Case Results
At Venardi Zurada LLP, we are proud to showcase our proven success in securing justice for clients throughout the Bay Area. Our team has achieved remarkable results in personal injury and employment law cases, delivering substantial settlements and verdicts. With a reputation built on dedication, expertise, and unwavering commitment, we continue to fight for the rights of those who need it most.
Below, you can select a category and an attorney to look at filtered case results at Venardi Zurada.
Disclaimer: Results will vary from case to case.
Settlement
Multi-Million Dollar
Discrimination Claims
Martin Zurada and Mark Venardi led a team that obtained a multi-million recovery for a group of deserving clients. We are not afraid to turn down significant initial offers which are insufficient to compensate our clients and change defendant’s behavior. We roll up our sleeves, put on the gloves, and fight it out with the defense. If getting the best possible result means holding on until trial to resolve the case, or fighting the case at trial, we will do whatever it takes. We put our clients in the best possible position to obtain a maximum result.
Partner
Partner
Settlement
$7.125 Million
Boat Accidents
Our client was an 80 year-old passenger in a tender vessel. The vessel rose quickly on a wave and fell quickly causing our client to suffer a spine fracture that required a two-level fusion surgery.
Partner
Settlement
$6 Million
Pedestrian Accidents
Mark Venardi accepted a case that no one else would take and turned a $50,000 offer just before trial into a $6,000,000 settlement. A homeless man that was crossing against a red light was hit by a vehicle in a crosswalk at night. The client was badly injured with a brain injury and multiple orthopedic injuries. The prior law firm withdrew from representing the client. The client tried to retain other law firms from all over the San Francisco Bay Area. All of the law firms declined the case. Three months before trial in October 2023, the client saw one of our commercials and called our firm. We evaluated the case, which was challenging on some of the liability issues, and researched the defendant to determine whether the defendant had assets. The defendant did. We accepted the case, moved the trial court to continue the trial date, to reopen fact and expert discovery, and to reinstate our client’s right to a jury trial, which had been waived. At that time, the Defendant’s offer in the case was $50,000. Our firm then vigorously worked the case up for trial. We retained an accident reconstruction expert, night vision expert, orthopedic medical expert, neurologist, neuroradiologist, neuropsychologist, life care planner, and an economist. We represented our client with complete commitment to obtaining justice and achieved a $6,000,000 resolution just 30 days before the trial. Now our deserving client is taken care of for life.
Partner
Arbitration Award
$4.9 Million
Business Cases
ABC Corp v. XYZ Corp. Defendants, a publicly traded company, terminated a licensing agreement with our client and nearly forced our client into bankruptcy, which is why they could not afford to pay an attorney on an hourly basis. We were the third attorneys on the case. Defendants offered $900,000 on the first day of arbitration and asserted that, if we did not accept it, they were going to prove that our clients were crooks. We rejected the offer and obtained an arbitration award for $4,900,000.
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Settlement
$4.8 Million
Personal Injury
Our client was a hard-working father who lost his livelihood in an instant when he suffered a major injury and amputation to his leg. We uncovered evidence of the Defendant’s failure to follow basic safety rules. Along with our team of highly qualified experts, we thoroughly explained every aspect of how our client, his wife, and his kids’ lives were changed forever by this tragedy.
Partner
Settlement
$4.5 Million
Discrimination ClaimsRetaliation Claims
Retaliation and Discrimination in the workplace.
Settlement
$4.3 Million
Business Cases
ABC Corp v. XYZ Corp. Defendants raided our clients’ employees, stole their trade secrets, and then interfered with our clients actual and prospective customers. We sued Defendant for tortious interference with prospective economic relations, interference with contractual relations, and unfair business practices.
Partner
Settlement
$3 Million
Motor Vehicle Accidents
Our client was riding his motorcycle going straight down the street. Defendant driver employed by a construction company turned left, across our client’s lane, and hit our client. Our client suffered a fractured hip and fractured forearm requiring several surgeries. The case settled on the eve of trial for $3,000,000.
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Partner
Settlement
$3 Million
Construction Site Accidents
Our client an experienced electrician sustained a severe wrist injury at a construction site when he fell and tripped over some formboards with rebar inside of them. After a long fight, our client received compensation for his substantial lost wages and pain and suffering. This case was factually complex, and the Venardi Zurada team fought hard to uncover a smoking gun document that pointed the finger at the Defendant general contractor. By the end of trial, jurors did not believe the defendant, whose witnesses repeatedly lied on the stand. The jury found that the general contractor in charge of the construction site failed to provide our client safe and convenient access to toilets and that our client was forced into choosing between two poor toilet paths.
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Partner
Settlement
$3 Million
Medical Malpractice
Medical malpractice case vs midwife for birthing malpractice.
*Obtained prior to joining Venardi Zurada.
Of Counsel
Settlement
$3 Million
Employment
Truck Drivers v. Agricultural Company. $3,000,000 class action settlement agreement that included payments to truck drivers and forgiveness of their debt. Our firm was lead co-counsel in a class action and PAGA claim for truck drivers of an agricultural company engaging in wage theft. The drivers did not receive pay as they waited substantial amounts of time to load and unload their trucks. Truck drivers who left the company were unlawfully charged for training expenses to discourage them from leaving. The settlement resulted in hundreds of hard-working truck drivers being better compensated for their work going back over five years, and forgiveness of the unlawful training charges.
Partner
Settlement
$2.7 Million
Medical Malpractice
Med Mal case from birthing malpractice causing hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy and paralysis of newborn.
*Obtained prior to joining Venardi Zurada.
Of Counsel