Michael Danko

Trial lawyer representing those harmed due to the wrongful conduct of others. Catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, products liability, aviation, and business torts. The $14.9 million jury verdict we obtained for our client injured in a plane crash was one of the largest personal injury verdicts obtained in the state of California in 2008. The $20 million settlement we obtained for a client burned in a utility explosion was one of the largest personal injury settlements in the state for 2006. Other representative results: $10 million jury verdict for widow of man killed in California helicopter crash (2011); $2.6 million settlement for a policy holder whose insurance company wrongfully refused to pay $225,000 in medical bills; $10 million court judgment against a large developer for the breach of a promise to deposit $400,000 into purchase escrow; $9.8 million jury verdict against a snow resort for a woman injured in a snowboarding accident; $2.9 million jury verdict against an overhaul facility for a pilot injured in helicopter crash; $2.2 million court judgment against a state for a bicyclist who fell after hitting an obstruction in the road; $1.55 million settlement for woman injured in a plane crash at Lake Tahoe; $50 million court judgment against a candy manufacturer for the wrongful death of child; $9.75 million settlement for a family injured in a Hawaiian tour helicopter crash on the island of Kauai.