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As trial was nearing, Garcia & Artigliere attorneys Stephen M. Garcia and Bill Artigliere acquired a settlement of $800,000 against a Southern California skilled nursing facility for the elderly that allowed an 82-year-old woman to suffer a fall and fractured hip despite allegedly being cared for as a “high fall risk” resident. Artigliere stated, “The…

Garcia & Artigliere has been named Orange County Bar Association’s (OCBA) 2023 Law Firm of the Year for their longtime support and commitment to the OCBA Charitable Fund and its charities. Over the last six years, Garcia & Artigliere has raised more money for OCBA’s Charitable Fund than any other law firm, consistently giving at…

Inside New Orleans named Partner Matthew M. Coman to its 2023 Elite Lawyers list for his success obtaining justice on behalf of elderly clients and their families. Coman is a nationally recognized litigator with 24 years of in-depth experience who has tried more than 160 jury trials to verdict in both state and federal courts.…

Senior Partner Stephen Garcia was selected to Los Angeles Business Journal’s Leaders of Influence: Litigators & Trial Attorneys 2023 list for protecting the interests of the elderly in thousands of elder abuse and nursing home neglect cases. To date, his efforts have resulted in over $3 billion in results. For nearly four decades, Garcia has…

Garcia & Artigliere filed a class action lawsuit against California-based nursing home Sunnyside Nursing Center for allegedly failing to employ an adequate number of staff to provide care to those living at the facility and siphoning off required funds for resident care for their own profit. These issues were not only directly harmful to the…

Senior Partner Stephen Garcia was featured in the National Trial Lawyers’ Trial Lawyer Magazine, giving insight into his life and his career, which spans from his fantasy job as a pro surfer to his proudest moment as a trial lawyer: winning his first elder abuse case in 1991. The publication also highlights his most notable…

Senior Partner Stephen M. Garcia was selected for inclusion in Los Angeles Times’ Southern California’s Leading Lawyers 2023 list, recognized for his impactful work in elder abuse law. Garcia’s highlighted successes include securing a $5 million verdict for a 92-year-old dependent adult woman who suffered elder abuse and neglect, and obtaining a $38.6 million settlement…

Garcia & Artigliere lawyers Stephen M. Garcia and Matthew Coman secured a $4.2 million settlement against a Kentucky hospital, which allowed one of its surgeons to inappropriately place medical devices on his patients which were sold exclusively by his wife. The lawsuit alleged that these devices were not medically necessary. Rather, the physician, using his…