Hon. Jacqueline A. Connor (Ret.)

• Muslim cemetery sold pre-purchased space next to deceased husband’s plot, discovered 20 years after purchase, purchaser had receipt, cemetery had no records
• Dispute between owner of hotel and management company on collapse of business; defense was covid, owner claimed that was an excuse to cover bad construction practices and management
• Dissolution of veterinarian partnership damaged during escrow by delays due to conflict in parties, one pushing to restart while the other cautious about waiting for insurance to weigh in.
• Company creating designs on garments purchases technology guaranteed to lay out designs in high numbers, machines fail, each side claims breaches and incompetence of the other.
• Dispute over accounting services with a separate entity suggested, contracts never signed, claims against original recommending party as being responsible for damages, failure to spot duplicative invoicing.

• Mutual claims of breach of settlement agreement in sale of company with threatened loss of license to a product where original inventor insisted on original license holder be prohibited from continued involvement with the product.
• Dispute over delay in delivery of covid tests with one week expiration dates; mutual claims of delay and impact of supply chain issues.
• Competing Cannabis operations next door dispute over unrecorded license agreement for access to
  loading and refilling CO2.
• Employee of unlicensed painting contractor falls from ladder while painting: property owner though
  painter was licensed, issue of statutory employer and obligations of prior owner who repaired the
  roof.
• Ex-wife claims damages from assault and violation of prenup with billionaire while Ex husband claims fraud in inducing loans for fake business.
• Mediation to determine split on liability between HOA and landscaper hired three weeks before plaintiff fell on raised sprinkler head.
• Termination of lease based on renovations in common area disrupting ability to run fitness center.
• Minority partner of digital marketing partnership claims retaliation and wrongful termination; partner claims other side had checked out, was producing nothing of value to company.
• Contract with funeral home to do open casket; body not preserved forcing closed casket.
• Franchise purchase through prior owner; claims of nondisclosure of licensee within market.
• Contract to create home drug kit; claims of breach for foreign components.
• Termination of distribution agreement for hair products and devices, claims of improper credits and inability to sell stored inventory.
• Homeowner hires decorator with oral agreement and dispute over charges of agreement on cost plus time being real cost or costs plus “normal” addition.
• Lease with landlord and dispute over whether filming on restaurant premises was violation of lease plus dispute over actual CAM charges and demands for full auditing.
• Dispute over meaning of escape clause on remaining payments on buyout of partner’s heirs in restaurant based on covid shutdown.
• Purchase of grocery stores in limited areas and dispute over indemnification cap for claims that included stores not purchased by buyer.
• Lease termination conditions based on covid issues and DCR not issuing cannabis approvals.
• Friend overseeing construction claimed not to be the general contractor; dispute over cost plus 15% and defects with no written contract but an oral handshake agreement.
• Mutual accusations of deceit and conversion in failed distribution agreement for storage and warehouse distribution of consumer electronics.
• Brother-partners dispute over one side showing ownership in name only due to credit issues and disagreement over mutual demands to buyout online apparel distribution business; contrasting EBITDA appraisals and distrust of base numbers.
• Contract dispute with distribution company of electronic goods via Amazon.
• Claims of damage from failed steam dryer with dispute over required maintenance.
• Dissolution of family business (two restaurants) between family members with claims of fraud, embezzlement.
• Sale of entity disputed with claims of overpayment based on failures to disclose pending litigation and absence of music copyright licenses.
• Covid crippled restaurant with 2 years left on lease; dispute over early termination and distribution of PPP funds.
• Bookkeeper of two decades caught by hacker with threats and getting into her computer; D transferred money from employers credit line and paid hacker, additional funds orchestrated by hacker.
• Partnership of doctors dissolving with disputed claims of monies due and failure to provide documentation from accounts payable as well as proportional responsibility for qui tam settlement for fraudulent use of billing codes.
• Title insurance policy missed significant easement that devalued property that was purchased.
• Claim of assault by virtue of fraudulent promises to marry resulting in physical intimacy
• Abandonment of long term commercial lease based on loss of business from tariffs, covid
• Breach of sublease and masterlease in one-bed rentals in house with four beds rented per bedroom
• Dispute between two competing tourist industry entities with claims of misleading advertising, solicitation of employees to switch, charging below market for products etc.
• Dissolution of partners in beer bar-restaurant, dispute over buyout appraisal and mutual charges of intoxication, assault and covid losses
• Dispute between optometry center and optometrist about appraisal value of buy-in
• Breach of longterm lease from failure to disclose contamination from former tenant dry cleaner and ongoing oversight by water control board on chemicals leached underground
• Breach of creation of accounting and marketing website with no product; claims of abandonment on eve of completion
• Partnership to rehab house with contractor partner refusing to provide silent investor partner with accounting or access to records
• Breach and dispute over value of services provided in contract to reduce shipping costs
• Failure to disclose modifications (construction vs aesthetics) in purchase of residential property rendering additional back unit uninhabitable
• Octogenarian investor claims fraud causing him to transfer millions in assets
• Failed “going out of business sale” of multigenerational entity with claims of theft, fraud, negligence
• Mutual accusations of anticipatory terminations in business relationship between social media site and shoe manufacturer/distributor
• Breach of contract claims by both parties re contract to reduce shipping costs for retailer; claims of lack of value provided
• Conflicting claims of monies invested by partners in cannabis industry
• Claims of breach of lease against party invoking termination term for not being able to operate retail business because of temporary covid restrictions
• Dispute with state board of compensation over claims business underreported payroll by millions
• Violation of noncompete and trade secrets by terminated financial advisor who claimed fraud and illegal noncompete restrictions
• Damage caused by construction workers on nextdoor highrise who had agreement re trespass and use of cranes overhead
• Mutual claims of breach of contract for unpaid services to nursing entities versus overcharging and false billings
• Vendor hiring temporary employee provider disputing control of policies, liability for labor code violations and claims of discrimination against pregnancy of temporary employee
• Covid lease breach; investment of 7 figures to reconstruct four homes into 94 living spaces; expired option to buy; failure to disclose litigation with Coastal Commission
• Claims of violation of settlement agreement re noncompete in Asian restaurant and subsequent dispute over formula for sauces
• Dissolution of partnership over one partner’s addiction and war over valuation and who was to buy who out
• Falling out between “top chef” and investors and development of competing restaurant
• Dispute between brothers who owned marijuana business; one brother denies having been bought out and both dispute value of shares
• Wrongful termination and breach of contract by young black executive hired in cannabis industry and false promises of compensation
• Dispute between franchisor and franchisee about false representations, unreasonable changes in franchisor demands and dispute over noncompete and similarity of new restaurant
• Default on payments of promissory note when website shutdown by facebook, disallowing distribution of content and monetizing clicks
• Claims of fraud and refusal to account for monies paid into gold market and undisclosed charges imposed for hedging fees when account was closed out
• Claims for damages per contract for terminated manager of legacy music portfolio and interfamily disputes over managerial decisions
• Claims for unpaid repairs by unlicensed contractor who argued he did not operate as contractor
• Partnership dispute in commercial property development with claims of fraud over employment of contractor and quality of construction
• Dispute between owner and contractor who claimed owner was builder-owner with disputed responsibility for work and hiring of plumber whose error cause home to burn down
• Seller claims buyer repudiated purchase agreement, denied by buyer; sale of property with renegotiated terms
• Breach of contract with contractor and homeowner for tripled costs and years-long delay of construction in multimillion dollar residence; disputes over change-orders, lack of invoices and promised records on costs and purchases
• Breach of property sale agreement to defunct company; original married owners no longer married and one out of the country
• Breach of agreement with broker providing funder for refinance; dispute over ready willing and able funder and extension of timeframe beyond agreement
• Twenty million dollar development with expiring entitlements in dispute over ability of two of three managers to proceed on ground lease
• Dispute between ongoing cannabis enterprise with company hired to expand; dispute over invoices, claims of fraud and deceit; false promises of payments
• Breach of oral agreement (real estate/confidentiality re relationship) in on-off relationship between younger actress and older established actor
• NonCompete clause in sale of business with claims of violations for opening similar restaurant
• Vendor hired to expand cannabis business sued for millions in unpaid invoices countered by claims of fraud and bloated billing
• Startup tech company partnership dissolution; business model changed leaving one partner no longer providing value
• Dissolution of partnership of designer and distributor of clothing designs from China
• Breach of contract when mortuary failed to preserve fingerprints of deceased prior to cremation
• Marvin lawsuit for failure to provide after five year romantic relationship
• Dispute over injury to company employee in team building game that collapsed
• Breach of contract in licensing arrangements by entertainment entity for development of hotels and resorts in Europe and middle east; claims of bad faith and interference
• Claims of partnership interest in medical microtechnology company versus contractual status as executive employee
• Suit by departing lawyer from major law firm over dispute over monies owed as equity partner
• Breach of contract on commissions outlined in employment contract but that were never honored; misrepresentations to distract questions by employee
• Dissolution of ten year business relationship in wine distributorship
• Competitors in online product each mutually claiming the other was sabotaging their business by fake reviews, posting negative comments online, blogging, impacting positions on Amazon
• Claims of breach of oral contract for purchase of lab equipment for reference labs and dispute over who was to cover costs of billings not covered by insurance
• Company under contract bought out by larger corporation and dispute over terms of preexisting contract to purchase product
• Partnership dispute over medical (dental) devices and interpretation of partner’s obligation or option to invest $10 million in contrast to changed market conditions
• Dispute over lease restrictions of other tenants versus known presence of office workers
  Partnership dissolution in cannabis operations and issues of mismanagement, use of dehumidifiers, and illegal distribution
  
• Multimillion dollar fight over termination of distribution rights and monies owed after the agreement was terminated; dispute over accounting by third party auditor
• Architect relied on survey which had wrong setback, causing City to find violation of codes and foundation being ripped up.
• Breach of contract action by putative parents against surrogacy agency
• Partnership dissolution over joint interests in quarry in Mexico with third party to mine the quarry
• Dissolution of partnership in cannabis farm with claims of fraud, mismanagement, denials of cash payments.
• Claims of ownership interest instead of employee relationship in investment entity based on claims of oral contract in contrast to legal filings and employment contracts
• War between friends of three decades on claims of non-repayment of loans countered by claims of overpayments, emotional fraud, corruption
• Breach of contract with wedding planner and site venue for lack of air-conditioning in extravagant wedding in 103 degree heat.
• Breach by Repossessor of truck in middle of night versus claims all payments were current
• Breach of contract for loading and unloading agreement for deployed military personnel
• Local Wine maker dispute with large distributor for failing to make reasonable efforts to market their wine
• Damage to private jet by company storing jet which rolled into another plane with dispute over damages caused by history of this accidental damage
• 51% versus 49% partners of beauty salon mutually claiming fraud, assault, invasion of privacy and embezzlement
• Unpaid legal fees to expert hired by HOA
• Claims against app designer exceeding contractual estimate by hundreds of thousands
  
• Suit against broker and lending back in sale of dental practice with claims of failure to disclose clientele resulting in lawsuit against buyer of practice
• Dissolution of longtime partnership in fabric designs and claims of trademark violations
• Destruction of frozen embryos after storage for five years and discovery storage had remained unsealed and embryos had disappeared
• Suit for failure to disclose pending workers compensation claims that Buyer states raised his costs and failed to permit profits
• Commercial property leased for thirty years with landlord claiming multiple violations of lease and requirement for consent and permitting; tenant claims no violations but harassment
• Tax partnership dissolution and claims of breach of agreement, violation of non-compete clause with mutual claims of failure to pay.
  
