Cesar Elias Martinez Soto vs Forde Mazzola Associates, Inc.

Case Overview

In 2025, BD&J’s construction accident attorneys represented Cesar Elias Martinez Soto, in the Cesar Elias Martinez Soto vs Forde Mazzola Associates, Inc. case, who fell from a scaffold at a worksite while working his job in construction. Forde Mazzola, the general contractor, and Bay Area Scaffold, the scaffolding company, offered $1,500,000 before the trial. However, this was not sufficient to account for all of Cesar’s medical bills and recovery costs as he suffered a traumatic brain injury and a torn ACL which required him to remain out of work for months to heal. After 6 months of recovery, Cesar was finally able to return to work, but the Martinez family was struggling to make ends meet without Cesar’s income. After 3 weeks of trial, the BD&J brain injury team received an 8.5 million verdict.