Civil Litigation,
Government
Jun. 27, 2018
Firm succeeds this time in $47.5 million tree falling settlement
Attorneys from San Francisco law firm Rouda Feder Tietjen & McGuinn have secured a $47.5 million settlement on behalf of a child who was catastrophically injured by a 72-foot tree that crashed on the his tent while he slept in San Mateo County Memorial Park.
In 2016, plaintiffs' attorney Tim Tietjen's firm Rouda, Feder, Tietjen & McGuinn lost a tree falling case after the 1st District Court of Appeal upheld a trial court's summary judgment ruling. Two years later, Tietjen has settled a new but similar case for $47.5 million.
The gravamen of the appellate ruling was that San Mateo County was not liable for a rotted tree that fell on a child who was sleeping in a tent because the tree...
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