Laura Frank Sedrish Attorney

First Admitted: 1995, California

Professional Webpage: https://www.jacobyandmeyers.com/about/partners/laura-sedrish...

Bar/Professional Activity:

Board of Governors, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA)
Founding Board Chairman and General Counsel of Greenway Arts Alliance, Inc.
Board Member of Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC)
Nevada Bar, 2018
AAJ (American Association of Justice), Nevada Justice Association (NJA)
California Bar, 1995

Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):

$17.5 Million Settlement, San Bernardino County, Dirt Bike v. Construction Truck case, 2021
$3.5 Million settlement, auto v. auto, 2023
$4.65 Million, Tulara County, Premises Liability, 2022
$5 Million, County of San Bernardino, pedestrian v. auto, 2022
$4.35 Million Settlement, Orange County, Wrongful Death, motor vehicle v. bus, 2022
$3.18 Million, Verdict, San Bernardino County, 2022
$2 Million settlement, $750,000 over policy, auto v. auto, San Bernardino County, 2022
$1.7 Million, premises liability case, San Bernardino, 2022
$1.4 Million settlement, auto v. auto, 2022
$1.15 Million settlement, auto v. auto, 2022
$1 Million settlement, premises liability, 2021
1 Million settlement, pedestrian v. auto, 2022
$11.9 Million | Wrongful Death vs. Truck
$1 Million | Product Liability / Horseback Riding
$1.10 Million | Auto vs. Auto
$1.15 Million | Auto vs. Auto / Spinal Cord Injury
$1.35 Million | Assault & Battery by Police Officer
$1.65 Million | Amputation / Workplace Accident
$1.80 Million | Civil Rights
$1.85 Million | Truck vs. Truck
$1.955 Million | Premises Liability vs. City
$2 Million | School District / Negligent Supervision
$2 Million | Wrongful Death / Fire
$2.05 Million | Wrongful Death / Freeway Hazard
$2.5 Million | Traumatic Brain Injury
$2.6 Million | Wrongful Death vs. City
$2.8 Million | Wrongful Death / Faulty Skylight
$2.8 Million | Wrongful Death / Drowning
$3.15 Million | Construction Site Accident
$3.25 Million | Wrongful Death Premises Liability
$3.45 Million | Auto vs. Auto
$3.675 Million | Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
$4 Million | Auto Product Liability
$4.5 Million | Dealership Liability
$4.55 Million | Auto vs. Truck
$6 Million | Auto vs. Pedestrian
$6.025 Million | Negligence Security
$6.7 Million | Auto vs. Pedestrian
$9.248 Million | Auto vs. Pedestrian / Spinal Cord Injury
$10.75 Million | Wrongful Death vs. Truck
$11 Million | Motorcycle vs. Truck / Paraplegic
Premise Liability. On or about January 31, 2019, Plaintiff Jonathan Cook was severely injured after falling from the second floor of 340 Restaurant & Nightclub. 340 Restaurant & Nightclub neglected to observe and provide adequate security to Mr. Jonathan Cook. The Club also had inadequate railings on the second floor that posed a risk of foreseeable danger, in that such features made the railings climbable, and used curtains on the second floor which obstructed the employees’ and security’s view of the railings. The security and employees of 340 Restaurant & Nightclub served Mr. Jonathan Cook food and alcoholic beverages and observed and allowed him to climb the railings, walls and ledges of the two-story nightclub, and failed to prevent Mr. Cook from falling and striking his head on the first floor of the establishment. Due to this gross carelessness, inattention and lack of intervention, Mr. Cook fell from the second story down to the ground of the first floor, causing him severe, lifelong injuries. As a result of the fall, he sustained a skull fracture, right shoulder fracture, was placed on a breathing machine, sustained a bruised brain, and fractured his right hip. Laura Sedrish obtained a $1 million settlement on behalf of the client, 2020
$13 Million | Wrongful Death vs. City
$19 Million | Ride Share Passenger vs. Auto / Quadriplegic
Premise Liability. While on the camp premises as a participant in a religious summer camp, Plaintiff was seriously injured on June 25, 2015, when she jumped from a cliff into Lake Mead as part of the camp’s activities. During the incident, Defendant failed to supervise or take reasonable and adequate precautions for the safety of the children in their care, including without limitation failing to provide reasonable safety training to campers, failing to select and provide reasonably safe water activities for campers, failing to provide reasonable training for counselors on safe cliff jumping and/or failing to supervise the children participating in the camp. Plaintiff sustained two spinal fractures due to the incident, underwent a kyphoplasty for one of her fractured discs and a spinal cord stimulator trial placement for her ongoing pain. Laura Sedrish obtained a confidential seven figure settlement on behalf of client., 2019
Auto v. Auto. On or about October 9, 2015, Defendant Jason Andrew Mena was in the course and scope of employment for Defendant Bulldog EQP when his tow truck rear ended Plaintiff Brenda De La Cruz’s F150 on the southbound I-110 (Harbor Freeway). Defendant contended that Plaintiff was at fault for the crash and cut him off. Plaintiff was 36 years old at the time of the crash. She suffered immediate pain to her right neck, shoulder, right arm, and right wrist/hand, and was transported by ambulance to the hospital. Plaintiff sustained multiple injuries from the collision including, but not limited to, C4-C5 1-2 mm protrusion, C5-C6 1 mm bulge, C6-C7 3 mm protrusion, and L4-L5 3 mm protrusion, requiring a cervical neck fusion. Laura Sedrish obtained a $925,000 settlement on behalf of client, 2019
Premises Liability. In the case of Kenneth Rhee, the client, a member in the Army Reserves, was catastrophically injured while attempting to gain access to his locked apartment by way of lowering himself from the building’s rooftop to his apartment balcony. He ultimately slipped and fell three stories, suffering a severe spinal cord injury. After the case was rejected by several firms, Ms. Sedrish was emboldened to find some sort of liability to help Mr. Rhee and his family. Approximately six months after the complaint was filed, she obtained the full policy of $2 million, by arguing that the owner and property manager of the building should not have allowed tenants access to the roof in violation of their reasonable standard of care., 2019
Pedestrian v. Auto accident. In the case of William Brighton, Ms. Sedrish settled the case within mere months of filing the complaint. Ms. Sedrish obtained a $5.5 million settlement for 78-year old Mr. Brighton, who at the time of the subject incident, was homeless and a former felon with a long history of drug abuse and personal struggles. He suffered catastrophic injuries in this pedestrian vs. auto accident, but the settlement helped put in him a nursing facility where he will be cared for and looked after for the rest of his life, 2019

