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Plaintiff Magazine
Trial lawyer helps people shake the blues before he hits the stage to play them
Stephen Ellison | January 2019
For Rick Baskin the musician, not much can match the rush of being on stage with his band, belting out a blues tune on his harmonica. For Rick Baskin the person, helping people seek and find justice has been an encore performance most any artist, or lawyer, would envy…View Complete Article
The Stockton Record
$1.4M Settlement in Stockton Flea Market Shooting
Elizabeth Bell | September 1998
The Stockton Flea Market and a security company have reached a $1.4 million settlement with the family of a young man permanently disabled during a 1994 shooting at the flea market, according to the man’s attorney…View Complete Article
My Story of Self Discovery at Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyer College
Richard Baskin | August 2004
It feels like about ninety degrees when I get off the plane in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on the afternoon of Friday, July 9th. I drive 2 hours in a rental car when I arrive in Dubois which is a town about 3 blocks long that looks as if it came out of a spaghetti western movie…View Complete Article
7-Eleven Must Pay $3.75 Million To Pacifican Hit By Teens in Store
Richard Baskin | August 2004
San Francisco – A Pacifica man who was partly paralyzed as a result of an as-sault in a 7-Eleven store parking lot was awarded a $3.75 million verdict. The award to Manuel Ortiz was made in the San Francisco Superior Court.…View Complete Article
Man Hit With Hammer Awarded $332,500
Richard Baskin | August 2004
Hayward – a jury awarded $332,500 to a Hayward man who sued Casa Car-lita’s restaurant and its parent company, Zim’s Restaurants, after he was hit on the head with a hammer in the restaurant parking lot…View Complete Article
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