THE EXPERIENCE

Ball & Yorke deserves its outstanding reputation as competent and aggressive litigators, having obtained over $40 million in settlements and verdicts for its individual clients since 1998.  The firm has unmatched skill with respect to cases involving Wrongful Death, Auto Accidents, Serious Personal Injury, Insurance Issues and Disputes, Bad Faith, Wrongful Termination, Slip and Falls, Motorcycle Accidents, Dog Bites, Real Estate Matters, ERISA, Construction Defects, and Medical and Legal Malpractice.

Further, Ball & Yorke have been instrumental in protecting and recognizing the rights of individuals. In Ragsdale v. Ralph Grocery Company, Ventura County Superior Court CIV123941, a jury awarded, and Ball & Yorke recovered, $524,470.00, for a slip and fall in a local grocery store.

Rosales v. Thermex-Thermatron, Inc., 67 Cal. App. 4th 187, saw Ball & Yorke prevail on a landmark case of strict products and successor liability,  meriting a net judgment of $544,875.37 and, in addition an award of $123,002.85 in attorneys? fees and costs assessed against the defendant for failure to admit requests for admissions.  In eight years since it was published, the Rosales precedent has been cited over two dozen times in scholarly articles, annotated statutes, model jury instructions, and legal treatises.

Siegel v. Prudential Ins. Co., 67 Cal. App. 4th 1270, the Court of Appeals upheld an arbitration award of over $1,338,000 obtained by Ball & Yorke for an employee wrongfully terminated by their employer. The Siegel case has been cited over seventeen times in law review articles, annotated statutes, and legal treatises.

Peralta v. Hispanic Bus., Inc., 419 F.3d 1064 and Olive v. Am. Express Long Term Disability Benefit Plan, 183 F. Supp. 2d 1191 saw Ball & Yorke set new ground in the Federal Courts for issues arising under the Employment Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA").

In fact, the Peralta decision led the 9^th US Circuit Court of Appeals to recognize, for the first time, the existence of a new right for aggrieved employees under ERISA.

For the case of Bartish v. Berquisit, Ventura County Superior Court No. CIV227183, a Ventura jury awarded $474,754.00 for a client of Ball & Yorke who suffered injuries when a car struck his motorcycle .

Ball & Yorke has been established upon an unparalleled dedication to serving the needs of their clients.  Clients are properly seen as people, and are even remembered on a first name basis.

At the same time, these clients are provided with quality representation, and are treated fairly and with respect.  In fact, well over 90% of the firm's current client base are referrals from other clients or attorneys, or have been successfully represented by the firm in the past.  On this strength above all others, Ball & Yorke currently and will remain one of Ventura County' s premier law firms for years to come .