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Torts/Personal Injury

Oct. 22, 2026

Attorney angrily denies Dodgers' suspicion that stadium fall was staged

A personal injury attorney angrily denied involvement in staging a fan's fall outside Dodger Stadium as jurors heard conflicting testimony in a negligence trial over allegedly dangerous pavement.

Attorney angrily denies Dodgers' suspicion that stadium fall was staged
Long & Levit LLP partner David S. McMonigle

A personal injury attorney whose presence near a fan's fall outside Dodger Stadium raised suspicions that the incident might have been staged angrily denied any involvement Wednesday, lashing out at a Dodgers defense lawyer during cross-examination.

"I don't like being called a fraud when I work my ass off for my clients and I do my job because you can't do yours," attorney Martin J. Kanarek told Long & Levit LLP partner David S. McMonigle, pointing towar...

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