• Suit over executed document with mistakenly omitted negotiated terms.
• Dispute re nonpayment of event fees at hotel.
• Unpaid loan to defendant concerning promise to buy investment property out of state.
• Suit re plaintiffs who opened unsuccessful small salon claiming plumbing issues’ interference with business growth.
• Plaintiffs claim easement for free parking spaces from Sellers who subsequently sold property to bona fide purchaser. Dispute over terms of easement.
• Dispute over broken commercial lease with claims of breach by landlord for unreasonably refusing proposed new tenant.
• Business dispute re payments in cash to Plaintiff’s agent; Plaintiff denied existence of agent.
• Breach of commercial lease by law firm shut down by State Bar.
• Dispute over management and claimed theft by partners in small retail business.
• Community dispute over pageant rights involving city, Chamber of Commerce, community groups.
• Demand for return of nonrefundable $5 million deposit in failed residential home purchase.
• Demand for return of nonrefundable $1 million deposit in purchase of multi million dollar hotel.
• Medical partnership dissolution and dispute over value of partnership buyout interests.
• Pro per owner of liquor store sought to terminate agreement re ATM machine which was silent on termination options.
• Dispute over oral agreement to repurchase shares in European company.
• Dispute over quality of contractor’s work on remodel exceeding contract price by 33%.
• Breach of lease for commercial property and dispute over personal guarantee by lessee.
• Prefiling dispute between partners to tech firm with multiple businesses when partnership collapsed.
• Breach of contract issues from miscalculated engineering numbers causing defective design for sophisticated research laboratory out of state .
• Suit against bank for fraud and violations of mortgage regulations and modifications.
• Breach in purchase of car wash, with claims of fraud in presale accounting relating to business profits and product sales .
• Suit against insurer for failure to cover losses arising from burglary and theft of major sports memorabilia collection.
• Suit for business interruption and loss of inventory from flooding of commercial property from neighboring property.
• Marvin v Marvin claims by girlfriend against estate of deceased lover with executed agreements explicitly relinquishing such rights.
• Suit re expired agreement with providers of nursing technicians on defunct business.
• Dispute over investments and profit sharing in 2008 collapse; claims of breach fiduciary duty.
• Lawsuit by investors in new restaurant and subsequent Bankruptcy with claims investment was a loan, not an investment.
• Intrafamily dispute between family and in-laws alleging fraud, embezzlement, tortious interference.
• Suit over failed escrow funding over $3 million in downtownundeveloped commercial property.
• Dispute over management and claimed theft of bakery business.
• Construction delays and breach of contract in construction of surgery center at large hospital.
• Breach of commercial lease by law firm shut down by State Bar.
• Partnership dissolution over 20+ franchise restaurants.
• Dispute over fraudulent contract for personal security illegally obtained, theft from employer.
• Dissolution of business partnership of downtown grocery and claims of theft, breach.
• Dispute over share of proceeds from sale of multimillion-dollar spec residence .
• Dispute over claimed lack of profits from $3 million investment in commercial property.
• Breach suit against bank for claimed loss of property in bank safe deposit boxes.
• Nonpayment of invoiced charges with counter charges of poor quality powdercoated products.
• Charges cemetery broke burial sites to make room for new sites; disinterments and illegal disturbance of remains with no notice to families.
• Multiple sales of same plots in cemetery and loss of remains.
• Counterclaims of embezzlement and defamation with bankruptcy pending.
• Dispute over inheritance between siblings over assets and Malibu property.
• Repossessor illegally repossessed and damaged leased vehicle after lease paid off.
• Claims of conversion and abandonment of horses in equestrian center.
  
• Intra-family suit over control of millions of dollars of property, investments and claims of fraud.
• Dispute over claimed negotiated term versus erroneous inclusion regarding management status of partners.
• Dispute over sales of pizza franchises out of state .
• Suite against bank for not catching embezzlement from accounts.
• Disputed investments in public utilities with rebate programs, claims of misrepresented projections and fraud
• Shareholder derivative suit in claims of fraudulent accounting, breach of fiduciary obligations and misuse and comingling of personal expenses.
• Dispute over terms of termination of decades-long distribution agreements with beverage company .
• Damage in leased storage facility when ammonia leakage destroyed frozen food products.
• Breach of contract in restoration of classic 1937 hotrod.
• Claims of embezzlement by “tax doctor” providing financial advice and investment services.
• Movie distribution dispute arbitrated under AAA with continuing disagreement over obligation to pay commissions on sales where payments were not received from distributor. Distributor used subcontractor who failed to distribute product leaving defendant with liability.
• Suit by music composer in dispute with long time partner over production of music cues.
• Dispute over investment in movie project with allegations of fraud from claims that a particular celebrity had signed on to play the lead.
• Breach of contract in reality show series involving models undergoing makeovers with claims of false representations as to credentials of skincare facility.
• Dispute over unpaid and overpaid marketing billings and breach of contract in services involving press on Asian pop singer.
• Misappropriation of likeness of British royalty for ads for vapor cigarettes in coupon mailings.
• Breach of oral contract claims for percentage of writer’s revenues and residuals for number of successful film scripts covering 15 year relationship.
• Skateboard inventors lost patent after missing maintenance payment.
• Dispute over fraudulent contract for personal security illegally obtained from public figure, theft from employer .
  
• Fraudulent representations to obtain over $10million in investing in multiple film projects.
• Partnership dissolution and trade secrets breach in company creating sports videos.
• Misappropriation of images of models used in commercial enterprises.
• Partnership dissolution between creator of reality shows and investor partner.
• Short sale of residential property with lienholder refusing to approve the buyer and alternately selling on auction site.
• Management of commercial properties with disputed management by extended family and multiple owners.
• Claims of fraud and conversion in freight handling partnership.
• Partnership dissolution between “angel investor” and business owner of skin care and health care products.
• Employment commissions dispute for service representatives in car dealership.
• Dissolved romantic relationship and competing claims over ownership of mutually developed company.
• Failed purchase of catering company with mutual claims of fraud and breach.
• Early termination of lease in year two of eight; Claims of looting of landlord company to force insolvency.
• Sale of commercial property of 21 units with only 20 units and one undisclosed illegal unit.
• Breach of contract to pay pro rata shares of large billboard over shopping center and failure of property owner to subdivide undeveloped lot.
• Buyer backing out of purchase of multi-million dollar shopping center. Seller demanding specific performance.
• War between brothers over real estate development business and dissolution with claims of theft, fraud.
• Dual broker orchestrated purchase of small business to guarantee retirement investment with claims of nondisclosure, misrepresentations and fraud.
• Overseas company charged with constructing defective cranes and component parts causing crane to fail.
• Breach of agreement to produce research in hospital.
• Purchase of multimillion dollar aerospace company with claims of failures to disclose and breach of sales agreements.
• Mutual claims of breach of contract in renovation of downtown hotel and lack of operative executed contract, with two competing unexecuted versions.
• Breach of contract and dispute over responsibility for completing OSHPD projects in purchase of nursing facility.
• Misappropriation of funds and breach of fiduciary duties in accounting, financial management and property management for winner of lottery.
• Dispute over defective apparel manufactured in China with unpaid purchase orders.
• Dispute over expenses and repayment of costs between partners in flipped property.
• Breach of contract and interference claims by former employer against sales persons.
• Breach of lease action with long history of franchise pizza operations.
• Claims of false advertising in sale of kitty litter product alleging biodegradability and odor control.
• Violation of trade secret misappropriation and confidentiality for disclosure to nonpermitted parties for descriptions of actors’ roles.
• Short sale of residential property with lienholder refusing to approve the buyer and alternately selling on auction site.
• Management of commercial properties with disputed management by extended family and multiple owners.
• Claims of fraud and conversion in freight handling partnership.
• Partnership dissolution between “angel investor” and business owner of skin care and health care products.
• Employment commissions dispute for service representatives in car dealership.
• Dissolved romantic relationship and competing claims over ownership of mutually developed company.
• Failed purchase of catering company with mutual claims of fraud and breach.
• Early termination of lease in year two of eight; Claims of looting of landlord company to force insolvency.
• Sale of commercial property of 21 units with only 20 units and one undisclosed illegal unit.
• Breach of contract to pay pro rata shares of large billboard over shopping center and failure of property owner to subdivide undeveloped lot.
• Buyer backing out of purchase of multi-million dollar shopping center. Seller demanding specific performance.
• War between brothers over real estate development business and dissolution with claims of theft, fraud.
• Fraud claims for misrepresentations of value of securities of company purchasing healthcare business for shares of stock instead of cash.
• Breach of contract with wedding planner and site venue for lack of air-conditioning in Fresno extravagant wedding in 103 degree heat.
• Breach by reposessor of truck in middle of night with claims all payments were current.
• Breach of contract for loading and unloading agreement for deployed military personnel.
• Local Wine maker dispute with large distributor for failing to make reasonable efforts to market their wine.

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• Contractual dispute over frayed friendship with claims of theft of IT payment information and creation of competing company.
• Suit over distribution and supply agreements on kratom from Asia.
• Default on loan after DEA raided illegal cannabis dispensary, took equipment.
• Investor claiming underhanded exchange of original investment shares into merging company in light of failing industry.
• Operator hired by investor with claims of vast experience in distribution: mutual claims of fraud, denial of access, undisclosed costs and problems from prior operator.

• Fighting investors with each claiming fraud and theft, failure to disclose defects, refusal to pay % per agreement, and theft of key employees to other operations; all mutually denied.
• Competing Cannabis tenant operations next door dispute over landlord’s unrecorded license agreement for access to loading and refilling CO2; dispute over one company’s video cameras aimed at neighbors operations.
• Cannabis partnership with one partner bringing in distribution plan; other partner takes plan and opens competing operation.
• Lawyer-landlord arrested for tenant’s cannabis grow detected from fire alarm and diverted electrical energy; civil rights suit and FOIA claims.
• Cannabis attorney claims re habitability; landlord claimed defects were operator errors because plaintiff was always stoned.
• War between competing investors each claiming the other absconded with millions in profits from after hour sales of distillate.
• Dispute over termination of long term lease due to DCR uncertainties in issuance of temporary approval for license.
• Claims of misrepresentation on being given inaccurate information from attorney claiming expertise about cannabis operation eligibility.
• Legal Malpractice claim against attorney claiming expertise in cannabis and unable to get approval after commitment to purchase of property.
• Dispute between brothers who owned marijuana business; one brother denies having been bought out and both dispute value of shares.
• Suit against lab certifying cannabis products for pesticide contamination; fraud, misrepresentation and inaccurate testing.
• Failure of loosely worded joint venture agreement with each partner claiming the other absconded with proceeds from harvest as well as equipment after lockout/lease expiration.
• COO claiming wrongful termination without notice; employer countering P destroyed entire crop from spider mites and pests; mutual claims of deceit and fraud.
• Suit to collect settlement proceeds from counsel in 7 figure sale of cannabis dispensary owed to partner after counsel distributed entire amount to absconding partner.
• Dispute between ongoing cannabis enterprise with company hired to expand; dispute over invoices, claims of fraud and deceit; false promises of payments.
• Partnership dissolution in cannabis operations and issues of mismanagement, use of dehumidifiers, and illegal distribution.
• Dissolution of partnership in cannabis farm with claims of fraud, mismanagement, denials of cash payments.
• Conflicting claims of monies invested by partners in cannabis industry.
• Wrongful termination and breach of contract by young black executive hired in cannabis industry and false promises of compensation.
• Vendor hired to expand cannabis business sued for millions in unpaid invoices countered by claims of fraud and bloated billing.

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• New construction nearly done when newly installed appliance leaks overnight destroying expensive first floor. Dispute between appliance manufacturer, installer and owner’s insurer in subrogation case. All parties against the installer.
• Water damage from storm rains in LA damaging several condo units; dispute over claims of these qualifying as CD cases or negligence re CD rules.
• Housing department cites owner for unpermitted construction and on second inspection, finds there never was a violation. Inspector unavailable.
• Water failure from pipes in desert vacation home discovered by gardener; aging pipes.
• Supply line failure from coupling links with claims contractor used old parts not compatible with new supply lines.

• Water damage from failed supply line ferrule with home unoccupied for five weeks during leak when plaintiff with family because of stroke, references to industry standards of brass mix versus zinc.
• Multiple cases of water damage from failing faucets and supply lines.
• Multiple remodel defects in case with friend overseeing construction claimed not to be the general contractor; dispute over cost plus 15% and defects with no written contract but an oral handshake agreement.
• Suit over defects on expanded remodel with disagreement about who was GC.
• Suit against GC over delays and breaches of detailed contract where both parties violated various provisions; owner insisting GC pay subs.
• New construction with Plaintiffs claiming General not paying attention to neighbor issues, discovery of underground culvert that spanned neighbor property and claims of damage from subsidence; dispute over who removed pipe and dirt and who backfilled with cement slurry.
• Dispute involving Construction overruns of home estimated to cost multi-millions with delays of years, lack of invoices for cost claims and questionable contractor licenses
• Disputes regarding delays, defects and breaches between contractors, subs and owners in development project
• Dispute over cause of sprinkler system activating and causing damage; installation by sub or improper ventilation of roof unrelated to installation; policy exclusion of “installation”
• Dispute with state board of compensation over claims business underreported payroll by millions; subcontractor claims monies paid were cash for materials to workers, not payroll
• Damage from use of cranes and workers in nextdoor highrise construction project
• Dispute over responsibility for hiring of subcontractor by owner or general, with fire burning down residence from rags left by the sub who was told by contractor to lock up
• Competing claims for unpaid work and counter claims of disgorgement for monies paid unlicensed contractor in residential remodel
• Dispute between principals in commercial development over delays, quality of construction, competence and availability of contractors, refusal to provide financials and daily records
• Dispute between contractor and owner over costs and time estimate exceeded by triples in building of residence, with no invoices and no record keeping on costs
• Claim from fire damage on faulty plumbing: D denies hiring plumber; dispute over who was the contractor
• Subrogation case arising from fire with mixed with habitability claims and five levels of indemnity agreements with subcontractors and contractors disputing responsibility for roof repairs, removal of plywood and treatment of HVAC systems on roof
• Construction defects on mixed use housing in west Los Angeles, water seepage and leaks showed up year later with damages in millions
• ADA violations at auto body shop: counter, parking designation, bathroom openings
• Soil inspector falls on guideline wires left by subcontractor in violation of regulations
• 34 unit mixed use building in West LA had leakage issues one year after completion
• Subcontractor collected checks and falsified releases then fled
• Bank failed to honor contractual requirement of dual signatures
• Sandblasting job caused lead contamination, failure to provide protective covering; inspectors confirmed prior work did not produce lead.
• Breach of contract from miscalculated engineering numbers causing defective design for sophisticated research laboratory.
• Flooding of condo from higher condo. Disputed liability between HOA and tenants.
• Suit on spec home valued at multi- millions with multiple subs.
• Dispute over quality of contractor’s work on remodel contract exceeding contract by 33%.
• Claims over defects in landscaping and pool construction, claims subcontractors changed the terms of the contract.
• Suit for failure to disclose allegations against seller and broker, water intrusion, mold and unpermitted modifications.
• Construction defect and professional malpractice case: engineer gave wrong measurements and building was built with defects due to the plans.
• Construction defect allegations against architect and contractor in spec multi million-dollar residence.
• Failure of architect to design and include bathroom addition required by city specs.
• Failure to disclose code violations in multi-million dollar property in Manhattan Beach, fraud and allegations supporting punitive damages.
• Neighbors suing over complications from water drainage and destruction of trees, loss of vegetation.
• Dispute over easement and building of wall blocking access to rental units by neighbors.
• Claim that neighbor destroyed trees located on property of complaining neighbor and deliberate trespass during absence of neighboring party.
• Suit re defective installation of pool tile by subcontractor.
• Construction defect challenges to contractor in muti- million dollar remodel; deficient installation versus claim of design defect of state of art glass door.
• Dispute with unexecuted competing contracts for drywall installation on renovation of hotel and claims of delay.

