Client v. Pastorino et al.
Jul 11, 2016OUTCOME: Unanimous jury verdict for our client, the plaintiff
Action for quiet title to a prescriptive easement, nuisance, and trespass against a neighboring landowner in Half Moon Bay.
San Jose, CA
Real estate Lawyer at San Jose, CA
Practice Areas: Real Estate, Litigation
OUTCOME: Unanimous jury verdict for our client, the plaintiff
Action for quiet title to a prescriptive easement, nuisance, and trespass against a neighboring landowner in Half Moon Bay.
OUTCOME: We settled the case on favorable terms before trial.
Represented a purchaser of valuable sandwich leases from Albertsons in a lawsuit for fraud, misrepresentation, and breach of contract based on false information provided to the purchaser during the tra ... nsaction regarding a percentage rent lease term that operated to fundamentally alter the profitability of the transaction by close to one million dollars.
OUTCOME: Pushed the matter to trial and secured a favorable settlement the day trial was set to begin.
Defended owners of a $10 million piece of property in Monte Sereno from right of way, easement, and encroachment claims made by an adjoining neighbor.
OUTCOME: Achieved a favorable settlement for our clients’ claims for nuisance, diminution in property value/inverse condemnation, trespass, and negligent infliction of emotional distress in conjunction with settlement efforts by Plaintiffs’ liaison counsel.
Represented a family affected by the September 2010 San Bruno PG&E gas line explosion that killed eight people and injured dozens more.
OUTCOME: Achieved a favorable settlement in time for clear title to issue to the eventual purchaser.
Represented members of the Patterson Family who own an approximately 400 acre property in Fremont, California, commonly known as the “Patterson Ranch.” The family, after having obtained all necessary ... approvals and entitlements for the construction of 500 residential homes on a portion of the Ranch, and after receiving offers from large scale residential developers upwards of $130 million, was threatened by an alleged purchase option agreement by a third party which operated as a cloud on title and threatened to impede any sale of the property.
OUTCOME: Specific Performance decree granted
Won specific performance action over the $4.5M purchase of a mixed-use commercial building in San Francisco after sellers breached sales contract. Succeeded in obtaining order requiring sellers to pay ... all of our client's attorneys' fees incurred in the action.