Released on: June 12, 2008, 12:29 pm

Press Release Author: Dietrich Elliot

Industry: Law

Press Release Summary: Successful cases require the expertise of an attorney who
limits his practice to personal injury matters. This Personal Injury lawyers in Los
angles, California are your best Attorney - David Drexler.


Press Release Body: LOS ANGELES, California (April 25, 2008) - On the eve of trial
in a contentious Bus Accident case, Los Angeles Personal
Injury Attorney David Drexler and his co-counsel, Andrew Jacobs have won a $399K
settlement for their client, Cristina Fontanella, a 30 year employee of LAX.
Fontanella was a passenger on an LAX shuttle bus that rear-ended another shuttle bus
and a car, injuring her and several other passengers. Despite the defense's
argument that Fontanella's injuries were a pre-existing condition from her job,
Personal Injury Attorney Drexler negotiated the settlement for his client in
mediation before the Hon. Russell Bostrum, claiming negligence of the bus driver in
the Vehicle Accident.

Fontanella, 54, a long time ticket agent at LAX was heading home at 3:40 p.m. on
Valentines Day, 2005. She boarded the shuttle bus to take her to her satellite
parking lot after work, but there would be no candy and flowers at the end of
this ride. Instead, as the shuttle headed east-bound on Century Blvd., shuttle bus
driver Gary Melvin plowed into the rear end of a Dollar Rent a Car shuttle bus,
stopped at a red light in a left-hand pocket turn lane. That bus slammed into the
Ford Crown Victoria cab directly in front of him causing a devastating bus accident.

The plaintiff, Fontanella, was flung backwards, slamming her down to the floor of
the bus along with several other passengers who were all transported to the Daniel
Freeman Hospital via ambulance. She sustained serious injury to her left shoulder
and needed two carpal tunnel wrist surgeries following the bus accident. herf=\"http://www.attorney-personal-injury-los-angeles.com\">Personal injury
attorney, Drexler, successfully argued against the claim by the defendant that
Fontanella's injuries came from her job, hauling heavy suitcases and not from the
vehicle accident.

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accident was so compelling, the plaintiff's attorneys called for a mediation
before Hon. Russell Bostrum before the start of the vehicle accident trial. The two
sides began far apart in negotiations. The defendant offered $200,000 and the
plaintiff reduced her demand from $750,000 to $600,000. As negotiations proceeded,
Melvin, the bus driver, admitted liability in the bus accident.

The defendant's attorneys served Drexler's team with a C. C. P. Section 998 in the
amount of $250,000. Fonantella's team replied with a C.C.P. section 998 of their
own with a compromise of $585,000. The day before the trial, negotiations rose from
$300,000 to $350,000, before finally settling the Bus Accident case on the $399,000
figure on the eve of the trial.

Contact: Law Offices of David Drexler, Esq.
13808 Ventura Blvd.
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
1- (877)-99-LA-LAW


Web Site: http://www.attorney-personal-injury-los-angeles.com/

Contact Details: DietrichElliot@aol.com