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• $250,000 loan to 65+ woman in illegal cannabis business; default on loan.
• Cerebral palsy patient nonambulatory and nonverbal scalded in shower by caregiver.
• Patient in skilled nursing facility left on toilet at night, fell and died.
• 61 year old three years in nursing facility with multiple comorbidities dies with sepsis; daughters claim massive neglect but no record of written complaints.
• Patient in memory care unit left without supervision, climbed up and over wall of patio falling feet; died in hospice days later.

• Wrongful death and elder abuse against board and care and hospice center for nontreatment of Stage IV bedsores.
• Fraud and financial abuse in transferring large assets, getting elder to blind sign documents.
• Property purchase from elderly woman about to be widowed and dispute over claims of abuse and fraud
• Boundary dispute with 92 owner of one property; 14” fence on wrong property
• Neighbor caring for 90+ neighbor obtains quitclaim on property, use of mutual credit card raising issues of financial elder abuse versus legitimate real property transaction
• Neighbor dispute over boundary and new fence; claims of elder abuse
• Wrongful death and dependent adult abuse from suicide of mentally ill son left with non-conservator mother.
• Suits re bedsores following surgery.
• Claims of financial elder abuse by grandfather against granddaughter and claims of fraud and undue influence, demanding returns of multi-million dollar cash disbursement.
• Claims of fraud and abuse by sons of elderly woman who switched property title into their names and taking out loans, selling her home and causing her eviction.
• Failure to diagnose extreme loss of weight in short time frame.
• Failure to diagnose broken bone for weeks in elderly patient.
• Claim of elder abuse in attempted fraud relating to short sale.
• Multiple suits involving injuries, poor care and insufficient staffing of elder homes.
• Mother daughter dispute over property ownership and claims of financial elder abuse.
• Wrongful death from fall during transport to adult day care.

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• Tour guides claim misclassification as independent contractors, wage and hour claims.
• Employer sued for wrongful termination for whistle blowing: employer said plaintiff complained of the issues he was in charge of.
• Employee in bank sues bank for bank robbery, employees did not follow 211 safety protocols.
• Wrongful termination over racial discrimination of white male.
• Dispute over termination with each side claiming the other was aggressive, violent and profane.

• Wage and hour claims with unexplained missing signin time sheets and damaging sub rosa videos created by workman compensation investigator.
• Employee of unlicensed painting contractor falls from ladder while painting: property owner though painter was licensed, issue of statutory employer and obligations of prior owner who repaired the roof.
• Sexual discrimination claims by nurse against doctor, inappropriate comments and touching and failure to investigate.
• Headhunter sued for providing accountants who did not use requested accounting system causing penalties for unpaid property taxes
• Wrongful termination, pregnancy discrimination against law clerk in law firm.
• Double freeway accident where decedent spins out in rain, then gets hit by oncoming car driven by driver on his way to work with course and scope issues.
• Wrongful termination and hostile racial work place in charter school by administration consisting of Africans versus plaintiff as an African American.
• Wrongful termination: P claims D promised priority for disabled son which D denies even knowing about and D claims P terminated for privacy invasion of client’s files which P denied.
• Injury in Lyft vehicle by unlicensed driver; question of independent Lyft liability re driver as employee or independent contractor.
• Black employee claims discrimination in academic environment by Administrators from African country.
• Claims of sexual harassment and racial discrimination against Latinos by co-employee with dispute over existence of economic damages.
• Wrongful termination based on racist remarks repeated by coemployee, of management.
• State compensation insurance fund claiming wrongful reporting of employees of house flipping subcontractor.
• Dispute over classification as exempt of manager of credit union branch who had no supervisory duties.
• Wrongful termination, claim of discrimination against white male following Covid rehires.
• Sexual harassment of online factory worker by all male crew; given heavier duties, wrongful termination.
• PAGA and wage and hour claims from laborers working without breaks, wrongful termination in hotel industry.
• Wrongful termination of COO in cannabis industry with no notice or 60 day cure opportunity: employer says P had no experience and entire crop was destroyed from pests.
• Wrongful termination of at-will onsite manager for claims of failure to comply with documentation requirements for tenants; racial and gender discrimination.
• Wrongful termination of 50s sales employee for age discrimination; D claims violation of security and privacy policies, unrelated to age, with other employees older than P.
• Wrongful termination for points system violation on attendance amounting to late clock in by minutes with employee claiming delay caused by check in system.
• Wrongful termination for attendance issues of employee suffering from tbi from prior accident that caused seizures, insomnia. Employer claimed no knowledge and P never requested accommodations.
• Discrimination for failure to accommodate disability of ADHD and depression in tutoring business
• Sexual harassment of female trainee in longhaul trucking industry
• Wrongful termination case with claims of longterm sexual harassment; no record of complaints
• Claims of hostile work environment, sexual harassment from co-employees, and wrongful termination versus documented history of tardies and warnings
• Racial discrimination and wrongful termination of assistant principal in charter school
  
• “Me-too” allegations claim by model in fashion industry
• Employment failure to accommodate when worker comp injury misclassified as medical extension requests and job was not kept open in medical field.
• Dispute over noncompete clause and claims of theft of client lists with competing claims of wrongful termination and fraud
• Theft of trade secrets and violation of noncompete in creation of competing business using pricing details while in last months of continuing employment; claims of destroying evidence and violating protective orders
• Vendor hiring temporary employee provider disputing control of policies, liability for labor code violations and claims of discrimination against pregnancy of temporary employee
• Pregnancy wrongful termination versus Covid business failures and employee creating competing product online
• Discrepancies in drivers’ work records and manipulation of time sheets versus claims of racial discrimination in employment wrongful termination suit
• Racial discrimination wrongful termination case in cannabis industry and failures to outline commission payment calculations per labor code 2751
• Wrongful termination and racial discrimination charges over health professional terminated from county jail system
• Wrongful failure of probation and refusal to accommodate PTSD in fire department
• Claimed violation on nonpayment of promissory note based on contested oral modification and financial impact of Facebook shutting down income source for undisclosed reason
• Plaintiff suit for severance and promise to support for life of employee of principal in company after two decade employment
• Personal assistant of many years suit over severance and claims of promises to support for life
• Wrongful termination claims of manager of music estate for failure to generate revenue with complications of competing family interests
• Claim of defamation by headhunter costing employment offer: prior suit for discrimination against same employer; scope of information permitted on subsequent employment from former employers
• Harassment by supervisor for years on respiratory therapist who wrote her up for multiple violations when she reported the conduct
• Interference with prospective employment in statements to future employer re alleged embezzlement from prior employer of personal assistant; defamation claims
• Noncompete clause in sale of business with claims of violations for opening similar restaurant
• Claims of hostile work environment by mechanic in state bureau; left with chest pains and stress
• Home caregiver claims wage and hour violations with in home care over span where law changed about minimum hours; covid shutdown impacting collectability and possibility of bankruptcy
• Wrongful termination of whistle blower who claimed company sold refurbished computers as new; dispute over basic fact of fraud and sale of computers
• Wrongful termination by engineering company based on unexcused time-off then switched to claims of employee’s history of misconduct for which there was no paper-trail, company claimed decision not to set up evaluations was due to loss of millennial employees
• Wrongful termination claim and racial discrimination for termination of 25 year employees on claims of manipulation of GPS and time records overstating hours worked
• Sexual harassment over suggestive comments and wag and hour violations where employer failed to keep mandatory records
• Independent Contractor vs employee for ride share company: refusal to identify driver in auto accident injuring passengers
• Wage and hour and failure to accommodate injury for temp worker in first week on the job
• Discrimination and harassment from school district principal to nontenured teacher
• Wrongful termination of whistle blower on abuses within plastic surgery clinic
• Class action on wage and hour violations including rounding up and prohibition from leaving work premises during rest periods; Handbook violations were conceded but employer claimed the actual practice was compliant
• Wage and hour violations conceded and blamed on error; sexual harassment claims denied; main defendant judgement proof
• Claims of wage violations and distinction between independent contractor and employee with claims of sexual hostile work environment
• Breach of contract dispute re bonuses and raises being contractual versus discretionary
• Failure to accommodate for delay in providing ergonomic chair and claims of racial discrimination
• Medical therapist took break to get personal pregnancy medical exam when supervisor came in mid exam; invasion of privacy, hostile work environment
• Failure to accommodate carpenter work restrictions on lifting
• Breach of contract on monies owed by equity partner’s employment agreement
• Claims of breach of contract on commissions outlined in employment contract but that was never honored
• Graphic designer for restaurant chain claims misclassification as independent contractor…interesting DYNAMEX issues
• Hostile work environment and gender discrimination from abusive surgeon yelling at nurses
• Dispute over assault by UFC fighter in a gym with UFC being sued as the “employer” and “supervisor” of the fighter
• Wrongful termination employee of 44 years after claimed guarantees of seniority
• Wrongful termination/failure to accommodate for employee who failed to respond to letters outlining procedures to request leave as she assumed her WC attorneys were handling it
• Wage and hour claims by terminated employee and subsequent war between HOA and property manager over indemnification of settlement
• Failure to accommodate medical issues juxtaposed against employee’s numerous unexcused absences and discrepancies re doctor notices provided
• Wrongful termination, sexual harassment and retaliation arising from ongoing relationship between manager and offsite employee
• Age harassment and discrimination from state agency after employment of 35 years
• Claims of ownership interest rather than employee relationship based on oral contract
• Termination of 36 year employee for safety issues
• Negligent supervision of employee involved in assault
• Imploding partnership between minority and majority shareholders with claims of trade secret violations and scope of noncompete clause
• Claims of sexual discrimination by gay nurse
• Wrongful termination 35 year elderly (66 year old) employee of major corporation
• Mutual combat between two employees of different departments at university
• Sexual harassment claims of 16 year old fast food employee by older manager with cameras recording the interactions
• Mutual claims of theft, sexual harassment and wage and hour claims, wrongful classification
• Multiple Suits re sexual harassment and breach of agreement.
• Wage and Hour dispute over unpaid overtime, penalties and liquidated damages.
• Injuries from store-invasion robbery of customer and salesperson.
• Suit re discrimination and failure to provide accommodation to employee after knee surgery.
• Suit re discrimination concerning religious requirements of Sabbath hours.
• Three-month probationary employee wrongful termination claim.
• Defamation suit rising from claims of embezzlement by company employee in addition to bankruptcy and federal claims.
• Sexual harassment and wrongful termination charges out of surgery clinic.
• Employment wage and hours dispute, sexual harassment and gender discrimination.
• Hostile work environment and whistle blower claims by terminated employee.
• Wrongful termination and failure to provide ADA accommodations after absences and foot surgeries.
• Employment disability discrimination, failure to accommodate and wrongful termination.
• Wrongful termination and sexual harassment of employee in hospital chain.
• Suit against lawyer underlying case of employment dispute, including wrongful termination, and failure to expedite early resolution and missing statute of limitation claims.
• Wrongful Termination, hostile work environment and whistle blower claims.
• Multiple technicians in car dealership claim wage and hour violations.
• Age discrimination suit against Hospital chain.
• PAGA claims and violations of WARN regulations re notice of layoffs in sale of car dealership.
• Employment violation discrimination and failure to accommodate knee surgery.
• Employment discrimination religious requirements of Sabbath hours and forced work.
• Wrongful termination, gender discrimination, claims of being forced to lie for employer in arbitration.
• Pregnancy discrimination, employer denied knowledge of pregnancy; discharge of at will employee because of quality of work and loss of business.
• Transgender discrimination and claim employer forced employee to choose gender.
• Failure to accommodate prior injury to ankle suffered while on job; ankle crushed.
• Sexual harassment over ten year period with competing claims of theft of trade secrets.
• Dispute over contract for personal security allegedly obtained while employer was incapacitated, claimed theft from employer.
• Failure to accommodate condition of depression and anxiety.
• Failure to accommodate bedbugs, wage/hours and other deficiencies for truck driver.
• Age discrimination and hostile work environment with push for quotas and demand for “new blood”.
• Wrongful termination of one employee but not another with domestic violence issues.
• Class action on wage and hour violations in cosmetology school • $80 million dollar theft of trade secrets by key employees leaving to form new company.
• Hostile work environment ad failure to provide prayers space for Muslim employee.
• Misclassification cases regarding employees versus independent contractors.
• Failure to accommodate depression.
• Retaliation claims, age and gender violations and hostile work environment for older long-term employees.
• Employment commissions dispute for service representatives in car dealership.
• Rescission of job offer after applicant terminated prior employment.
• Race discrimination and hostile work environment in fashion retail establishment.
• Sexual harassment/ hostile work environment by staff soliciting sex from hotel guests and guests sexually harassing staff.
• Part-time lifeguard claimed age discrimination and constructive termination against city.
  
