Blog

GB&W’s Taylor Rayfield and Tobin Lanzetta obtained a $2.6 million verdict in San Bernardino on behalf of their client who sustained a traumatic brain injury after an IT engineer driving home from work attempted to pass a tractor-trailer and slammed head-on into her vehicle. The defendant in the case argued that the engineer was not […]

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GB&W’s Christine Spagnoli is one of the premier speakers at The Donald L. Galine Sonoma Travel Seminar which takes place March 8th-10th, 2019 at the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa. The seminar is organized by Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC), CAOC College of Trial Arts, and Capitol City Trial Lawyers Association.   CAOC Past President […]

GB&W’s Geoff Wells recently shared advice about how to present effective opening statements at the fourth annual Southern California Trial Lawyers conference hosted by Pepperdine Law School. “The party that has the best story to tell wins the case,” said Wells who offered insight about the power of storytelling. Wells shared examples from a recent […]

GB&W’s Geoff Wells shared his insight and expertise on suing the government in tort claims against public transportation at a recent seminar in Orange County. On February 28, 2019 Wells led a discussion at an MCLE Seminar for the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association (OCTLA) about the challenges plaintiff lawyers face when suing a public […]

September 5, 2018 Southern California, along with much of the nation, is seeing a surge of female candidates on the ballot this upcoming election. GB&W’s Geoff Wells and his wife Janet, recently co-hosted a well-attended event with Manhattan Beach Mayor, Amy Howorth in support of a funding organization focused on helping female candidates get into […]

At 4:30 a.m. on February 1, 2016, Plaintiff Marie Coronel and her cameraman were sent by her studio, KGTV Chanel 10 News, to prepare a news report on the aftermath of a severe storm that had passed through San Diego the previous day. Arriving at the Quest Property, Plaintiff found four very large, downed eucalyptus […]

On April 17, 2015, Defendant was transporting produce in a tractor trailer combination on the 210 freeway in Sylmar, California, when Defendant’s vehicle lost control and veered to the right, down a grass embankment and down the Paxton St. freeway offramp.  Tragically, the truck struck and killed Jorge Louis Garcia and injured multiple other bystanders.  […]

February 2019 Partner Geoff Wells became the most recent recipient of the American Board of Trial Advocates’ Lee B. Wenzel Civility Award. He received the prestigious accolade late last month at the annual President’s Dinner Dance for the Los Angeles Chapter of ABOTA. The award honors attorneys who “elevate the standards of integrity, honor, and […]