Lawsuits are not won by luck. In fact, more often than anyone would like to admit, people with valid claims lose. Careful planning and preparation both before and during trial makes a huge difference. John plans far ahead, anticipates and preempts the defense in his cases. This has made a tremendous difference in the results. This ability to plan ahead is not surprising as John is an internationally-rated chess player.

John has been practicing law for almost thirty years and has seven and eight figure verdicts. He has focused much of his time and effort on large cases, representing clients who have been catastrophically injured or whose loved ones have been killed as a result of motor vehicle accidents.

A motor vehicle accident or defective product victim and victim's family may be entitled to recover damages for: hospital and medical expenses; past and future lost earnings; past and future permanent physical disability such as quadriplegia, paraplegia, paralysis, loss of a limb, scars, a limp; emotional distress such as depression and anxiety; loss of love and companionship caused by the death of a loved one; physical pain and suffering; loss of enjoyment of life.

If the person who caused the accident or manufactured the defective product acted with malice the victim may be entitled to punitive and exemplary damages.

John Rowell has been a pioneer in the field of consumer safety. He has represented clients in cases  involving a wide array of products where the product design was unsafe such as airplanes, automobiles and tires. John started his career working on Grinshaw v. Ford Motor Co., the famous Pinto exploding gas tank case, and on the Paris Air Crash case, where a defective cargo door cost the lives of all on board.   Throughout his career, John has represented people injured in auto accidents. He has authored articles which deal with the defenses commonly asserted in these cases, including How to Determine if Seatbelts Were in Use. Bringing to bear his engineering experience from the products liability arena to auto accident cases has led to some spectacular results.

He has authored numerous articles on these topics, including: Ford Explorer: History Repeats Itself; Tire Tread Separation  - Two Theories of Liability; Electronic Crash Sensing in Air Bag Litigation; The Sordid History of Auto Safety Glass; The Industrial Machinery and Tool Products Liability Case and others.

He is currently serving on the California Plaintiffs Committee for the Explorer Firestone Tire cases. He is a member of Attorneys Information Exchange Group (AIEG), a national litigation group specializing in automotive and other product defect cases.

John uses compelling demonstrative evidence and is intimately familiar with computer aided design and computer graphics programs used by experts to reconstruct what happened in an accident. He often uses animation of the accident reconstruction to show the jury why and how the defendant’s negligence caused the accident and injury.

An awarding winning California trial attorney, John fights for the rights of people who have been injured and families of those who have died as a result of accidents or defective products. A motor vehicle accident may occur because of a defect in the vehicle itself, which may open the door to a product liability case as well as a negligence case. In many motor vehicle accidents, the injuries are greatly affected by product defects. In other motor vehicle accidents the accident itself may have been caused by defective products. In single vehicle motor vehicle accidents the product is often the cause. In each of these situations, product defect becomes the most important part of the case.

John has represented clients involved in motor vehicle accidents or claims against automobile manufacturers in cases involving the exploding Pinto gas tank; defective car windshields and glass; defective tires; defective seats; defective restraint systems such as defective seat belt latching devices, seat belts and airbags; defective lack of stability and handling, vehicle "skate”; defective lack of strength and welding (crashworthiness); defective door latches; defective transmission defects (“park to reverse” cases) and SUV rollovers.

As a California plaintiff attorney, John has handled hundreds of cases for victims of motor vehicle accidents and unsafe products. He has taken on many corporate giants, including General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, Freightliner, Honda, Isuzu, Subaru, Nissan, Toyota, Goodyear, Goodrich, Firestone, Bridgestone, Hyundai, Caterpillar, Greyhound and others.

John is an Associate of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He has received awards and certificates of appreciation from several organizations including the Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC) and the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA).

John received both his bachelor's degree and law degree from the University of Southern California. His interests outside the practice of law include chess, basketball and horses. For the last four years, Cheong, Denove, Rowell & Bennett has hosted the Southern California state chess championship.

Cheong, Denove, Rowell & Bennett has the extensive resources to handle the most complex legal matters, yet is small enough to offer individualized service to our client's personal injury and wrongful death cases as a result of motor vehicle accidents. At Cheong, Denove, Rowell & Bennett we believe the more you know, the better choice you will make. Contact Us

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