• Employment dispute by pre-kindergarten teacher and claims of constructive discharge.
• Wrongful termination dispute by employee in academic organization forced to make changes in grading and whistle blowing on sexual harassment claims.
• Retaliation claims, age and gender violations and hostile work environment for older longterm employees.
• Employment commissions dispute for service representatives in car dealership.
• Rescission of job offer after applicant terminated prior employment.
• Race discrimination and hostile work environment in fashion retail establishment.
• Sexual harassment/ hostile work environment by staff soliciting sex from hotel guests and guests sexually harassing staff.
• Parttime lifeguard claimed age discrimination and constructive termination.
• Employment dispute re pre-K teacher and claims of constructive discharge.
• Partime life guard claiming racial discrimination.
• Allegations of racial discrimination against line-chef in all Hispanic business entity.
• Termination of 36 year employee for safety issues.

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• Loss of IP rights in failed purchase; partnership dispute over ownership of IP
• Claims of racial discrimination against public figure in purchases at retail establishment
• Disagreement over terms of distribution agreement of titles purchased over three year period
• Writer claims director’s representatives promised director would assist in finding talent and name director; Director denies obligation until project viable
• Guest on karaoke filming injured when fell of stage; dispute over who directed the guest to the stage and safety measures by landlord versus vendor

• Extra cast member on set injured by unidentified worker; develop chronic injury; dispute over studio control of filming
• CFO hired to bring in business to entertainment company wrongful termination.
• Dispute over whether distribution rights to film were extinguished by funder foreclosure.
• Loan on independent film which failed with director having no assets but agreement mandated repayment within short period as bridge loan. Claims of fraud, and legal malpractice.
• Models images illegally used for surgical center advertising: images cut off heads impacting identifiability.
• Me-too case claiming abuse after promising roles; Ds claim pattern of me too claims.
• Claims by security detail of sexual harassment by client.
• Partner (minority owner of digital marketing firm) claiming fraud and wrongful termination, theft of work product; partners claim theft of domain names and wrongful claims of work on industry awards.
• Celebrity with broad social media presence burned by laser tattoo removal.
• Actor injured while on motorcycle during guerilla filming.
• Investor in film claimed promise of celebrity actor who dropped out; assignment of all interests to Canadian filming with issue of extinguishing of obligations; failure of picture
• Images of celebrity uploaded to US company making t-shirts and other items illegally; D claimed no knowledge of illegality; multiple prior complaints and suits putting D on notice.
• Legal malpractice claims against attorney for failing to lock in settlement agreement on sale of film entity.
• Claims of misappropriation of script idea submitted by two young writers based on popular ride in amusement park developed into film.
• Suit against lawyer in representation against secret trust set up for P as beneficiary of father’s music estate.
• Sale of entity disputed with claims of overpayment based on failures to disclose pending litigation and absence of music copyright licenses.
• Actor claims sexual manipulation with promises of writing credits; termination of character in subsequent television seasons.
• Defamation case where defendant forwarded an email concerning a local political figure with reference to a 290 sex offender registration for different man with the same name.
• Demand for compensation for release of entity created for projects; threat of release of embarrassing personal information of celebrity unless monies paid
• Claims for damages per contract for terminated manager of legacy music portfolio and interfamily disputes over managerial decisions
• Misappropriation of models photographs without compensation
• Breach of contract claims against production company for payment on projects
• Claim of defamation by headhunter costing a job offer: multiple sources of information and difficulty proving who provided the defaming information
• Personal assistant to “A” star terminated for alleged theft issues; interference by relative of the star, claim of defamation to subsequent employer
• Two year relationship between aspiring actress and established actor ended with claims of breach of oral agreement to assist in real estate transaction and promises to maintain confidentiality
• Invasion of privacy suit from selfies taken at open house placed on public billboard
• Licensing agreement to use studio name for hotel developments with violations for failure to pay minimum guarantees
• Termination of lucrative celebrity branded product distribution contract with multimillion dollar claims of royalties owed and inventory buybacks omitted
• Dispute over royalties allegedly owed in investment in producer of rock music festivals
• Lawsuit over use of footage of documentary that was harmful to nonprofit eco-organization
• Television personality sued by manager for terminating oral agency agreement
• Dissolution of longterm partnership and claims of theft of trademarked fabric designs
• Movie distribution dispute arbitrated under AAA with continuing disagreement over obligation to pay commissions on sales where payments were not received from distributor. Distributor used subcontractor who failed to distribute product leaving defendant with liability.
• Suit by music composer in dispute with long time partner over production of music cues.
• Dispute over investment in movie project with allegations of fraud from claims that a particular celebrity had signed on to play the lead.
• Breach of contract in reality show series involving models undergoing makeovers with claims of false representations as to credentials of skincare facility.
• Dispute over unpaid and overpaid marketing billings and breach of contract in services involving press on Asian pop singer.
• Misappropriation of likeness of British royalty for ads for vapor cigarettes in coupon mailings.
• Breach of oral contract claims for percentage of writer’s revenues and residuals for number of successful film scripts covering 15 year relationship.
• Skateboard inventors lost patent after missing maintenance payment.
• Dispute over fraudulent contract for personal security illegally obtained from public figure, theft from employer
• Fraudulent representations to obtain over $10million in investing in multiple film projects.
• Partnership dissolution and trade secrets breach in company creating sports videos.
• Misappropriation of images of models used in commercial enterprises.
• Partnership dissolution between creator of reality shows and investor partner.
• Coverage dispute over serious injuries from collapse of gate on security guard on filming site.
• Mother-daughter conflict over agent services for daughter and claims of embezzlement of monies.
• Claims of violation of trade secrets, confidentiality and breach of contract in allowing unpermitted actors to view descriptions of actor roles
• Coverage dispute over serious injuries from collapse of gate on security guard on filming site.
• Mother-daughter conflict over agent services for daughter and claims of embezzlement of monies.
• Copyright battle over use of sound system business title.
• Dispute over royalties allegedly owed in investment in producer of rock music festivals.

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• Trip on unsecured guide wire on sidewalk: city and utilities deny liability.
• Mental health worker for county claims racial discrimination amidst alleged false claims of competence issues and sealed county investigation.
• Claims of retaliatory discipline and termination of officer for whistleblowing about superior’s corruption in investigation of another officer.
• Third grader had bone broken in disputed bullying incident; prior incidents with claims of nonreporting and no notice versus school district’s failure to properly document.
• Transformer explodes, throws neighbor unconscious, damage to neighborhood.

• Civil rights action by lawyer arrested when law enforcement found illegal cannabis grow in his rented unit he was not aware of; stopped for missing front plate, cuffed.
• Broken tibia from slip during rain on metal utility plates placed on school walkway; Plates were code compliant when school was built, but new regs control friction coefficient; student had history of dropfoot.
• Hostile work environment with constant uninvited sexually charged comments, discrimination against epilepsy medical condition.
• City sued for reckless negligence in treatment by paramedic crew; claims of forged signature on refusal to be transported.
• School district suit against construction and management contractor; claims of misrepresentation.
• Twelve year old female student jumped and beaten by other students; disputed claims of prior reports and requests for assistance and protection.
• Claims of harassment by actor in television series.
• Racial discrimination and wrongful termination of assistant principal for special education in charter school
• “Me-too” allegations claim by model in fashion industry followed by retaliatory termination
• Dispute with state board of compensation over claims business underreported payroll by millions
• Dispute over auditing discrepancies between service provider and Corrections department
• Multidecade tenancy with federal entity with expiring lease and dispute over terms of “restoration of facilities” and improvements
• Wrongful failure of probation, refusal to promote and refusal to accommodate PTSD in fire department
• Conflict re trip in pothole under repair by Beverly Hills in City of West Hollywood
• Civil rights violations by bouncers in bar assaulting transgender plaintiffs while protecting other customers who were attacked the plaintiffs
• Bullying suit between elementary students resulting in scar on cheek; disputed prior incidents
• Wrongful termination case with Bureau of Automotive repairs
• Ten families with disabled children claim abuse by special ed teacher over years
• Seven year old student steps on schoolyard irrigation cover and lacerates foot
• Officers for police department sue for retaliation as whistleblowers
• Untenured first grade teacher claims discrimination as Hispanic and harassment from principal; retaliation for declining to perform translation activities as a certified Spanish speaker
• A number of officers sue city and police department for imposition of unlawful quotas and retaliation for complaints about the quotas
• County and child protective service sued for negligence in not finding and stopping years of abusive treatment of twin brothers by guardian; guardian appointed by probate court, not dependency
• Inverse condemnation action from sewage overflow damage during city maintenance
• Suit against school for damages from teacher affair with student
• 35 year employee of CHP claimed age discrimination and wrongful termination
• Ten year old had spiral fracture from bully and school failed to take action
• Civil rights action for suit against state and county corrections for unreasonable force on inmate
• Mutual claims of theft, sexual harassment and wage and hour claims, wrongful classification
• Fire damage from public utility power lines causing fire
• Efforts to muzzle community activist on city development and easement restrictions
• Mutual combat between employees from two university departments
• Plaintiff rear-ended by police officer
• Tree branch falls onto teenager in public park: dispute between entities
• Fight on high school campus over claims student stole wallet
• Fight on campus with gang intervention; fractured spine
• Student blinded after school on campus when hit by thrown ball
• Trip on extension of temporary fence at fair; injury to left ankle
• Plaintiff 12-year-old student subject to bullying repeatedly over months with alleged non-action by school district, principal and other school personnel. Assault aggravated wound from prior surgery,
• Suit against University by student claiming harassment after roommate posted video of masturbation and posting seen by other students.
• Claims of rape by 14 year old against another 14 year old and publication of video after encounter in middle school.
• Negligence/wrongful death claims against County and Department of Child Protective Services for failure to protect plaintiff’s daughter, killed by family relative.
• Action against County and Sheriff for injuries to pretrial detainee in custody resulting in broken vertebrae.
• Suit for traumatic brain injury from student assaulted during football skit.
• Several cases of injuries from bicycles flipped from defects in roadway.
• Fall on asphalt/concrete sidewalk divide outside car dealership; meds covered workman comp.
• Fatalities from double car crash caused by hydroplaning on freeway after rains and claims against DOT and State for failure to clear drains on freeway.
• Officer killed two pedestrians in walkway while racing to scene of crime with no lights or sirens.
• High School Football player tackled causing brain damage. Claims of dangerous condition of turf on football field.
• Inverse condemnation where raw sewage overflowed into residence.
• Constructive eviction suit against city from sewage eruption and damage from residence basement filling with raw sewage and e-coli contamination.
• Traumatic brain injury to student in mascot costume during sports rally.
• Sexual relationship by government entity staff with underage wards of court.
• Part-time lifeguard for beach city claimed age discrimination and constructive termination
• Sexual relationship by government entity staff with underage wards of court.
• Parttime lifeguard for beach city claimed age discrimination and constructive termination.
• Civil rights action for suit against state and county corrections for unreasonable force on inmate.

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• Injuries/dislocated bones from rough handling by in home nurse of severely disabled 17 year old
• Dispute over delivery of covid tests to retirement home with one week expiration dates; supply chain issue.
• Anesthesiologist contract with Hospital disputed re claims of overcharging versus a competing entity seeking contract.
• Paramedics accused of falsifying records of patient refusal to be transported; reckless negligence in treatment.
• Employee in medical services promised partnership but given inflated appraisal to determine amount of buy-in.

