Instant Soup Burns Statistics in San Francisco
873K
City/county population
$385,000 — Kim v. Maruchan Inc., SFSC (2024)
Notable settlement
UCSF Medical Center — Burn Center
Primary burn center
Courts in San Francisco, California
San Francisco County Superior Court
400 McAllister St, San Francisco, CA 94102
Hospitals & Trauma Centers in San Francisco
UCSF Medical Center — Burn Center
505 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital — Burn Unit
1001 Potrero Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110
Liability Considerations in San Francisco
Your Legal Team
Sarah Mitchell
Senior Partner
Los Angeles, CA
Sarah Mitchell has spent 18 years representing burn victims and product liability plaintiffs in Southern California, with a particular focus on defective consumer product cases involving children. Her engineering background gives her a unique ability to engage with product design expert witnesses and cross-examine defense engineers on the physics of cup stability, heat transfer, and foreseeable consumer use. She has recovered more than $60 million for product liability clients across California, including multiple seven-figure verdicts in pediatric burn cases. Sarah serves on the Product Liability Litigation Group Executive Committee of the American Association for Justice.
Education
- J.D., UC Berkeley School of Law (2008)
- B.S., Chemical Engineering, UCLA (2005)