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We are proud to be featured in both this month’s Orange Coast Magazine & Super Lawyers Magazine as Super Lawyers Top Attorneys. Congrats Greg & Keith on 10+ years of being named in Super Lawyers Annual List of Top Attorneys. #top50inOC #top100inSoCal

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Since its founding in 2016, Bentley & More LLP has litigated on behalf of injured victims and

workers throughout California and the U.S., securing untold millions in compensation. The firm

continues to have the resources, experience and creativity to handle the most complex cases.

At Bentley & More, the attorneys listen closely to their clients. They develop a deep understanding

of each client’s unique story, then devise customized solutions to challenging, often life-changing

problems. Fueled by their compassion for their clients and their drive for justice, these lawyers

provide hard-hitting representation that delivers maximum results.

The firm’s winning record extends to personal injury, wrongful death, automobile crashes,

product liability, workers’ compensation, insurance bad faith, e-cig explosions, and injury and

property loss from the California wildfires.

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Gregory L. Bentley, Matthew Clark, Jaimi Groothuis and Farnaz Salessi of Bentley & More LLP obtained a favorable ruling on a motion for summary judgment/adjudication filed by Korean electronics giant Samsung SDI in a case involving an exploding e-cigarette Samsung lithium-ion battery. According to the complaint, Bentley & More’s client had purchased the Samsung batteries on the recommendation of an e-cig retailer, and used them without issue until April 14, 2018, when the Samsung battery exploded in his pocket, inflicting second- and third-degree burns on his left leg and genitalia, requiring a brutal skin-graft surgery, and leaving him with permanent scarring, discoloration, and hyper-sensitivity.

According to the lawsuit, Samsung had known since at least January 2016 that individual consumers were purchasing and using Samsung batteries for use in electronic cigarettes—a use that Samsung allegedly knew would subject consumers to potential harm. Instead of taking meaningful action to limit the risk or remove its batteries from the marketplace, Samsung ignored the problem, failed to even attempt to discern its scope, and instead placed profits over public safety by continuing to flood the market with hundreds of millions of its batteries—resulting in at least 88 cases filed against Samsung for similar battery explosion issues.  In the ruling at issue here, the Court denied Samsung’s attempt to summarily dismiss the case, and found triable issues of fact as to both Samsung’s liability for the explosion, and Samsung’s culpability for punitive damages, which are designed to punish and deter manufacturers from knowingly distributing harmful, dangerous products.

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Greg Bentley, Matthew Clark, and Farnaz Salessi of Bentley & More LLP reached a confidential 8-figure settlement on behalf of multiple homeowners who lost their homes in the October 2017 Northern California wildfires. Despite maintaining insurance with the same carrier for years, and despite the insurance company recommending and even selecting the policy limits, the devastating wildfires left the homeowners without adequate insurance to even begin rebuilding their lost homes.

 

This underinsurance problem—all too common in the property insurance industry—was instigated by insurers falsely promising to conduct detailed estimates of replacement cost value, falsely claiming they revised that estimate yearly to account for changes in construction costs, and by relying on software that knowingly underestimates the cost to rebuild insureds’ homes.  Despite the vast majority of homeowners believing they are adequately insured, these factors have combined to leave upwards of 80% of homes throughout the United States underinsured in the event of a total, catastrophic loss.  With natural disasters seeming to arrive ever more frequently, this underinsurance problem is sure to be magnified in the years to come.

 

Though the families can never get back the four years of struggle with their insurer, due to the efforts of Bentley & More LLP, this settlement will allow the families to regain some semblance of normalcy by rebuilding their homes and trying to move on with their lives.

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Being involved in an accident with a large truck is not something anybody wants to experience. These accidents can be incredibly scary and confusing for a victim. Unfortunately, truck accident injury victims are often left going up against well-funded insurance carriers and trucking companies when trying to secure the compensation they are entitled to. Here, we want to discuss why you need to have an experienced Orange County truck accident at... Read More

If you or somebody you care about is injured in an accident caused by the careless or negligent actions of another driver, you should be able to recover compensation for your losses. However, securing compensation is not always as easy as filing a claim and waiting for the insurance carrier to dole out the money. In fact, it is rarely that simple. It may be necessary for a car accident victim to seek assistance from a skilled vehicle accide... Read More

If you or somebody you care about has been involved in an accident with a large commercial truck, you understandably have many questions about what happens next. Truck crashes can be incredibly scary, and the aftermath of these incidents is not going to be like the aftermath of a traditional car accident. Unfortunately, victims are likely to encounter significant opposition from aggressive insurance carriers and trucking companies when tryi... Read More

If you or somebody you care about has been injured in an accident caused by a careless or negligent truck driver or trucking company, you need to seek legal assistance as soon as possible. In general, you should be able to recover compensation for your losses. However, these cases can become incredibly complex. Here, we want to discuss how long it can take to settle a semi-truck accident in Orange County. A thorough investigation is necess... Read More