• Partnership of doctors dissolving with disputed claims of monies due and failure to provide documentation from accounts payable as well as proportional responsibility for qui tam settlement for fraudulent use of billing codes.
• Medical practice with 4 doctors with accusations of one doctor practicing CMS fraud.
• 80 year old slip on wet ramp violating codes on lack of handrails and slope grade
• Plastic surgery expanded over limits of consent (lips, face)
• Dispute between partners in medical microtechnology company re investment structure
• Medical therapist took break to get personal pregnancy medical exam when supervisor came in mid exam; invasion of privacy, hostile work environment
• Abusive neuro surgeon yelling and berating nurses over period of years sued for hostile work environment
• Dental practice sold and dentist tenant dispute over lease extension
• Claims of sexual touching by medical technician during baby care visit and prior claim months before by another patient; disputes over notice and when earlier claim was made; insurance policy exclusions
• Breach of contract claim by supplier of medical device who claims buyer refused to purchase from them and conspired to purchase from another source
• Partnership dispute over groundbreaking new medical (dental) devices and interpretation of partner’s obligation or option to invest $10 million in contrast to changed market conditions
• Professional negligence due to missing and erroneous records of EKG in ER treatment
• Claims of another patient viewing plaintiff and invading privacy by peering over changing room wall
• Failure of hospital to provide ASL interpreter in procedure leading to epidural injection complications
• Destruction of frozen embryos stored for five years for failure to seal and possibly failure to even preserve them, plus placing more than two embryos in the container per manufacture recommendations
• Failure to recognize and treat stroke symptoms; wrongful death
• Medical damages from mold exposure and development of brain disease.
• Suit re expired agreement with providers of nursing technicians on defunct business.
• Sexual harassment and unlawful termination charges out of surgery clinic.
• Age discrimination suit against healthcare provider.
• Construction delays and breach of contract in construction of surgery center at Hospital.
• Wrongful termination and sexual harassment of employee in healthcare facility.
• Medical partnership dissolution and dispute over value of partnership buyout interests.
• Elder abuse/failure to detect severe weight loss in short time frame at skilled nursing facility.
• Malpractice action against medical facility for leaving tip of needle embedded in patient’s femur.
• Allegations against detox centers with HIPAA-HITECH violations, wrongful death and fraud in claims of having full medical staff on site.
• Dispute between two doctors contracting to develop emergency room facilities.
• Wrongful termination and sexual harassment of employee in hospital chain.
• Wrongful termination of hospital CEO, breach of fiduciary responsibilities.
  
• Suicide of bipolar patient.
• Dispute over source of contaminated pharmaceutical ingredients of supplements sold overseas and domestically.
• Unsterilized needle used on plaintiff after use on HIV and HEP C patient.
• Partnership dissolution between “angel investor” and business owner of skin care and health care products.
• Dispute between hospitals and medical careproviders for reimbursement from HMO.
• Traumatic brain injury from collapse of dental x-ray machine onto patient Suit against manufacturer and Dentist.
• Breach of contract on hospital agreement to use research of orthopedic specialist.
• Sexual harassment and wrongful termination charges out of surgery clinic.
• Wrongful termination and sexual harassment of employee in hospital chain.
• Age discrimination suit against Hospital chain.
• Purchase of nursing care facility with dispute over responsibility for completion of OSHPD projects.
• Wrongful Death medical malpractice by Physician’s assistant at clinic failing to send P to emergency room. He died that night.
• Sale of healthcare business to larger entity for valueless securities.

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• Housing department cited landlords for permit violations then on second inspection, found there never was a violation.
• Site manager claims damage from inaction by landlord; landlord claims manager controlled the defects.
• Neighbors and friends dispute over mutual encroachments undiscovered for years and unreported by title insurance.
• Severe water damage from upper unit flowing into next two lower units with HOA denying coverage, claims of HOA plumber at fault in not turning off water pipes; pipes not labeled per unit of water flow.
• Homeowner in 100+ development made unapproved changes after getting city permits/approvals, third story office where third stories prohibited.

• Four-Unit HOA with two of four never paying dues and suing “board” for mismanagement; owner of one unit unstable.
• Homeowner bought residence with HOA-preapproved plans but obtained permits for modified plans without HOA approval in development with over 100 homes.
• Heirs two generations removed fighting over management of commercial property with one original elderly heir being deceased and the other having no recall due to Alzheimer’s.
• Children of heirs disputing management of commercial property; each threatening to eject the other.
• Neighbor with new construction failed to formally give notice of subterranean garage excavation and is subject to strict liability for resulting subsidence.
• Suit against HOA for loss of electricity for a year caused by homeless vandalism of electrical panel
• Neighbor tree snaps off and falls on roof; act of God or diseased unmaintained tree
• Longstanding dispute between neighbor going back to prior ownership; claims of improper modifications causing landslides and water redirection
• HOA suit against homeowner: arguments over subjective view of aesthetics, technical compliance with CCRs
• Homeowner in hot covid market claims failure to disclose leaks and mold; suit against broker and seller with no inspection prior to close
• War with homeowner association about claimed defects of encroachment of setback that had been in existence for several years and undiscovered; no complaints by neighbors; dispute between board members and property owner
• Warring neighbors over construction causing damage to neighboring property. Conflicting experts on existence of damage and insurance coverage denied when carrier prevented from subrogation by homeowner settling with neighbor without them then making claims
• Dispute over status as intestate heir between daughter and biological mother in wrongful death case for son-brother
• Dispute over three multimillion dollar properties co owned by brothers and brother in law with implosion of relationship; claims of fraud, mismanagement, refusal to disclose books
• Sexual battery allegations against two year boyfriend with mutual claims of aggression; celebrity athlete
• Longterm war between condo owner, minority interest with ownership in all other units under one owner
• Damages from leakage of sewer from penthouse above Plaintiff’s unit following 31 other such incidents over 19 years. CCRs alleged to be violated allowing claims of attorney fees as prevailing party
• Multiple suits between homeowners and HOA as well as management company when HOA fired the onsite manager and she sued for wage and hour violations
• Nine siblings at war over two multiunit properties deeded by ailing parents
• Dispute between multiple siblings over manner of distribution of inherited rental properties
• Neighbors dispute over boundary line and claims of elder abuse with 92 year old property owner
• Daughter suing father’s ex-girlfriend over claimed theft of artwork, disputed gift from father
• Warring beach neighbors amid ongoing hostility, claims of invasion of privacy
• Unpaid legal fees to expert hired by HOA
• Family fighting over proceeds of sale of property for 5 million with claims of conversion, fraud and deceit by managing sibling
• Neighbor dispute over boundary and new fence; claims of elder abuse
• Neighbors suing over complications from water drainage and destruction of trees, loss of vegetation.
• War between neighbors in apt complex, claims of assault and violations of restraining orders.
• Contentious war between neighbors in multi-unit condo residence.
• Multiple family resident easement disputes between neighbors on westside cul-de-sac.
• Dispute over easement and building of wall blocking access to rental units by neighbors.
• Claim that neighbor destroyed trees located on neighbor property and deliberate trespass during absence of neighboring party.
• Dispute over narrow encroachment of neighbor wall previously cited for violating building codes.
• Dog bite from neighbor’s escaped dog with counterclaims of deliberate dog taunting.
• Adjoining neighbor conflict over encroachment by unpermitted garage.
• War between neighbors in million dollar remodels claimed should have been deemed "new construction"
• Intrafamily disputed claiming name on title as convenience without actual ownership.
• Flooding Damages from upper condominium denied; dispute with HOA re access to unit to investigate cause of damage.
• Malicious prosecution action against neighbor who unsuccessfully sued for encroaching vegetation.
• War between brothers over real estate development business and dissolution with claims of theft, fraud.
• Warring neighbors over claims of tree mutilation and trespass.
• 90 year old woman injured by neighbor’s dog.
• Legal malpractice suit following brutal war between siblings and explosion of trust.
• Claims of failure to protect collateral artwork in intrafamily dispute and partner of principal.
• Malicious prosecution action against neighbor who unsuccessfully sued for encroaching vegetation.
• War between brothers over real estate development business and dissolution with claims of theft, fraud.
• Warring neighbors over claims of tree mutilation and trespass.
• Nine siblings at war over two multiunit properties deeded by ailing parents.
• Dispute between multiple siblings over manner of distribution of inherited rental properties.

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• Insured’s spouse had fraud alerts on joint cars and subro claims were impacted.
• Bad faith claim assigned from insured who did excavation on a trench that collapsed onto plaintiff, violating safety rule: policy was a surplus line that was written for concrete, not excavation.
• Worker Compensation Insurance fight: Employee of unlicensed painting contractor falls from ladder while painting: property owner though painter was licensed, issue of statutory employer and obligations of prior owner who repaired the roof.
  
• Insurance broker failed to obtain garage keeper’s liability insurance for car repo/ used car dealer.
• Longtime broker sold business to new broker; error on renewal resulting in lowered coverage with reduced payments on claim.

• Double freeway accident where decedent spins out in rain, then gets hit by oncoming car driven by driver on his way to work with course and scope issues.
• Action against title insurance 17years after escrow for undisclosed property encroachments and bad faith failure to respond.
• Subrogation case of water damage from failure of supply lines inside Kohler faucets with life expectancy of faucet versus life expectancy of supply lines.
• Guest from tour group renting block of hotel rooms hangs laundryline on fire sprinkler causing flooding and creating liability issues re hotel vs guest vs tour company vs sprinkler manufacturer.
• Subrogation action for fall by UPS deliveryman paid through worker compensation with no prior notice of dangerous condition to homeowner.
• Subrogation for payments for home fire caused by BBQ grill purchased used at unknown time and place but that had been subject to recall for wiring ten years earlier.
• Subro case for $380K damages from long-term leak in unoccupied second home from crimped steel braided supply line that was 13 years old.
• Title insurance policy missed significant easement that devalued property that was purchased.
• Severe rearender causing complete personality change, depression, PTSD in UIM claim
• Subrogation action for recoupment of insurance payments due to neighbor tree falling onto roof from wind storm
• Auto versus pedestrian in crosswalk; defense convinced this was insurance fraud
• Mold exclusion in mold dispute and claims of resultant cancer by tenant and injuries to pet
• Subro case with dispute over exclusion of “sprinkler system” versus “sprinkler system installation”
• Subrogation claims for fire damage caused by subcontractor with fight over who hired the sub and who was the general contractor
• UIM dispute with complication of nontimely workman compensation claim
• Subrogation claim for paid damages to insured from leak from steam dryer failure: contested liability between seller of dryer, manufacturer of hoses and couplers with comparative fault for failure to inspect and replace hoses
• Subrogation claim for damage from fire: dispute with contractor denying responsibility and dispute over owner as owner-builder
• UIM dispute over 92 year old hit in crosswalk with substantial injuries and dementia with preexisting memory deficits
• Homeowner claim for damages caused by vibrations from neighbor construction; dispute over plaintiff suing neighbor depriving carrier of subrogation rights; preexisting damage to old residence and delay in reporting within 1 year contractual limits
• Dispute over denial of coverage for delayed report on ongoing damage from neighbor construction and breach of policy by settling with neighbor and preventing subrogation
• Subrogation claims for damage to property owners claims when building burned down: lease had waiver of subrogation claims
• Subrogation claim from fire damage on faulty plumbing: D denies hiring plumber; dispute over who was the contractor
• Subrogation case mixed with habitability claims and five levels of indemnity agreements with subcontractors and contractors in roof repairs resulting in fire
• Subrogation claim for monies paid to insured landlord for tenants housed in hotel during fire repair
• UIM UM claims with sub rosa videotapes and dispute over preexisting medical issues
• Dispute between carriers whether policy can be opened up by indemnitee, not the insured
• Conflict between property manager and property owner over liability when tenant raped by burglar
• Victims of Thomas fire denied coverage for deck; conflict over definition of attached structure
• Subrogation action for recovery of half million paid to homeowner damage from reverse sewage flooding during city maintenance and plaintiff failure to have backflow valve
• Subrogation action for monies paid to restaurant out of commission for six months for fire in pizza oven; payment of disputed employee wages during interim to avoid loss of personnel; multiple theories for cause of fire: indemnification issues and several liability exposing all workers on the oven
• Suit against broker and carrier for failing to tell rejected applicant that blood tests showed HIV
• Street racing death and policy exclusion for speed racing
• Bad faith claims for denial of significant damage from water leak and broken pipe on theory of leak occurring more versus less than 14 days after leak discovered
• Subrogation action for damages paid by carrier, caused by product defect failure
• Subrogation action from rain damage caused by roofing contractor walking off job before rainstorm
• Subrogation action/inverse condemnation from failure of valve and increase in pressure, blowing out plumbing on three locations. Payment of over $4 million to insured
• Bad Faith claim against carrier who settled underlying UIM after delay of seven years
• Multiple UIM and UM mediations and arbitrations
• Subrogation demands for monies paid to insured for damage from lead contaminated property
• Bad Faith Insurance claim for delay and refusal to extend living expenses due to fire damage.
• Dispute re allocation of litigation costs with two insurance policies with one declining duty to defend.
• Suit for refusal to pay for water damage from overflow of sewage pipe in major rainstorm, where policy included coverage of overflow.
• Bad faith claims in first party insurance based on fire in residence, unreasonable delay in responding.
• Insurer failure to cover losses arising from burglary and theft of memorabilia collection.
• Claims for failure by title insurance company to notify buyers of pending liens.
• Breach of Contract on insurance policy for water damage for rain flooding of storm drain.
• Effort by insurance carrier to recover $1 million award to employee injured in DUI.
• Bad faith refusal to pay policy limits in head-on collision.
• Suit against carrier for refusing to pay carrier-attorney representing insured.
• Bad faith claim of unpaid premiums and breach from mishandling of worker comp claims.
• UIM coverage dispute relating to multiple rear end accidents.
• Coverage dispute from non-covered flooding versus covered overflow from storm drain.
• Nonpayment of repairs for emergency restoration work following residential fire.
• Multiple UIM claims.
• Disputed allocation of coverage on UIM claims in serial collisions.
• Dispute over coverage of faulty installation of washer and mold exclusions.
• Insolvent carrier taken over by CIGA with dispute over default judgments.
• Subrogation action by major insurance carrier for payments made on inverse condemnation action.
• Denial of coverage for leakage in construction of megamansion.
• Underinsured motorist claim in broadside accident with $200,000 in medical damages.
  
