Charles D. Naylor
is a Lawyer in San Pedro, CA
Areas of Law
- Personal Injury
- Longshore and Harborworkers Compensation Act
- Admiralty Law
- Maritime Law
Contact Information
| Currently Employed At |
839 South Beacon Street, Suite 311
San Pedro, CA 90731
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| Phone |
310-514-1200
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| Website |
www.naylorlaw.com
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| Social Networking Links |
LinkedIn Profile |
Experience & Credentials
| Admission Details | 1974, California | | Education | California State University at Long Beach, B.S.; Santa Clara University, J.D. | | Birth Information | 1949 | | Awards & Recognition | AV Peer Review Rated and Super Lawyer | | Reported Cases | JURY AWARD: $55.2 MILLION
Case Type: Wrongful Death / Longshore Worker
In one of the largest personal injury verdicts of 2007, Charles D. Naylor, along with co-counsel Scott Neeley and Robert Nelson of Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, San Francisco, won $50 million in punitive damages, and $5.2 in compensatory damages, against DaimlerChrysler for the wrongful death of longshoreman Richard Mraz.
Mraz, 38, suffered fatal head injuries when the 1992 Dodge Dakota he had been driving ran him over when he stepped out of the vehicle. The jury found that a "park-to-reverse" defect in the truck's automatic transmission, said to affect more than one million DaimlerChrysler vehicles, was a substantial factor in Mraz's death.
Watch a video about the Park-to-Reverse defect
This was the first part-to-reverse case against DaimlerChrysler in 25 years to make it to trial. It was also the first case in the nation to test the impact of a recent Supreme Court ruling relating to jury instructions on punitive damages.
In 2009, even after Chrysler filed for bankruptcy, Naylor successfully negotiated a $24 million settlement for the Mraz family.
SETTLEMENT: $3.2 MILLION
Case Type: Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA)
In what is believed to be the largest settlement for an injury to a longshore worker in the ports history, the U.S. Department of Labor in Long Beach California has approved a $3.2 million injury settlement involving a 62 year old female longshore worker. The injury, which resulted in a below the knee amputation of the workers right leg occurred at the Hanjin terminal when the longshore worker was struck by an "outside" truck driver who was lost in the terminal.
SETTLEMENT: $180,000
Case Type: Cruise Ship Injury, Slip and Fall
81-year-old woman broke her hip after falling off a poorly marked single step in the lounge area
SETTLEMENT: $250,000 Settlement
Case Type: Cruise Ship Accident, Trip and Fall
A 66-year-old man tripped and fell on the deck of the ship injuring both legs (bilateral quadriceps tendon tears)
SETTLEMENT: $300,000
Case Type: Cruise Ship Injury, Slip and Fall
A 64-year-old man fell walking on a wet, slippery and poorly lit deck, requiring knee surgery
SETTLEMENT: $150,000
Case Type: Cruise Ship Accident, Slip and Fall
A 46-year-old Mexican citizen injured his knee and shoulder when he slipped and fell on a wet ?lido? deck
SETTLEMENT: $317,000
Case Type: Cruise Ship Accident, Fall
A 52 year old visitor on a Lake Arrowhead tour boat fell into an open hatch and fractured her ankle, requiring ankle surgery
SETTLEMENT: $150,000
Case Type: Cruise Injury, Ship Listing
A married couple, both 58-years-old, suffered physical and psychological injuries when a cruise ship severely listed and threw them out of bed | | Additional Bio Details | Charles D. Naylor has been a personal injury trial lawyer in the State and federal courts of Southern California for more than 30 years. During his career, Naylor has successfully settled or tried hundreds of cases arising from injuries occurring in the ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach and around the world.
Naylor enjoys a national reputation among his peers for his strict adherence to the highest standards of ethics, quality of work, and successful prosecution of injury cases. In 2007 he was a finalist for the Consumer Attorney of the Year Award presented by the Consumer Attorneys of California and in 2008 was a recipient of California Lawyer Magazine's prestigious CLAY Award. Naylor has an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating possible from the most respected national legal rating service, and has been recognized by Southern California Super Lawyers as one of the "top attorneys in southern California" for 2007, 2008 and 2009.
Among his recent jury trial verdicts, in a 2007 wrongful death case Naylor obtained a verdict of more than $55 million for the family of a deceased longshoreman and a settlement agreement of $3.2 million for an injured longshore woman.
Naylor has been a lecturer for the State of California, Continuing Education of the Bar program and serves as a Neutral Evaluator for the Los Angeles County Superior Courts for maritime injury cases. He is a commissioner of the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization Admiralty & Maritime Consulting Group, where he has played a vital role in the development of criteria for certification in California as a specialist in Admiralty and Maritime Law.
Naylor is also an adjunct Professor of Law, teaching Admiralty and Maritime Law at Chapman University School of Law. He is a member and Past-President of the Maritime Section of the Long Beach Bar Association, the Maritime Law Association of the United States, the American Association For Justice (formerly American Trial Lawyers Association) Admiralty section, the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, WILG and is a "Bencher" member of the Joseph A. Ball/Clarence S. Hunt Inn of Court. |
Office Information
Charles D. Naylor
839 South Beacon Street, Suite 311
San Pedro, CA 90731
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