Below is a selection of Mickey Fine’s recent results:

Jury Trial Verdict — $929,375.00
Mickey Fine and Co-Counsel represented a European tourist who was injured while riding a motorcycle on Highway 1 near San Luis Opispo. The client was involved in a collision with a sedan going the opposite direction. The sedan driver denied fault until shortly before trial. The client's injuries included, a fractured femur, broken tibia and broken metatarsals. The client's medical bills were approximately $166,000.00. The client's final offer to settle during trial was for $750,000.00. The case was tried in Orange County Superior Court.

Jury Trial — Confidential Settlement
A policyholder car was stolen. Defendant Sterling Casualty Insurance claimed that the car was not stolen and denied the claim. This bad faith case was tried in front of a jury. The case settled for a confidential sum during jury deliberations. (Turner v. Sterling Casualty Insurance)

Personal injury settlement — $2,500,000
Commercial truck v. automobile accident. Client sustained herniated disk in neck, requiring 3 surgeries.

Wrongful Death Case — $2,500,000 settlement
Mickey Fine and co-counsel represented the surviving mother and child of a 26 year-old woman killed in an automobile crash. This case was litigated for about one year. The case settled shortly after expert witness depositions were taken.

Personal Injury Settlement — $1,200,000.00
U-Turn accident on Pacific Coast Highway. Plaintiff sustained two broken ankles. The defense doctor claimed that Plaintiff was fully recovered. After approximately 1 year of litigation, the case settled at mediation shortly before trial.

Personal injury settlement — $1,000,000
Pedestrian plaintiff was walking in a parking lot to a grocery store when hit by car. Liability was disputed. The driver argued that the pedestrian darted out in front of driver. The pedestrian suffered a broken shoulder.

Personal injury settlement — $850,000.00 settlement
Truck driver was rear-ended and suffered a herniated disk. Case settled during expert discovery.

Personal Injury Settlement — $840,000.00
Five family members were injured in an automobile accident when a driver lost control of her car on the freeway. The case settled quickly with the at-fault driver then settled with the underinsured motorist insurance carrier.

Personal injury settlement — $800,000.00 settlement
Taxi-cab passenger injured his back in a roll-over accident. Case settled during litigation.

Big –Rig Accident on Highway 99 — $654,500.00
Motor home versus tractor-trailer accident on Highway 99. The insurance company disputed liability, blaming the injured driver of the motor home. The insurance company settled shortly after Plaintiff won a motion to add a claim for punitive damages.

Confidential Professional Negligence/Insurance Bad Faith Settlement
Defendant insurance agent failed to procure collision coverage for plaintiff's Mitsubishi automobile as requested. Plaintiff had a collision and the car was a total loss. Defendant insurance company improperly denied the claim. Plaintiff sought attorney's fees, loss-of-use damages, credit rating damages and punitive damages. The matter was litigated for almost one year. Both defendants contributed to a confidential settlement.