Chaiken & Chaiken : Our Results

Business/Commercial Settlements

Failure to honor post sale performance and payment obligations upon the sale of company. The firm obtained a multi million dollar recovery against a multi national company for its failure to us best efforts to maximize revenue after purchasing our client's company.
Failure to honor a buy/sell agreement in a shareholder's agreement. After wrongfully being forced out of a software company, a minority shareholder retained our firm to enforce the provisions of a buy/sell agreement. The case settled favorable for our client on the first day of arbitration.
Failure to honor property damage insurance obligations. The firm obtained a significant settlement against multiple insurance companies that refused to cover claims for extensive commercial roofing damage.

Trial victory over a Title Company that wrongfully retained in excess of $6 million dollars held in escrow and refused to return same. In this case a jury found that the Title Company had breached the terms of its contract and its fiduciary duties.
Jury verdict in excess of $1 million dollars against the State of Texas in an eminent domain property condemnation matter.
Settlement in the middle of an arbitration in property management contract dispute in excess of $700,000.

Settlement of $19 million for a client that sustained multiple fractures in a head on collision resulting in life altering injuries. Attorneys Fees: $3.7 million. Costs: $48,274.
Settlement of $7 million for the family of a man killed in a helicopter crash. Attorneys Fees: $2.8 million. Costs: $125,207.
Settlement of $5 million for a client who sustained serious life altering injuries from a defective medical device. Attorneys Fees: $2 million. Costs: $104,515.

$51 million dollar jury wrongful death verdict against a nursing home for the failure to properly monitor and respond to a resident that had been complaining of pain and symptoms related to internal bleeding.
$1.25 million dollar wrongful death jury verdict against a large publicly traded trucking company who’s driver dangerously parked his 18 wheeler across a roadway in the middle of the night.
$6.85 million dollar medical malpractice jury verdict against a doctor and hospital that failed to respond to a client’s complaint of declining vision that ultimately led to blindness.
The firm and its co-counsel obtained a civil rights jury verdict in excess of $800,000 against a County Jail for the failure to properly administer medication leading to partial paralysis.

Along with co-counsel we obtained a settlement of $39.5 million for medical data breach class action where private medical records and information were inadvertently placed in the public domain over the Internet by a hospital chain. Attorneys Fees: $6,877,309.50. Costs: $572,690.41
Along with co-counsel we were able to obtain a settlement valued at $80 million against a dietary supplement maker that fabricated its main ingredient. Attorneys Fees and Costs: $3,650,000.