Santa Monica, CA
Litigation Lawyer at Santa Monica, CA
Practice Areas: Litigation, Personal Injury ... +3 more
OUTCOME: Mediated Settlement
Product liability action against multiple parties in the chain of distribution arising out of flower vase exploding in plaintiff's hand causing severe personal injury. After extensive litigation, succe ... ssfully defeated summary judgment and proved that product was defective and who was responsible for placing it in the stream of commerce.
OUTCOME: Mediated settlement
Lawsuit on behalf of student in a ceramics class who sustained severe personal injury while using a potter's wheel.
OUTCOME: Mediated Settlement
Medical malpractice action against general surgeon arising out of negligently performed gallbladder surgery resulting in prolonged hospitalization due to complications to patient requiring corrective p ... rocedures..
OUTCOME: Mediated Settlement
Personal injury action arising out of severe burns to plaintiff's scalp resulting in permanent hair loss due to negligent hair coloring application.
OUTCOME: Favorable order after hearing in paternity action awarding significant physical custody and visitation
Pro bono representation for Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law client as pro bono panel co-counsel in which successfully obtained for indigent client significant physical custody/visitation order in ... her favor after hearing in paternity action after more than one year of denial of access to visitation with her minor child by custodial parent who had also perpetrated multiple documented incidents of domestic violence abuse against client.
OUTCOME: Settlement
Lawsuit against restaurant arising out of plaintiff's severe allergic reaction to peanuts in sandwich spread he consumed. After lawsuit signage changes were made by store management for enhanced safety ... of consumers with food allergies.
OUTCOME: Favorable order after hearing in paternity action granting legal and physical custody to client with limited supervised visitiation to other parent.
Successfully defended client against false allegations of child abuse made in paternity action resulting in order after hearing in favor of client awarding him sole legal and physical custody with limi ... ted supervised visiation for other parent.
OUTCOME: Judgment of Dissolution pursuant to stipulation inter alia for equal shared legal and physical custody and for contested order imputing income to the payee spouse for purposes of calculating child and spousal support.
Successfully defended request for move away which after custody evaluation resulted in stipulated judgment of equal shared physical and legal custody to both parents necessitating the parent who had re ... quested the move away to remain in the community close to her children to facilitate the shared custody order in the best interests of the children. In same case, successfully argued that for purposes of calculating child and spousal support substantial income should be imputed to the payee spouse who had not obtained substantial gainful employment after failing to complete graduate school.
OUTCOME: Dismissal of lawsuit and subsequent denial of post-trial motion and sanction order upheld on appeal.
Successfully defended lawsuit filed against my client by a judgment debtor who had signed a confession of judgment and who had sought to avoid same in said lawsuit. Thereafter, successfully opposed sai ... d judgment debtor's post-judgment motion for partial vs.full satisfaction of judgment and obtained sanction order for filing frivolous motion, which were upheld on appeal..
OUTCOME: Binding Arbitration Award of $75000 increased to $100,000 in accordance with parties' agreement with minimum/maximum monetary parameters.
This case was a hotly contested matter involving many aspects of law relating to landlord liability, and toxic tort law arising from personal injury and uninhabitability of the subject dwelling due to ... toxic mold contamination as a result of water intrusion. Additionally, a claim was made for punitive damages based on an allegation that the landlord's alleged wilfull refusal to make repairs was motivated by their intent to force the plaintiff tenant to vacate their premises in circumvention of rent control in violation of the Santa Monica Rent Control Law's Tenant Harassment provisions.
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