Serving clients in civil litigation since 2003.
By John Sciacca Recently in Carr v. Rosien (2015) 2015 DJDAR 8147, the Fourth District Court of Appeal in California ruled that an adverse possessor’s lis pendens was void because the adverse possessor failed to mail it to the address shown in the assessor’s role,...
Claimant was involved in an automobile accident with an underinsured motorist in 2003 and subsequently settled with the third party for the policy limits in late-2006. The claimant expressed a desire, through counsel, to pursue an underinsured motorist claim pursuant...
On May 1, 2015, Jim Miller completed a 10 day jury trial in San Joaquin County Superior Court where the plaintiff sought over $7,000,000.00 in damages for lost wages, medical expenses and pain and suffering allegedly arising from an incident that occurred at...
John Sciacca filed a Motion for Summary Judgment in this matter in regards to a collision that occurred while plaintiff and defendant were skiing at Alpine Meadows Ski Resort on April 3, 2011. The Placer County Superior Court granted John Sciacca’s Motion for Summary...
Plaintiff Hernandez filed a lawsuit in Sacramento County Superior Court for personal injuries arising from a rear-end motor vehicle collision that occurred on January 19, 2012. At the time the collision occurred, Mr. Hernandez was off from work for similar injuries...
Jim Miller arbitrated a claimed tinnitus case. The arbitration was conducted over a two-day period in December 2014 and January 2015. The hearing arose out of a two car motor vehicle accident which resulted in moderate damage to the back-end of the claimant’s vehicle....
On November 13, 2014, Mr. Bowley closed this matter which concerned personal injuries alleged by Regina Fullbright following a car accident in a Starbucks parking lot on January 13, 2012. Fullbright alleged in her suit that Gordon’s clients had backed...
Plaintiff Stover filed an action in Placer County Superior Court alleging injuries as the result of a physical altercation between himself and his neighbor, Mr. Sherrill. In addition to naming Mr. Sherrill as a defendant in the matter, the plaintiff named as...
Jim Miller completed a first party underinsured motorist hearing on October 23, 2014. This arbitration hearing arose from a three vehicle motor vehicle accident. However, the claimant was involved in both earlier and subsequent motor vehicle accidents. She also had an...
Jim Miller completed a 17 day jury trial in September and October 2014 where a jury found his client not liable for the wrongful death of a married 73-year-old woman with five adult children. The co-defendant was found 100 percent liable for the death and the jury...
