Over the last quarter century Bran Magaña has handled cases almost every area of personal injury litigation including: Medical malpractice; products liability; auto accidents; FELA; Jones Act; construction accidents; pipeline accidents; industrial disasters; medical device failures; drug liability; assaults and batteries; recreational boating, and; premises liability. Additionally he has prosecuted insurance bad fait cases, both third party and first party.

 

 

Switchman injured when improperly maintained switch handle struck his head crushing the side of his face.

Railroad carman injured lifting poorly maintained decks on automobile transportation cars, requiring back surgery.

Griswold vs. ATS&F- Engineer injured as a result of improper seat design.

 

 

Shiley Heart Valve Cases- Represented approximately 45 victims of failures of prosthetic heart valves resulting in injuries and deaths. Plaintiffs from Sweden, Holland, England, Australia, and the United States. Later represented the Consummenten Bond- the Dutch consumer’s organization- in objecting to a heart valve class action settlement, later negotiated minimum compensation schedule for Dutch victims of valve failures.

 

Parker vs. Showa Denko K.K.- Represented victim of L-tryptophan induced eosinophilic fascitis that resulted in permanent disability.

 

Ropp vs. General Motor Corporation- Represented woman injured by sudden acceleration of her car as a result of defective transmission.

 

Zepeda vs. Marine Sheet Metal Corp.- Represented cannery worker whose hand was cut off by an improperly guarded egg dicer.

West and Mottel vs. Pfaudler Co. – Represented worker burned and the heirs of another killed by inadvertent release of hot brewing mash at a Miller Brewery in Irwindale, California.

 

Elser vs. Braun – Brewery worker burned when he fell into improperly guarded chip cooker.