Serving clients in civil litigation since 2003.
LaPray v. Jackson was tried to jury verdict in Placer County. Brian’s client, Melinda Jackson, dropped off plaintiff Keri LaPray’s older daughter at the LaPray home. The older daughter had been playing with one of the defendant’s children. Jackson...
This underinsured motorist claim went to binding arbitration. In this case, the claimant was a real estate appraiser who claimed that he sustained hip, right knee and lower back injuries arising from a November 1997 motor vehicle accident. The claimant contended that...
Bower v. Glenwinkel was tried in Placer County. The case arose from a three car accident in which the rear-ended plaintiff was the driver of the lead car. The plaintiff only sued the driver of the car behind her, the second car. That driver filed a cross-complaint for...
Langan v. Olness was tried to jury verdict in Sacramento County. The plaintiff was involved in three motor vehicle accidents within one year. Jim represented the adverse driver in the second accident. Plaintiff settled with the adverse driver in the first accident and...
In Bender v. I-101 Express Jim represented a truck driver and his employer in an action filed by an eight-year-old through his guardian ad litem that went to jury verdict in Placer County. The plaintiff contended that Jim’s client violated several city...
In Smith v. Stratton, a motion for summary judgement was granted in favor of Jim’s clients. The plaintiffs appealed the granting of the motion. The plaintiffs were the mother and father of a young man who died when he was the passenger in a vehicle that collided...
Cao v. Fantulin was tried in San Joaquin County. Brian’s client, a Stockton resident, crossed over the center line on Highway 70 north of Marysville and sideswiped the plaintiffs’ utility truck. The plaintiffs were husband and wife who were in the...
Brian tried Tveretinov v. Trone in Sacramento County. Brian’s client rear-ended the plaintiff who said he was stopped at the end of a line of cars waiting for a red light at the intersection ahead. Brian’s client testified that the plaintiff made a sudden...
Brian tried Wong v. Shigetoshi in Sacramento County. The plaintiff, a 92-year-old woman, claimed that she was walking on a city sidewalk when Brian’s client hit her and ran over her while he backed his pickup into the street from an auto repair facility....