• Coverage dispute over serious injuries from collapse of gate on filming site.
• Demand for policy limits on two accidents one month apart with underinsured motorist at fault, in which policy was tendered on first accident but insurer denied additional injuries from subsequent accident, refusing to tender second policy limit.
• Coverage dispute over serious injuries from collapse of gate on filming site.
• UIM dispute over failure to have claimed tbi damages from workman compensation.
• Suit against broker and carrier for failing to tell rejected applicant that blood tests showed HIV.

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• After complaint lodged, housing cites owner for unpermitted construction, then on a return inspection, finds there never was a violation. Inspector unavailable.
• Questionably disabled tenant whose rent was paid by charity in mutual aggressive assaults with site manager.
• Site manager claims damage from inaction by landlord; landlord claims manager controlled the issues.
• Tenant claims unpermitted garage conversion which Landlord/owner claims tenant did the conversion.
• Disputed leak and mold claims against problem of absence of property manager who was the recipient of all complaints, who is deceased.

• Competing next door cannabis tenant operations dispute over landlord’s unrecorded license agreement for access to loading and refilling CO2.
• Fitness center tenant terminated when promised construction in common area impacted them; promises of completion delayed by city permitting demands.
• New paraplegic tenant in wheelchair with noncompliant doors burned by hot water when taking his first bath in unit.
• 20 year tenants on mixed use residential-commercial property with no record of interactions or complaints, inherited old leases.
• Claim of rat infestation and claims of hospitalization for diverticulitis from being forced to eat out with fast-food.
• Tenant claims illegal rental in unpermitted garage conversions; landlord had not been seen for months and was represented by friends who claimed to be her agents.
• Commercial lease with dispute over agreement on CAM charges and Landlord constantly making new demands on use of property.
• Lease termination from Covid and inability of government to process cannabis applications.
• Three successive unrelated tenants renting from same unit all experience mold-medical issues.
• Landlord (likely mentally ill) screams at tenant in rent control apartment, breaks in, sleeps there when tenant is gone, believes tenant is illegally not paying valid rent. Both have videos.
• HOA sued for delayed repair of electrical panel damaged by homeless nearby
• 60 tenants in 100 year old building sued for issues relating to heating, utility failures
• Multiyear tenant dispute with new buyer of property and new owner claims that flooding was intentional orchestrated by tenant
• Termination of lease claimed by inability to operate retail business because of covid restrictions
• Tenant demanding refund of entire year’s prepaid rent for highend property due to leaks and damage from major LA rains
• Covid lease breach; investment of seven figures to reconstruct four homes into 94 living spaces
• Tenant suing HOA board for creating unreasonable restrictions preventing opening of commercial business in commercial unit
• HOA war between board and single tenant and claims of separate rules and enforcement of CCRs
• Landlord sued for violent tenant attacking and challenging other tenants in complex
• Habitability claim by tenant evicted under UD action waiving violations and causes of action on the lease but sued for negligence and intentional misrepresentation
• Claims of mold and multiple causes of actions dismissed on demurrer with sole action left being negligence; no medicals or expert reports
• Unlawful detainer versus habitability abuses in an illegally modified second story of single family residence with issue re applicability of rent control and tenant statutes
• Habitability claims on top of fire that destroyed property in unit stemming from owner’s roof repairs with subcontractors, subrogation issues, indemnity on five levels with plaintiff suffering from muscular dystrophy
• Habitability with 30+ plaintiffs in multiunit building with claims of mold, few prior claims and limited evidence of damage with strong attorneys on each side
• Three tenants of 24-unit complex claim violations of rent control and CRA covenant for section 8 housing; expiration of covenant and termination of housing status at issue
• New owner of property intended for personal use unaware of prior REAP issues with tenant disallowing repairs; mutual claims of fraud and deceit; danger of misdemeanor conviction and impact on immigration status
• Landlord at end of 30-year expiration of CRA loan trying to exit Section 8 units and tenants objections
• New owner of property in dispute with tenant over prior lease requiring landlord to pay utilities
• Dispute over lease extension by medical tenant in medical building
• Habitability disputes in trailer park rented trailer. No lease
• Two tenants leasing at same time were reassessed by landlord for changes in the space they took, one taking less and the other more with impact on original lease and tenant improvement obligations
• Claims of security violations causing habitability when property broken into by squatters three times
• Dispute over lease restrictions of other tenants versus known presence of office workers
• Miscarriage of twins due to stress from toxic neighboring tenants in rent control unit
  
  
• Twenty three units and thirty five tenants on habitability claims: roaches, bedbugs, and nonfunctioning heaters
• Asbestos exposure from HVAC units in rental
• Claims of lead exposure and injuries from subcontractor painter hotblasting paint on an older residence without sealing the windows and leaded dust entering the property
• Claims by Tenant of sexual assault by Landlord’s handyman.
• Habitability and premises liability against notorious slumlord. 5 units, 9 tenants.
• Habitability claims with 74 plaintiffs.
• Mold claim and slip and fall while eviction pending.
• Habitability case with 23 plaintiffs in 7 units, bedbug and cockroach infestation.
• Binding mediation landlord tenant dispute over injuries from dangerous condition in rental property.
• Plaintiff claimed bedbug infestation after staying in hotel.
• Mold contamination and habitability issues with medical damages including brain injury.
• Competing tenant and subtenant vying over conversion of rent control apartment to condominium.
• Civil right claims of Unruh violations and discrimination by landlord against tenants’ children.
• UD action with 37 plaintiffs and tenants in slumlord apartments ; egregious conditions.
• UD action against holdover tenant, conflicts with security deposit and lease extensions.
• Unlawful eviction and conversion of commercial sewing business with fraud; punitive damages.
• Constructive eviction from rat infestation and development of asthma from severe allergy to rats.
• Homeowner suit against condo owner refusing access to investigate and repair leaks on balcony.
• Commercial lease dispute over bar, terms of lease after original owner died and offspring took over.
• Tenant claims of injury from mold infestation, wrongful eviction.
• Claims of habitability issues relating to mold with dispute over mental health of tenant.
• Roach and bedbug infestation in 17 units with 66 tenants.
• Bedbug infestation in suitcases after stay in Vegas hotel.
• Claim of bank failure in slumhousing foreclosure to repair violations and citations.
• Claim of constructive eviction from substandard housing versus negotiated rent reduction.
• Wrongful eviction from Section 8 housing.
• Massive bedbug and rodent infestation in 13 units with 30 tenants.
• Mold exposure in rental property to tenant.
• Claims of persistent Landlord refusal to respond to complaints with no record of complaints.
• 19 units with bedbug infestation.
• Slumlord claim against owner of 200+ unit apartments of which majority currently joined: roaches, loss of electricity, gas leak, etc.
• Multiunit claims by 20 plaintiffs of cockroach and bedbug infestations in which on site manager was informed and tried insufficient treatments for six months; Owner claimed no knowledge until lawsuit filed.
• Bedbug infestation in single unit with claims that owner inadequately responded and forced eviction.
• Contentious history between landlord and franchise operator claiming failure to pay CAM fees with ten year history of no invoices for fees.
• Wrongful eviction from Section 8 housing.
• Massive bedbug and rodent infestation in 13 units with 30 tenants.
• Mold exposure in rental property to tenant.
• Claims of persistent Landlord refusal to respond to complaints where no record of complaints.
• 19 units with bedbug infestation.
• Slumlord claim against owner of 200+ unit apartments of which majority currently joined: roaches, loss of electricity, gas leak, etc.

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• Claim that attorney’s advice and redlining of purchase agreement cost plaintiff a multi million dollar deal
  involving IP and sports equipment.
• Claim against opposing party’s attorney for malpractice and breach regarding drafting of loan agreement.
• Legal mal against attorney for failing to lock in settlement agreement with claims of misrepresentations of agreement.
• Claims of misrepresentation on being given inaccurate information from attorney claiming expertise about cannabis operation eligibility.
• Malpractice by prior attorney in PI case for running up inflated billings with liened vendors, duplicating what was already being provided.

• Malicious prosecution and legal malpractice for advice given family in contentious divorce.
• Legal malpractice charge for failure to give HOA advice to take vote on filing lawsuit before the filing. Summary judgment granted throwing out CD claims, overturned on appeal.
• Claims of malpractice from failing to proceed on AntiSlap issues in advance of detrimental change in the law
• Issues of malpractice from unclear instruction on preservation with spoliation sanctions resulting
  Legal malpractice from failure to dispute facts and present available counter evidence in a summary judgment that was lost in government contract with services provider
• Legal malpractice claims and demand for return of all fees for failure to obtain results on a case that Plaintiff claimed had not have been won and should have been rejected by counsel
  
• Legal malpractice in failure to set aside default; client claimed lawyer never met him and failed to describe his physical and mental limitations to the court; failed to file 473b
• Suit to collect settlement proceeds from counsel in 7 figure sale of marijuana dispensary owed to partner after counsel distributed entire amount to absconding partner
• Claims of legal malpractice by lawyer engaging in scorched earth discovery and loss of significant settlement value in qui tam action out of state
• Legal malpractice claims for missing deadline on filing medical malpractice case involving lithium toxicity; counter claims challenging damages
• Client suit for legal malpractice in dissolution and claims of sexual assault by lawyer
• Claims of legal malpractice by lawyer missing Statute of Limitations
• Claims of legal malpractice in settlement of underlying suit claiming Defendant gave plaintiff STD
• Disputed claims of $1 Million in contingency fees for settlement versus counter claim of abandonment
• Unpaid legal fees and malpractice in litigation of failed startup suing major Internet Company .
• Suit re claim of forced settlement of underlying suit for copyright infringement.
• Conflict in representation of ex-wife in dissolution and undisclosed prior representation of relative.
• Substantial jury verdict against Defendant with punitive damages trial pending and potential claims of legal malpractice and insurance bad faith.
• Claim of substandard legal advice re expiration of lease of major motel chain.
• Suit against attorney who drafted documents and provided financial advice on multimillion-dollar investments. Claims of fraud in failure to disclose relationship with investment vehicle.
• Suit re attorney advisement with patent violations.
• Suit re claims over handling of underlying auto personal injury case and dispute over fees.
• Suit re unsuccessful million-dollar investment, failure to designate experts and missed deadlines.
• Suit following brutal lawsuit between siblings and explosion of trust.
• Suit re theft of intellectual property/design of children’s toys and settlement of underlying lawsuit.
• Suit against attorney for unfair settlement in palimony suit.
• Suit by music composer in dispute with long time partner over production of music cues.
• Millions in unpaid legal fees with counter claims of malpractice in “bet the company” litigation.
• Claims of failure to protect collateral artwork in intrafamily dispute and partner of principal.
• Suit against lawyer underlying case of employment dispute, including wrongful termination, and failure to expedite early resolution and missing statute of limitation claims.
  
• Fee disputes and missing retainer agreements.
• Claims of fees exceeding negotiated cap.
• Claims of failure to investigate and preserve evidence in PI case and abandoning client eve of trial.
• Legal malpractice claims for missing deadline on filing medical malpractice case involving lithium toxicity; counter claims of no damages.
• Client suit for legal malpractice in dissolution and claims of sexual assault by lawyer.

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• Rough bathing by nurse from company providing 24-7 care caused bone breakage in severely disabled teenage boy.
• Sinus surgery results in loss of vision: claimed optic nerve cut in surgery.
• Development of NMS from over-prescription of Haldol in psychiatric medical center after plaintiff brought in for 5150 manic episode.
• Claims of medical negligence from tattoo removal over lasering process leaving scars.
• Sponge left after hysterectomy with major damage; nurses and surgeon pointing fingers at each other.

