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This was a products liability case against Chrysler Motors for the manufacture of a defective ball joint. The ball joint failed, causing a van to lose steering control resulting in a head-on collision with Mr. Regar's clients. The impact resulted in the death of a business owner survived by his widow and two adult children. The decedent's income potential was more than $1.5 Million. The wrongful death verdict was $3.5 Million. The remaining three occupants of the vehicle, all over the age of 60, had the following injuries with verdicts as follows: Back injury requiring fusion: $1 Million. Shoulder surgery, jaw injury: $700,000. Aggravation of prior back injuries, no surgery: $500,000.

Mr. Regar settled a medical malpractice case against a hospital for causing a permanent injury to a medical professional. Because of provisions in the settlement release, the specific facts cannot be stated. The injury resulted from the careless acts of a nurse which caused injury to Mr. Regar's client. The client was required to take a medication for the injury that adversely affected the client, resulting in a disability which caused a loss of income and earning capacity. The defendant hospital argued that the injury was not caused by the negligence of their nurse, but was caused by the careless acts of Mr. Regar's client..

Attorney Regar was able to settle a medical malpractice lawsuit for a minor under the age of 10 who had been given an improper dosage of medication while a patient at a hospital whose name cannot be revealed due to the terms of the settlement. The child suffered neurological injuries causing learning disabilities and the need for various modalities of therapy.

A wrongful death lawsuit based on a dangerous condition of public property resulted in the widow and children of a motorcycle accident victim settling their cases at a mediation hearing. The lawsuit was filed against a City in the Coachella Valley based on allegations against the City for maintaining a, "dead end" street, in the City that didn't have any warning signs posted advising motorists that the street was not a through street. There was also a dirt mound located at the ending of the street which caused the motorcycle rider to be launched off the top of the mound when his motorcycle climbed the mound causing the rider and bike to fly through the air causing the rider to strike the ground and dying at the accident scene. Unfortunately for the rider he was not wearing a DOT approved helmet; but was instead wearing a, "novelty" helmet that the defendants argued contributed to his death. The City argued that the motorcycle didn't have working rear brakes and the rider was wearing dark nonprescription glasses at the time of the accident which caused the rider not to see that the road ended and that there was a mound at the end of the road. The accident happened at night. This lawsuit was also filed against the property owners surrounding the dirt mound at the end of the road for allegedly creating the dirt mount which itself resulted in a dangerous condition of property.

$1.3 Million Dollar Settlement. Palm Springs motorcycle versus car accident resulting in the motorcycle rider suffering back, pelvis, arm, and leg injuries including fractures. The automobile driver made a left turn in front of attorney Regar’s client riding his motorcycle with the, “right of way”. The automobile driver argued that the motorcycle was speeding. Attorney Regar successfully argued that the motorcycle was not exceeding the speed limit and the defendant car driver was totally at fault. The motorcycle rider had $174,000.00 in medical bills and a $24,000.00 wage loss. Unfortunately the motorcycle rider will have permanent residuals from the accident. The case settled at a mediation hearing for the defendant’s insurance policy limits.

During the third day of trial of a dangerous roadway case against the County of Los Angeles, Mr. Regar convinced the County to settle for $1.2 Million. At the beginning of trial the County offered no money to settle the case. Mr. Regar's 30-year-old motorcycle rider client suffered spinal injuries and became a paraplegic. Medical expenses were less than $100,000 because a government agency paid the bills. Loss of income was questionable. The theory of liability against the County was their failure to remove a drainage pipe that was located on the dirt shoulder of a mountain road in the Angeles National Forest. The County argued that Mr. Regar's client was speeding, lost control of his motorcycle, and actually did not strike the drainage pipe with his motorcycle.

Mr. Regar settled a wrongful death case for the two adult sons of a 53-year-old father who was killed in an automobile accident as a result of the defendant construction company's employee driving a pickup truck on the wrong side of State Route 62 in the Morongo Basin. Mr. Regar's clients were not being supported by their deceased father, nor were they living with their deceased father. They would visit with their deceased father several times a month before his death. Decedent had pre-existing cardiac and high blood pressure conditions which the defendant argued would have reduced the decedent's life expectancy.

Mr. Regar settled a premises liability case for a 4-year-old minor against an apartment house owner. The 4-year-old fell into an uncovered fire pit used by the tenants of the apartment house to roast and/or barbecue meat. The 4-year-old received second and third degree burns over parts of his body as a result of the accident. The apartment house attorneys argued that the accident occurred because the parents of the 4-year-old burn victim were not watching their child while the uncovered fire pit was burning.

Mr. Regar represented a 48-year-old woman who was a passenger in a motor vehicle had been driven in a negligent manner at the time of the accident. The accident involved an intersection collision between the vehicle in which Mr. Regar's client was riding and an oncoming vehicle who Mr. Regar alleged was speeding and not keeping a proper lookout for traffic. Mr. Regar obtained a settlement for the total $100,000 policy limit of the oncoming vehicle and a $900,000 settlement from the insurance policy insuring the car in which Mr. Regar's client was a passenger. Mr. Regar's client sustained injuries to her neck, requiring a fusion; knee surgery; and shoulder surgery. Her medical expenses were approximately $150,000 and loss of income at the time of the settlement was approximately $45,000. At the time of the settlement, her neck had improved but her knee and shoulder were symptomatic. The $900,000 settlement was the policy amount remaining after the driver's insurance company paid the other driver $100,000 of the $1,000,000 policy.