Posts Tagged ‘2019’

After being convicted in state court of burglary and receiving an 8 year sentence, Plaintiff sued the State of California for false imprisonment. After the state’s motion for nonsuit was granted at the close of Plaintiff’s case in chief, Plaintiff sued his civil rights attorney arguing that the attorney had negligently failed to file a…

After agreeing to bifurcate the case, the judge presided over a two day bench trial to determine if the case was filed within the applicable statute of limitations. Despite denying the same motion brought by way of motion for summary judgment, the court found that the defendants met their burden on proving their affirmative defense…

The plaintiff underwent a gastric sleeve procedure performed by a bariatric surgery team at the defendant facility. After the surgery she developed numerous complications including a stricture, GERD and required extensive interventional and medical treatment. After a three week arbitration proceeding a defense award was made by the arbitrator.