Costa Mesa, CA
Litigation Lawyer at Costa Mesa, CA
Practice Areas: Litigation, Defective and Dangerous Products, Business
OUTCOME: Victory for Paul's client
This business litigation matter involved a lawsuit against Paul's client for breach of contract and fraud. After Paul meticulously uncovered damaging evidence buried in boxes of documents suboenaed fro ... m reluctant out-of-state witnesses and then obtained corroborating deposition testimony from them, plaintiff's $883,000 claim against Paul's client turned into a $24,000 payment to Paul's client.
OUTCOME: Dismissal of Paul's client
This product liability action was brought against the manufacturer of a pump located at a utility company. The pump "exploded" and caused severe injuries to plaintiff, including amputation of fingers. ... Plaintiff attempted to serve the manufacturer (Paul's client) some time after the litigation commenced, but Paul filed multiple successful motions to quash, forcing plaintiff to proceed to trial without our client. The defendant which did proceed to trial ended up with a significant judgment against it.
OUTCOME: Dismissal of Paul's client
In this action, plaintiff sought compensation for severe brain injury he sustained when he made contact with an underground 12,000 KV electric line belonging to an electric utility company. At the ti ... me of the incident, plaintiff was digging a trench as an employee of a construction company at a construction site. After Paul filed a motion for summary judgment on behalf of the premises owner, plaintiff dismissed the client.
OUTCOME: Judgment in favor of Paul's client
This was a commercial litigation matter which exemplifies the type of meticulous discovery and motion work that has often resulted in a victory for Paul's clients. Paul's successful motion for summary ... judgment resulted in a published opinion, 29 F.Supp.2d 1129 (C.D.Cal.1998), and established new law as follows:(1) insurer that issues bank check for insurance benefits to multiple payees and delivers it to policyholder payee thereby discharges insurer's contractual obligation, even if the instrument is negotatiated by means of forged endorsement; (2) in ruling of first impression under 1993 Uniform Commercial Code amendments, when multiple payees' names are listed one under the other on separate llines of negotaible instrument, with no designation that it is payable jointly or in the alternative, negotation of instrument requires the endorsement of all payees.
OUTCOME: Judgment in favor of Paul's client
In this action, Paul represented an environmental remediation firm. Plaintiff alleged she sustained serious injuries, including leukocytoclastic vasculitis, as the result of exposure to hydrocarbon va ... pors that made their way into her building due to Paul's client's failure to perform proper remediation underneath the building. Plaintiff demanded a settlement of seven figures. Paul meticulously planned discovery, including depositions of plaintiff and her treating physcians, with the goal of obtaining evidence sufficient for a summary judgment motion based on statute of limitations. Follwing discovery, Paul filed the motion for summary judgment. The court granted the motion and dismissed the case. Plaintiff appealed to the California Court of Appeal, but that court affirmed the dismissal.
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