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Government Liability

Challenging the government, police forces, municipal groups and public utilities is a daunting task. But demanding government accountability is a critical part of American justice.

When governmental misconduct and failures lead to a young mother's death on a dangerously designed road or a law-abiding, Haitian-American surgeon loses the use of his hands after an excessive beating by a corrupt police officer, it is necessary to expose these public threats and compensate those who have been injured.

Power and experience are decisive to a successful outcome in government liability cases. Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP offers both and strives to maximize recovery for its clients injured by the negligence of government entities. Our experience includes cases involving:

  • Bollards
  • Dangerous Conditions
  • Employment Discrimination
  • Legal Malpractice
  • Police & Law Enforcement Excessive Force
  • Police & Law Enforcement Pursuits
  • Police & Law Enforcement Shootings
  • Road & Intersection Design

Currently, Greene Broillet & Wheeler represents victims of the 2003 Santa Monica Farmers' Market tragedy, an event where injuries and death could have been prevented if the City of Santa Monica had followed common safety practices.

STRONG EVIDENCE

GB&W's government liability practice team acts quickly to preserve the claim against the relevant departments and authorities. We cut through the bureaucratic process to obtain accident histories. Using powerful evidence, expert testimony and related industry investigative intelligence, we advocate fully for our client's cause.

Clients have access to our proprietary investigative experts and evidence warehouse. This is an important resource for cases that involve road and intersection design injuries. We persuade the juries that hear these technical and challenging cases by presenting incident reenactments of failures of signal light timing, traffic count, pedestrian crossings and signal phasing.

TOUGH FIGHTERS

We have extensive experience representing victims of police corruption, cover-ups and brutality.

Our attorneys have tried civil rights abuse cases, and prevailed, against the largest governmental powers in California including the cities and police departments of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Torrance, Burbank and Long Beach, as well as the California Department of Motor Vehicles, CalTrans and the State of California.

Greene Broillet & Wheeler has the financial resources and intellectual skills to remain tenacious when faced with entrenched bureaucracies, insurance companies, government delays and diversionary tactics. Our opponents are aware of our reputation as hard-nosed, result-oriented trial lawyers and they often make more advantageous offers to our clients than in similar cases handled by other attorneys.

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