Since starting the firm in 2007, the trial lawyers at Fitts Zehl LLP have recovered over $150 million dollars in settlements and verdicts on behalf of individuals and companies all over the country in personal injury and business dispute cases. Below is a list of just some of the many favorable results that we've obtained for our clients in the past 2 years alone.
January 2010
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Ryan Zehl, along with attorney Jeff Seely, successfully represented a man who was injured in a car accident after he had waited for over 3 years to have surgery. The defendant argued that the plaintiff was not injured in the accident, was at fault for driving straight in a center turn lane, and that the plaintiff had another accident that required a neck and back surgery after the car accident and before trial. The defendant did not offer any money before trial. Ryan Zehl and Jeff Seely took the case to trial in January 2009, where they recovered over $60,000.
December 2009
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Fitts Zehl, LLP represented 2 workers who were severely burned in a plant explosion in 2008. After proving that the company who owned the plant was negligent and failed to take reasonable measures to prevent the explosion, the company agreed to settle the case in December 2009. The case settled for a very favorable and confidential sum.
November 2009
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Fitts Zehl represented a woman who was injured by a defective medical device. The device failed and she was required to have another operation to have it replaced. The case settled for a very favorable and confidential sum in November 2009.
September 2009
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Fitts Zehl represented a Jones Act seaman who was injured while working on a inland barge. Fitts Zehl immediately filed suit in Mobile, Alabama, where the defendant was based. After filing and wining a motion to compel maintenance and cure for our client, we began preparing for trial, which was scheduled for October 2009. The case was successfully resolved through mediation several weeks before trial for an amount in excess of over four times the offer that the Defendant made to resolve the case just one month earlier.
June 2009
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Fitts Zehl, LLP successfully represented a woman burned at a medical spa during a laser hair removal procedure. The case settled in June of 2009 for a very favorable and confidential sum.
May 2009
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Fitts Zehl LLP successfully represented a woman who was sexually harassed while working as a regional sales manager for a Forbes 500 company. After 1 year of litigation, Fitts Zehl was able to prove through witnesses that the assault occurred and that the company who employed the plaintiff was responsible. The case settled in May of 2009 for a very favorable and confidential sum.
March 2009
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Fitts Zehl represented a CFO in a breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty case against her former business partners who failed to reimburse our client over $200,000 for business expenses and past compensation. After being hired to replace our client's previous attorney, we deposed the board of directors and the company's president at their corporate headquarters in Newport Beach, California. Within 2 months of the depositions, we were able to resolve the case for a very favorable and confidential sum.
November 2007
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Bryant Fitts represented over 100 workers who were injured in the March 2005 British Petroleum explosion in Texas City, Texas. After taking the case to trial, the Defendant agreed to settle all cases for a very favorable and confidential sum.
