10.23 Million Dollars

Brain Damage

Don Ernst represented a young boy on a bicycle was hit by a car on a public street coming out the rear of a shopping center in Los Osos. The boy suffered major brain damage.  After a 6 week trial, the jury returned a gross damage award of 10.2 million dollars.  This led to safety reviews by insurance carriers of many shopping centers across the state for private roadway and sign safety.