Verdicts & Settlements

Liability — Lawyer and Client Shaking Hands in Fresno, CA
Mr. Oren has handled thousands of employment cases over the years. He has handled a wide range of cases and has obtained large settlements and verdicts on behalf of his clients.

The Law Offices of Eric P. Oren, Inc. is a litigation law firm that firmly believes in trying cases on behalf of their clients, if a reasonable settlement is not possible.
The following are some examples of settlements and verdicts obtained

by The Law Offices of Eric P. Oren, Inc. on behalf of their clients:
Employment Case (ADA)
Plaintiff, 49-year old Police Officer, was injured in the course of his employment as a Police Officer for the City of Visalia. He was involuntarily forced to retire from his job by the City of Visalia claiming he was not able to perform his job duties as a Police Officer. A lawsuit was filed for Disability Discrimination/Wrongful Termination.

Result: $1,002,000.00 Judgment
Employment Case / Sex Harassment
Store employee sexually harassed, hostile work environment, gender discrimination.

Result: $750,000.00 settlement
Pedestrian vs. Forklift Accident
42-year old lady lost her husband after being married 12 days after he walked between a truck that was backing up and a forklift while at his place of employment.

Result: $506,000.00 settlement
Premises Liability
36-year old lady was exposed to dust from sandblasting operations at a work site at the Fresno Airport.  Plaintiff inhaled the dust
caused by the employees of business
sandblasting at a time when people would be entering the airport and without proper
warnings to the public.  Plaintiff suffered 
burns to her eyes and lungs and developed reactive airways dysfunction syndrome with symptoms like severe asthma.

Result: $485,000.00 settlement

Plaintiff Sexually Harassed
Plaintiff sexually harassed and fired from her job.

Result: $450,000.00 settlement
Employment Action
Pregnancy Discrimination / Sexual Harassment

Settlement Amount: $375,000.00
Employment / Sexual Harassment

Sexual harassment by boss.

Result: $357,000.00 settlement

Employment / Sexual Harassment

Receptionist sexually harassed, forced to quit to avoid harassment.

Result: $350,000.00 settlement

Personal Injury – Wrongful Death
Student while on a school field trip was struck while crossing a street outside crosswalk at night.

Settlement Amount: $350,000.00
Employment / Age Discrimination, Disability Discrimination

67 year old worker injured on the job and subsequently fired when observed to have difficulty performing job due to injury.

Result: $312,500.00 settlement

Employment Action
Wrongful Termination / Disability Discrimination

Settlement Amount: $300,000.00
Employment / Wage & Hour

Production Manager misclassified  as salaried/exempt employee.  Employer should have paid him as non-exempt employee.

Result After 5 Day Arbitration:  $277,344.23 

Personal Injury (Auto Accident)
Defendant driver crossed over the double yellow line into Plaintiff’s lane which caused the high impact collision.

Settlement Amount: $250,000.00
Personal Injury (Auto Accident)

Motor vehicle accident, head-on collision.

Result: $250,000.00 settlement

Employment / Sexual Harassment

Sexual harassment by boss.

Result: $238,000.00 settlement

Employment / Wage and Hour

Wage and hour violations by employer.

Result: $235,000.00 settlement

Employment / Discrimination

Disability Discrimination, retaliation for filing workers' compensation claim.

Result: $225,000.00 settlement

Age Discrimination

Restaurant worker discriminated against based on  age.

Result: $225,000.00 settlement

Employment/Wrongful Termination
City employee wrongfully terminated from his job.

Result: $225,000 settlement
Employment

Employee fired for refusing to participate in illegal acts requested by employer.

Result: $220,000.00 settlement

Brain Injury / Auto Accident

17 year old suffers mild brain injury from auto accident. Defendant disputed existence of injury.

Result: $200,000.00 settlement

Personal Injury (Auto Accident)

Large commercial truck ran a stop sign. Client was unable to avoid the collision.

Settlement Amount: $200,000.00

Dog Bite Incident (Personal Injury)
Plaintiff, a 21 year old female while at a
gathering with friends at a home of one of the
individuals was attacked by a pit bull
which resulted in severe injuries and
permanent scarring to Plaintiff.

Result: $200,000.00 settlement


Employment / Sexual Harassment

Store employee sexually harassed repeatedly by customer.

Result: $200,000.00 settlement

Employment Action

Sexual Harassment

Result:  $195,000.00 settlement

Employment Action
Retaliation / Wrongful Termination / Disability Discrimination

Settlement Amount: $150,000.00
Employment Action
Wrongful Termination/Disability Discrimination

Settlement Amount: $150,000.00
Construction Site Accident
Roofer stepped in uncovered irrigation box injuring his knee.

Result: $147,500.00 settlement


Employment / Sexual Harassment

Retaliation for complaint of sexual harassment.

Result: $125,000.00 settlement

Slip and Fall

Employee of Long’s Drug Store slipped and fell on water that leaked from floor scrubber machine owned by janitorial company, injuring knee.

Result: $120,000.00 settlement

Personal Injury

Head injury from picture frame that struck client while at hotel.

Result: $100,001.00 settlement

Personal Injury (Auto Accident)

Rear-end accident causing Plaintiff to hit car in front of him which resulted in knee surgery.

Settlement Amount: $100,000.00

Personal Injury ( Auto Accident)
Plaintiff was a passenger in Taxi

Settlement Amount: $100,000.00
Personal Injury (Auto Accident)

Head On Collision

Settlement Amount: $100,000.00 (policy limits)

Pedestrian vs. Vehicle

Plaintiff was struck by a vehicle while she was jogging.

Settlement Amount: $90,000.00

Employment Action (Sexual Harassment)

Female bartender was sexually harassed by bar owner.

Result: $90,000.00 settlement

Personal Injury (Bicycle Accident)

Settlement Amount: $90,000.00
Slip and Fall
Plaintiff slipped and fell while taking breakfast to her elderly mother after a plumber had performed work in the house and had left behind some water spilled on the floor in the hallway.

Settlement Amount: $87,595.24
Employment Action (Sexual Harassment)

Settlement Amount: $87,500.00

Personal Injury (Pharmacy)
Prescription misfilled by pharmacy causes
hospitalization of 16 year old young man.

Result: $85,000.00 settlement


Employment Discrimination

Disability Discrimination.

Result: $80,837.18 settlement

Pedestrian vs. Vehicle
Plaintiff was walking in the parking lot of Costo when she was struck and knocked down by a truck that was backing up.

Settlement Amount: $80,000.00
Defamation of terminated employee

Settlement Amount: $67,500.00
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