• Medical malpractice for liened medical procedures for attorney-referred orthopedic surgeon based on plaintiff’s rear-ender that settled.
• Medmal for liened procedures that were not warranted.
• Paramedics accused of falsifying records of patient refusal to be transported; reckless negligence in treatment; wrongful death of delayed treatment for placental abruption.
• Wrongful death from cardiac arrest after 8 hour shoulder surgery which normally takes two hours; standing issues of common law wife and adult children.
• Wrongful death after surgery with octogenarian surgeon; issues of injection into blood stream instead of muscle.
• Paramedics called to pregnancy with pains, fail to take Patient to ER, missed placenta abruption causing cerebral palsy and death at 3 years old.
• Pediatric dentist undersedated 2 year old, losing a tooth and creating dental phobia; claim of abuse from use of papoose restraint system.
• Overbilling and malpractice claims against CPA countered by claims of delays cause by client providing inaccurate data
• Plastic surgery expanded by surgeon beyond consent on lips and face resulting in “reconfigured” face
• Dispute that IV caused nerve damage during angiogram
• Sciatic nerve injured during surgery for retro peritoneal mass
• Stroke after surgery for blockage on carotid artery; cause from attending doctor vs hospital vs nurses
• Hernia and pain complications from use of ventralight mesh after mastectomy
• Claims of failure to obtain consent and dispute with doctor going beyond expected plastic surgery to unconsented procedures
• Marital couple in couples and individual therapy with family therapist having affair during the therapy with wife
• Failure to check for heart issues at Urgent Care; patient came in for “food poisoning”. Died five days later; 100% occlusion of an artery and enlarged heart all missed
• Plaintiff, allergic to sulfonamides, prescribed blood pressure medication through pharmacy auto refills causing severe respiratory distress resulting in tracheostomy and ventilation
• Permanent damage to sciatic nerve during removal of pelvic schwannoma
• Nonagenarian with dementia is released after presenting with muscle weakness high blood glucose numbers then dies. Secondary battle over heirs who did not wish to join
• Claims of sexual touching by medical technician during baby care visit and prior claim months before by another patient; disputes over notice and when earlier claim was made; insurance policy exclusions; presence of male medical provider alone with female patient
• Architect accused of negligence for having designed spec home relying on erroneous survey that had wrong setbacks
• Absence of any record of EKG after complications from minor surgery followed a few days later by devastating massive heart attack
• Wrongful Death after slip on floor resulting in coma and death months later from thrombosis.
• Suit re stick into spinal cord and resulting paralysis.
• Professional malpractice when pharmacy formulated ten times strength of dosage of medication.
• Wrongful Death claim of Physician’s assistant at clinic failing to send P to emergency room. Plaintiff died that night.
• Damage to hand following complication from carpel tunnel surgery.
• Dispute with architect over design that failed to include legally required bathroom space in small business.
• Action against architect in substantial remodel project; repair estimates over $1 million.
• Wrongful life, failure to advise and to provide advanced sonogram that would have revealed spina bifida.
• Development of bedsores following hip surgery.
• One inch tip of needle broke and became embedded in femur of 16 year old undergoing ablation surgery.
• Breach of contract from miscalculated engineering numbers causing defective design for sophisticated research laboratory.
• Medical malpractice claims of insufficient mental healthcare and abandonment of cardiac treatment.
  
  
• Unsterilized needle used on plaintiff after use on HIV and HEP C patient.
• Dentist failed to maintain overhead x-ray machine which crashed down onto head of patient.
• Unsterilized needle used on plaintiff after use on HIV and HEP C patient.

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• Judge Connor has had numerous Minors’ Compromise cases, both contested and uncontested. As a neutral, they are regularly part of the settlement discussions along with resolutions of the splits between the parties and family, and structured settlements for minors. As a mediator and arbitrator, she has addressed issues of global settlements and wrestled with the disputes arising from how the settlement funds will be distributed. Judge Connor has also worked with both lawyers, as well as the parties themselves, to talk through options and try to reach compromises when possible, or make a decision when needed.

• Spilled hot water set at 200 degrees causing third degree burns requiring skin grafts while experts state 195-212 degrees necessary for steeping.
• Uber driver rammed by Taxi cab
• Disagreement over distribution of policy limit offer between pregnant addicted mother and preemie addicted baby when mother injured in car accident
• Dispute against big box store for failing to issue opioid prescription as quickly as plaintiff required, claims of discrimination and abuse.
• Driver injured by vehicle in unloading area portside cargo dock; instructions not to leave vehicles.

• Injuries by neighbor family from tripping on water sprinkler on school property, hidden by grass.
• Septuagenarian infected sexagenarian with STD, claiming unawareness of decade old diagnosis being able to infect absent an outbreak
• Guest on karaoke filming claims he was directed to an area where he fell off the stage causing injuries.
• Extra onset injured by unidentified worker; develop chronic injury; dispute over studio control of filming.
• Classic McDonald’s coffee cup spill onto passenger.
• Plaintiff injured in three separate accidents as passenger in two ubers and one lyft.
• Cerebral palsy patient scalded by hot water from shower drawn by caregiver.
• Food delivery service driver assaults customer after following her into house when asking for ID.
• Swap meet seller trips on crates left in passageway between sellers; back damage. Swapmeet policy has all vendors/sellers indemnify swapmeet for all claims.
• Employee of unlicensed painting contractor falls from ladder while painting: property owner though painter was licensed, issue of statutory employer and obligations of prior owner who repaired the roof.
• Plaintiff thrown off bicycle in bike path dangerous condition about to be repaired: inadequate warning, plaintiff had long history of alcohol and drug use.
• Slip on public toilet in retail store from feces and filth on floor; toilet locked due to homeless abuse; claims of no notice.
• Customer in strip mall is robbed and beaten over Rolex watch midday; suit against property owner for inadequate security.
• Plaintiff develops NMS after over-prescription of Haldol in psychiatric setting with no medical oversight.
• Licensed jockey thrown from race horse during exercise from leg wrappings unraveling now in wheelchair: dispute over track as well as guild liability.
• Kids living in motel jump on back of truck which drives off without looking, tossing kids and resulting in paraplegia.
• Scarring damage from tattoo removal.
• Disputed liability car crash where 9 month old fetus dies 3 days later: issue of whether baby was born “alive” to permit wrongful death action.
• Scarring from tattoo removal on plaintiff with body dysmorphia.
• Double freeway accident where decedent spins out in rain, then gets hit by oncoming car driven by driver on his way to work with course and scope issues.
• Fall on sagging wire strung to control traffic into restroom at state beach.
• Bicyclist hit riding on sidewalk around commercial hedge that concealed oncoming traffic; serious abdominal injuries; preservation of video issues; lack of notice issues.
• Massive injuries from motorcycle driven while filming, crashes into car on the street.
• UI Accident with arthroscopy surgery, liened medical care. Carrier found Instagram photos of P, a trainer, doing exercises contradicting claims of injury; P says they are old photos newly posted
• Injury in Lyft vehicle by unlicensed driver; question of independent Lyft liability re driver as employee or independent contractor.
• Guest in trust building retreat on property uses child swing which breaks and causes broken hip. Issues re warnings of use as well as weight limit on swing.
• Newborn in NICU given another mother’s colostrum in error.
• Rear-ender with thousands in liened orthopedic procedures/surgeries: suit for medmalpractice against surgeon referred by original plaintiff counsel.
• Wrongful death of child and 9 month fetus but plaintiff with no insurance; deposit of cash deposit two months after the accident as proof of financial responsibility.
• Worker delivering cars injured when another worker backs into him; dispute over preexisting injuries, liened medical vendors.
• Traffic collision by out of control driver smashing into car parked on freeway shoulder, killing one child and a 9 month fetus and injuring another child; plaintiff had no insurance.
• Bigrig moved into lane hitting passenger vehicle in blind spot.
• Plaintiff doing community service on back of truck unloading trash bags dumped off when city truck accelerated, tbi diagnosis.
• Fractured foot from depression in floor drain in public restroom on cruise ship; prior history of weakness in foot and leg.
• Wrongful death from cardiac arrest after two hour shoulder surgery lasted 8 hours; octogenarian surgeon; issues of injection into blood stream instead of muscle.
• Rear-ender on freeway totaling P car; P Carpenter, out of work 18 months from having been terminated by employer and losing position with union.
• Broken elbow suffered in collapse of arm on tricep dip machine in gym..
• 80 year old tenant slips on ramp violating codes on slope and lack of rails
• “McDonald’s spilled coffee” case involving hot tea from coffee kiosk in grocery store causing second degree burns, defective cup
• Injuries to chest from rough sex in sporadic relationship with sports figure
• Wrongful death head-on into motorcycle with VC192 charges pending/ decedent leading double life unknown to family; confusing left turn signage by city
• Auto versus pedestrian in crosswalk; defense convinced this was insurance fraud
• Rape allegations by model in fashion industry with me-too evidence
• Sleeping passenger on bus thrown when driver made a turn; subsequently deceased from unrelated matter; passenger had meth in system
• Driver rearended by massive tour bus
• Aunt bitten by rescue dog belonging to niece she was visiting, fell and broke nose, eye damage and bite on hip, coverage issues by homeowner policy
• Delivery man slips on slippery stairs during rain while delivering products
• New rescue dog attacks visiting relative who falls and breaks nose, neck injuries
• Illegal left turn injuries with over $300,000 in meds with claim of damages from diabetes vs accident
• 18 year old on first job delivering food rearends plaintiff, negligent entrustment claims
• Wrongful death on freeway from driver confused by signage in construction zone
• Wrongful death action when trainee killed when crane on uneven surface tipped over
• Tenant fell on crumbling stairway step and fractured his jaw
• 60+ woman hit in crosswalk and had pelvis, legs etc crushed; missed mother’s funeral
• Traffic collision with passenger-plaintiff 37 weeks pregnant and baby stillborn days later
  
