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Robert McKenna’s recent defense verdict featured by the Daily Journal in their “Top Verdicts” section.
The Daily Journal recognized partner Robert McKenna for having achieved a defense verdict in a 23 million dollar catastrophic injury case late last year in LA County. Please click on the link below to see the verdict as reported in the publication. Click Here To Download PDF
Read MoreKMS Attends Annual Evening with the Judges
The attorneys of KMS attended the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel’s Annual Evening with the Judges at the Jonathan Club in Downtown Los Angeles. This annual event brings together some of the biggest names in the Southern California defense industry for the opportunity to spend some quality one-on-one time of the courtroom with the…
Read MoreRobert L. McKenna III, Michael R. Pittman, and Andrew J. Wiseman obtain a defense award in a $15 million hypoplastic left heart syndrome case on liability in a bifurcated arbitration
Mr. McKenna and his team obtained a defense award for several pediatric cardiologists and a pediatric anesthesiologist. The case was a very complex medical malpractice action involving care and treatment for a minor claimant with the congenital heart condition hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLSS). Claimant alleged that the physicians failed to timely diagnose and treat…
Read MoreRobert L. McKenna III, Michael R. Pittman, and Andrew J. Wiseman obtain a complete defense verdict on liability in O’Rourke v. Ali with exposure of $30 million
In O’Rourke v. Ali, et al., Mr. McKenna and his team represented a hospitalist and there was also an emergency medicine physician who was a named defendant through trial. Plaintiffs were represented by Robert Vaage and Elizabeth Teixeira of the Law Offices of Robert Vaage. On January 13, 2012, then 53-year-old male plaintiff woke up…
Read MoreRobert McKenna selected to faculty of prestigious ABOTA Masters in Trial program for Orange County
Robert McKenna was invited to join the defense team for the ABOTA program sponsored by the Orange County Chapter to instruct other lawyers on the best methods of trial advocacy. Presenters are considered to be the best of the best trial lawyers that come from the national membership of ABOTA. Click Here To Download The…
Read MoreKMS Partner Alexandra Baraff “Knocks Out” case brought by Heavyweight Boxing Champion.
The plaintiff filed a medical negligence claim against client, urgent care facility alleging they breached the standard of care by failing to diagnose a right ankle fracture. The treating nurse practitioner noted the pain started nearly two months prior to seeking treatment and the plaintiff continued to train despite the swelling and pain. Upon examination,…
Read MoreRobert McKenna wins back to back trials with $30M in total damages requested by plaintiff lawyers
Robert McKenna recently obtained a defense award in a two week arbitration where claimants sought 14 million dollars in damages. A week later, he started a month long jury trial where plaintiffs were seeking 23 million dollars in damages. After four hours of deliberation, the jury returned with a defense verdict. Both cases were brought…
Read MoreKMS opens new offices in Los Angeles and Orange Counties
KMS has opened its permanent homes in Los Angeles and Orange Counties in El Segundo and Huntington Beach. The El Segundo offices are located in the burgeoning tech hub off Rosecrans Ave. next to Manhattan Beach and are designed in an industrial modern style featuring a large lounge area and outdoor patio with a BBQ,…
Read MoreJim Kjar and Hanna Dunn win case involving traumatic brain injury.
Plaintiff was a patient in a large Southern California hospital. She claimed that while she was unattended by her nurses in a hallway waiting for her medication that she fell, lost consciousness and suffered a traumatic brain injury. Plaintiff relied on MRI studies and multiple experts who testified that she suffered a structural injury to…
Read MoreJim Kjar and Jon Schwalbach defense case involving intraoperative bleeding and cardiac arrest.
During a laparascopic choleycystectomy, the surgeon injured the liver, causing significant bleeding. The patient suffered an intraoperative cardiac arrest and had to be resuscitated by aortic compression and 3 cardioversions. She required an extended hospitalization and claimed significant permanent injuries. The defense argued that injury to adjacent organs and bleeding are known complications of the…
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