Videos:

Attorneys Laura Sedrish and Laura L. Davidson of Jacoby & Meyers obtained a substantial settlement by utilizing MotionLit’s Animation services., Summer Camp Aquatic Accident Leads to Seven Figure Settlement, 2019

Special Licenses/Certifications:

LLM (Masters of Law), Alternative Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law, 2022

Pro bono/Community Service:

Founding Board Chair/President of Greenway Arts Alliance, a non-profit corporation promoting theatre arts in education.

Honors/Awards:

Top 50 Women Southern California Super Lawyers, Top 50 Women, Super Lawyer, 2023
Best "Women in the Law", Best Lawyers, 2023
Top 50 Women, Top 50 Women, Super Lawyer, 2022
Top 50 Women, Super Lawyer, 2021
Super Lawyers Magazine, Super Lawyer, Southern California, 2020
Top 10 Attorneys, Top 10 Attorney and practice magazine’s – 2020, 2020
Top 100 Women Lawyers, Daily Journal – Top 100 Women Lawyers, 2020
Named "Top 100" Lawyers in Southern California, Top 100 Lawyers in Southern California, 2019
California Top 10 Settlements Personal Injury, California Top 10 Settlements Personal Injury – 2019, 2019
Named "Top 50 Women" Lawyers in Southern California, "Top 50 Women" Lawyers, 2019
Named "Top 100" Lawyers in Southern California, Top 100 Lawyers in Southern California, 2018
Super Lawyers – Laura Frank Sedrish | 5 Years
Named "Top 100" Lawyers in Southern California, Top 100 Lawyers in Southern California, 2017
Named "Top 50 Women" Lawyers in Southern California, "Top 50 Women" Lawyers, 2018
Named "Top 50 Women" in Southern California, "Top 50 Women" Lawyers, 2017
Named "Top 50 Women" Lawyers in Southern California, "Top 50 Women" Lawyers, 2016
Super Lawyer, Southern California, 2015

Educational Background:

Duke University, B.S., 1989
U.C.L.A, JD, 1994
Pepperdine University, Caruso School of Law, LLM, 2022

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

It's Time for States to Enact Effective Marijuana DUI Laws, Writer, It's Time for States to Enact Effective Marijuana DUI Laws, Law360, Law, 2021
Finding Employer Liability to Unearth Maximum Case Value, Writer, Finding Employer Liability to Unearth Maximum Case Value, Advocate Magazine, Law, 2021
Using Motions to Compel and Protective Orders to Stop the Defense's Games, Writer, Using Motions to Compel and Protective Orders to Stop the Defense's Games, Advocate Magazine, Law, 2020
A Thorough Discussion of Dangerous Conditions that Make Government Liable for Pedestrian Injuries, Dangerous crosswalks, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles; Plaintiff Magazine, 2019
The Five Major "Do Not Do's" for Maximum Dollar Settlements, Writer, The Five Major "Do Not Do's" for Maximum Dollar Settlements, Advocate Magazine, Law, 2018
If you do not prepare and set up the case for trial, you cannot settle it for full value., Prepare for trial, settle for top dollar at mediation, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 2016
Setting realistic goals avoids client disappointment and makes it less likely that you will be subbed out of the case or threatened with a malpractice action., Managing client expectations: Don’t promise them the moon, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 2016
From a trial lawyer who settles a lot of cases, here's the framework for getting your matter settled., A Plaintiff Attorney’s “Top Ten List” of Strategies for Settling a Case, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 2015

Other Outstanding Achievements:

Nominated CAALA Trial Lawyer of the Year, 2017
CAALA Presidential Award, 2016

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