The firm is thrilled to announce that associate Myles A. Lanzone has joined its litigation group. A 2008 Magna Cum Laude graduate of the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, Mr. Lanzone previous practiced at Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker in Oakland, and has extensive experience as a judicial clerk in both the Supreme Court of...
Read MoreJeff Hosking Secures Defense Verdict in Multiple Fatality Bus Accident
Litigation Partner Jeff Hosking successfully defended a nationwide motorcoach operator against multiple wrongful death and personal injury claims arising out of a bus accident that occurred in Colusa County in 2008. Plaintiffs were the heirs of eleven decedents who died in the accident and other injured passengers. Plaintiffs claimed the motorcoach...
Read MoreFirm Welcomes New Associate Sheena B. Patel
The firm is excited to announce that associate Sheena B. Patel has joined its litigation group. A 2014 graduate of California Western School of Law in San Diego, Ms. Patel previously practiced at Adelson, Testan, Brundo, Novell & Jimenez in San Francisco, and at the Law Offices of Andrew Wolff, where she handled habitability cases and personal injury...
Read MoreBench Trial Victory Affirmed On All Grounds
In a case dating back 10 years, plaintiff MacKay & Somps sought to recover fees owed for professional engineering services provided to Dunmore Homes, a large real estate developer. When Sidney Dunmore drained Dunmore Homes of all assets and drove it into bankruptcy, Dunmore refused to pay Mackay for its services. Mackay sued Sidney Dunmore as the...
Read MoreCourt of Appeal Affirms Firm Victory in Stadium Case
Plaintiff Daniel Long filed a Superior Court lawsuit against the San Francisco Forty Niners following an assault in the parking lot after a professional football game. After almost two years of litigation, and only weeks before trial, plaintiff voluntarily dismissed his Superior Court action in favor of a newly-filed federal action. When the federal court...
Read MoreTrial Court Grants Amtrak Summary Judgment of FELA Claim by Employee who Witnessed Death of Suicidal Pedestrian
In Perez v. Amtrak, venued in San Francisco Superior Court, a former Amtrak employee brought a FELA claim alleging that he sustained severe disabling psychological injuries when he witnessed a northbound Amtrak train strike and kill a pedestrian who had run underneath the train at a crossing. At the time, the employee was performing maintenance on...
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