Christian Nickerson
About Christian Nickerson
Christian Nickerson handles employment litigation, business litigation, catastrophic personal injury, and wrongful death. He has achieved over $240 million in jury verdicts and negotiated settlements. Notable results include a $36.1 million verdict in Escamilla v. Durham School Services for a six-year-old struck by a vehicle while crossing to board her school bus, a $10 million settlement in Pedowitz v. Regents of the University of California for a former UCLA orthopedic surgery chair in a whistleblower retaliation case, and a $9.5 million recovery for the family of a middle school student who died at school after a negligent emergency response. He represented the family of two Woolsey Fire victims in a confidential settlement and coordinated a multi-plaintiff action for over 30 injured plaintiffs from the Federal Express Orland bus crash. He earned his J.D. from Pepperdine University School of Law and graduated Phi Beta Kappa and cum laude from Penn State University's Schreyer Honors College with a B.A. in English.
Notable case results
Escamilla v. Durham School Services (child struck by vehicle crossing to school bus)
Pedowitz v. Regents of UCLA (whistleblower retaliation, orthopedic surgery chief)
Alagba v. LAUSD (wrongful death of middle school student after negligent emergency response)
Segal v. LACMTA (plaintiff struck by Metro bus)
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