• Slip and fall resulting in miscarriage
• Dangerous condition of pothole causing injury during Halloween parade in West Hollywood
• Leg and back damage from leg plunging into broken sidewalk vault
• Nonagenarian pedestrian hit in crosswalk resulting in dementia and loss of quality of life
• Slip on marble floor in lobby on video with prior slip: Video shows plaintiff tripping on her own foot: Plaintiff described sticky floor catching her foot. Two broken wrists
• P hit by riderless motorcycle that was laid down by driver then three weeks later rear-ended by police detective
• 80+ year old patient with balance problems falls in physical therapy session when therapist steps away; multiple prior medical issues re causation
• Bigrig drifted into next lane causing car to spin out and crash; spinal surgery and PTSD resulting
• UIM case with uncontested liability but contested claims of TBI on octogenarian
• Wrongful death for shooting of young man by security guard in store; dispute between bio-mom and twin sister as heir with standing
• Bank customer breaks ankle walking through parking lot on curb constructed by vendor hired by owner who leased property to the bank; each claiming the other is responsible
• Tenant suffered third degree burns from fire when fire extinguisher provided by landlord either failed or was improperly used
• Employee falls from back of truck tailgate while being transported to vehicle he was employed to detail
• Bar brawl with suit by instigator of brawl for greater injuries
• Driver unloading cargo injured by malfunctioning dock leveler
• Passengers in rideshare car injured in accident
• Rape of tenant by vagrant stalking her from back alley
• Foot and leg injury from fall on team building company exercise
• Race discrimination and violation of Unruh for discrimination on disability when retail outlet accosted customer taking cart outside perimeter of store
• Crushed foot by truck following directions to make turn and plaintiff turns his back
• Sexual battery allegations against two-year boyfriend with mutual claims of aggression; celebrity athlete
• Damages from refusal of memorial home to allow family to see deceased father before cremation
• Plaintiff at gym choked out in assault by UFC fighter with fighter as well as UFC being sued as the “employer” and “supervisor” of the fighter
• Concussion injuries and years of headaches from coming down slide atop tall building
• Hand bitten by pitbull
• Four year old bitten in face by dog in park
• Customer in massage spa burned by hot towel heated up in microwave
• Plaintiff injured in head-on crash caused by a rogue driver coming wrong way on freeway into the defendant who turned and hit plaintiff
• Pedestrian in crosswalk hit by traffic control officer in truck; possible amputation of leg
• Arm crushed when customer assisted tow truck driver in loading vehicle onto truck
• Motorcycle driver and passenger struck by rideshare driver going through intersection with hidden stop sign
• Suit for infliction of herpes in relationship initiated on internet website “arrangements”
• TBI from blow to head when customer walked into restricted area
• Fall in public parking lot on tire stop
• Competing claims of negligence on two cars entering into same lane
• Competing claims of assault, first against parking lot attendant trying to stop errant vehicle, and attendant subsequently attacking driver causing concussion
• Fall on cruise ship theater steps when lights suddenly extinguished
• Disputed claims of speed racing and wrongful death
• Multiple vehicle collisions on freeway and disputed claims of which caused fatality, initiated by unknown reasons of first driver drifting across lanes
• Eye injury from debris from firework display at outdoor concert venue
• Damages from electrocution by homeowner touching negligently installed temporary power box during mold remediation work
• Cruise ship injuries from external door slamming back on ankle of passenger
• Crushed hand of truck driver accepting load onto trailer of truck
• Assault by one client against another in sauna at fitness studio
• Injury to passenger from falling ceiling in cabin
• Cognitive injuries from fall by autistic plaintiff chased by unrestrained dog
• Defendant driver making right turn runs over plaintiff’s foot who was in unmarked crosswalk
• Claims of sexual groping by stranger coming into hotel room
• Crushed finger on shoreboat from Catalina out to moored boat returning from annual function
• Elderly (80) theatergoer slipped in theater bathroom causing hip replacement
• Bicycle handles and brakes fail on new bicycle causing injury to teenager
• Injuries from consumption of fugu at restaurant
• Wrongful death of only son returning from work crashing into rear of stalled truck on freeway; THC in system of the decedent
• Bar fight in which bouncers beat up plaintiff in parking lot mistaking him for unruly customer.
• Vitreal detachment caused when cruise passengers threw streamers from upper deck.
• Slip in cruise ship room after being denied requested ADA compliant cabin.
• Plaintiff hit by semi truck with subsequent roll over.
• Indemnification demand by tenant for suit by customer from fall in common area.
• Two elderly occupants of elevator injured when it dropped abruptly. Dispute over liability between city and elevator company.
• Slip and fall from flare debris in crosswalk resulting in broken shoulder.
• Auto versus bicycle where Plaintiff was thrown into path of car after hitting pothole.
• Garbage truck cut off plaintiff.
• Slip on mat entering grocery store.
• Broken wrist complications from fall limiting professional magician’s ability to do close-up magic.
• Fall on water onboard cruise ship in public restrooms. Fractured ankle.
• Injury to head of customer of restaurant when plank flew off scaffolding at front door of business.
• Bodily injury (paraplegic) from gang shooting in restaurant.
• Fall on unknown substance in public bathroom, shattered knee.
• Slip outside cruise ship while reentering on gangplank.
• Neck injury on cruise ship when staff lost control of table which rolled into and crushed plaintiff.
• Injury to hand of physician-plaintiff when separating Defendant’s attacking dog.
• Claims of battery and sexual assault against parent by child based on recovered memories.
• Claims of brain damage and month long coma from fall from apartment roof by intoxicated tenant.
• Claim for millions for charges of sexual abuse over a period of 7 years starting at 3 years old, against father.
• Slip at hotel restaurant causing broken hip.
• Blind bus rider either was hit by bus in cross walk or walked into bus.
• Multiple dog bite cases brought by postal workers walking by, neighbors walking by, dogs leaping from enclosed yards, dogs loose on street, prior bites, etc.
• Battery by security guard following charges of shoplifting.
• Damages from medications causing renal failure following fall at a construction site.
• Auto accident with claims damages caused loss of ability to nurse baby.
• Underinsured motorist claim in broadside accident with $200,000 in medical damages.
• DUI rear-ender with plaintiff claiming disability and inability to continue work, loss of employment as nanny with Middle Eastern royalty.
• Fatalities from double car crash caused by hydroplaning on 405 freeway after rains and claims against DOT and State for failure to clear drains on freeway.
• Officer killed two pedestrians in walkway while racing to scene of crime with no lights or sirens.
• Wrongful death action against elder home regarding Alzheimer patient who lost 26 pounds in 25 days unnoticed by staff.
• Absentee father demanding share of settlement on wrongful death of estranged child.
• Dozens of slip and falls on sidewalks with serious to trivial defects, broken hips, broken wrists, elbows, teeth, nerve damage.
• Claims of rape of 14 year old by another 14 year old and publication of video after encounter in middle school.
• Student playing football was tackled causing brain damage. Claims of dangerous condition of turf on football field.
• Injuries to face of model kicked in the face by performer onstage at gentlemen’s club.
• Fall backwards on restaurant steps after being directed by restaurant hostess to ATM machine breaking both feet.
• Fall on plastic hangar left on floor at major clothing retailer.
• Slip in restaurant caught on camera over apparent liquid on floor causing loss of front teeth.
• Suit against driver who killed a holocaust survivor crossing street in unmarked crosswalk.
• Negligence/wrongful death claims against County of Los Angeles and Department of Child Protective Services for failure to protect plaintiff’s daughter, killed by family relative.
• Action against County and Sheriff for injuries to pretrial detainee in County custody resulting in broken vertebrae.
• Rear-ender with claims of medical damage including causing alcoholism as a result of the crash.
• Rear-ender hit and run and DUI involving an employee driving the company car.
• Wrongful Death medical malpractice by Physician’s assistant at clinic failing to send P to emergency room. He died that night.
• Invasion robbery of customer and salesperson at retail store.
• Wrongful Death from slip on mopped floor. Seven months later death from thrombosis.
• Multiple suits against cemetery for negligent disinterment, breakage of burial vaults and improper handling of remains.
• Slip on freshly painted stairway in rental units.
• Wrongful death from truck hitting plaintiff vehicle on freeway while having defective brakes.
• Trip on sidewalk curb in apartment complex.
• Traumatic brain injury and personality change from fall on collapsing balcony.
• Wrongful death from trip on raised sidewalk, falling onto face and dying.
• Dog bite from neighbor with counterclaims of taunting of dog.
• Wrongful death from heroin-meth overdose while in recovery facility.
• Wrongful death in fall from horse during excursion on all-inclusive tour for elderly clients.
• Slip on grapes in produce section of grocery store.
• Elderly driver hit two pedestrians in cross walk.
• Cruiseship injury upon reentry of ship on uneven surface resulting in broken bones.
• Cruiseship deck injury to leg from salt spear on deck chair.
• Traumatic brain injury from being hit by flying equipment from construction site.
• Trip on electrical outlet on casino floor, aggravating mental health sensitivities.
• Assault by security guard in Hollywood club.
• Child injured by hanging while unsupervised in commercial establishment.
• Wrongful death from bigrig drifting across freeway lanes.
• Compression fracture from adventure boat ride with no waivers or orientation provided.
• Premises liability with injury from stepping into gopher hole.
  
  
• Injuries resulting in CPRS.
• Auto collision of two cars running over pedestrian.
• Injury to foot from pedicure.
• Child fell 25 feet from tree ropes course.
• Wrongful death in light rearender into cancer patient.
• Rape of intoxicated customer of Hollywood club.
• Multiple cases with falls on MTA and other public buses.
• Coverage dispute over serious injuries from collapse of gate on filming site.
• Unsterilized needle used on plaintiff after use on HIV and HEP C patient.
• Wrongful death and brain injuries from carbon monoxide poisoning in hotel room from guest’s bbq grill.
• Sexual assault of massage client; suit against landlord and masseuse.
• Mold exposure in rental property to tenant.
• Injuries from fall on highly technical bicycling ride and claims of gross negligence by follow club bicyclist.
• Slip and fall coming from dental procedure of plaintiff who had been using medicinal marijuana.
• Cruise-ship injury: Broken wrist from falling on dance floor during organized dance.
• Fall on gangway exiting cruise-ship and breaking wrist
• Torn rotator cuff from drunk boat driver ramming his boat into plaintiff’s moored boat.
  
• Traumatic brain injury from collapse of dental x-ray machine onto patient Suit against manufacturer and Dentist.
• Confrontation with bouncers in club resulted in hand injury and criminal conviction.
• Left turn crash causing speech defects and tbi.
• Slip and fall on spilled ice cream within 18 minutes of last sweep in mall.
• Slip and fall on raised concrete stand for trash cans in common area: loss of six front teeth.
• Back to back rearenders one month apart with dispute of separateness of injuries.
• Customer at gym claims assault and use of gay epithets and resulting serious emotional distress.
• Fall in shower and on deck during drill on cruise ship with competing claims of which fall caused back injuries.
• 90 year old knocked down by neighbor dog while walking on sidewalk, loss of use of hands for three months.
• Slip and fall in bar bathroom on spilled water; plaintiff intoxicated.
• Coverage dispute over serious injuries from collapse of gate on filming site.
• Unsterilized needle used on plaintiff after use on HIV and HEP C patient.
• Wrongful death and brain injuries from carbon monoxide poisoning in hotel room from guest’s bbq grill.
• Sexual assault of massage client; suit against landlord and masseuse.
• Mold exposure in rental property to tenant.
• Injuries from fall on highly technical bicycling ride and claims of gross negligence by follow club bicyclist.
• Slip and fall coming from dental procedure of plaintiff had been using medicinal marijuana.
• Cruiseship injury: Broken wrist from falling on dance floor during organized dance.
• Fall on gangway exiting cruiseship and breaking wrist.
• Torn rotator cuff from drunk boat driver ramming his boat into plaintiff’s moored boat.
• Traumatic brain injury from collapse of dental x-ray machine onto patient Suit against manufacturer and Dentist.
• Confrontation with bouncers in club resulted in hand injury and criminal conviction.
• Suit for infliction of herpes in relationship initiated on internet website “arrangements”.
• Traumatic brain injury from blow to head when customer walked into restricted area.

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• Injuries from failure of electric step component of RV with manufacturer claiming the recall was to a different bolt and that the failure had come from the new owner’s improper fixes causing the failure.
• Dispute over sale of covid tests delivered one week before expiration; supply chain issues.
• Suit over claimed failure of Bard Ventralight mesh and complications from a hernia.
• Subrogation case against maker of grill purchased by homeowner at unknown time and place, with fire caused by wiring that had been subject of recall ten years before.
• Long-term leak in unoccupied second home from crimped steel braided supply line that was 13 years old.

• Claims against defective coffee cup where top would not lock, spilling hot beverage causing second degree burns.
• Malfunction of dock leveler and dispute over whether employer or leaseholder of dock has obligation to train drivers
• Partnership dispute over groundbreaking new medical (dental) devices and interpretation of partner’s obligation or option to invest $10 million in contrast to changed market conditions
• Multiple lawsuits re failures of metal coupling on hose for laundry room /steam dryer appliances
• Copyright battle over use of business title
• Dispute over source of contaminated pharmaceutical ingredients of supplements sold overseas and domestically
• Unsterilized needle used on plaintiff after use on HIV and HEP C patient
• Refrigeration failure of either alternator or other disputed source in tractor trucks; defective parts destroyed and possible evidence of alternator failures in other vehicles nationwide
• Trademark infringement/unfair competition cases
• Trademark infringement claims of designer taking fabric designs upon leaving employment
• Product liability for four wheel walker which fell backwards, causing 82 year old rider to hit head; still in coma after three years.
• Mass tort class action re misrepresentations about hair product. Dispute over attorney fees.
• Skateboard inventors lost patent after missing maintenance payment.
• Toxic Shock Syndrome almost killed 15 year old.
• Multiple Class action claims on deceptive advertising.
• Liver damage claim from consumption of immune enhancer.
• Loss of hearing from tire exploding while being retread.
• Claims of deceptive advertising in yogurt product and organic ingredients.
• Class action on wage and hour violations in cosmetology school.
• Product defect in mechanism for hip replacement 9 years after implant.
• Failures of metal coupling on hose for laundryroom /steam dryer appliances.
• Copyright battle over use of business title.
• Dispute over source of contaminated pharmaceutical ingredients of supplements sold overseas and domestically.
• Unsterilized needle used on plaintiff after use on HIV and HEP C patient.
• Putative class action claim and false advertising on quality of kitty litter products
• Failures of metal coupling on hose for laundryroom appliances.
• Copyright battle over use of business title.
• Dispute over source of contaminated pharmaceutical ingredients of supplements sold overseas and domestically.
• Unsterilized needle used on plaintiff after use on HIV and HEP C patient.

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• Multiple pothole accidents from heavy Los Angeles rains.
• Older man visiting with family trips over a raised shim on Malibu Pier
• HOA sued when homeowner pitbull ripped into a three year old’s face; dispute over prior notice; dogowner adamant about refusal to remove dog.
• Failure to disclose grandfathered extra bedrooms in Malibu and permit which mandated demolition of extra bathrooms.
• Employee of unlicensed painting contractor falls from ladder while painting: property owner though painter was licensed, issue of statutory employer and obligations of prior owner who repaired the roof.

• Mutual claims of breach of escrow; loan contingency added later and seller went forward due to assurances loan was forthcoming.
• Dispute between neighboring condo owners with one suing for noise and delays in completing remodeling next door, suit against HOA for not enforcing CCRs.
• New tenant gets third degree burns on foot where he had little sensation, using bath in newly rented apartment; ADA issues with compliance and high temperature of water.
• Error in title held in name of nonexistent entity; statute of limitations has run and intended owner refuses to acknowledge ownership in face of attempted foreclosure by bank.
• Retired contractor claims he was only assisting in remodel; dispute over responsibility for overcharges by onsite contractor who settled.
• Long-term tenant was out of the country and could not return because of covid and canceled flights; landlord eviction for abandonment.
• Four-Unit HOA with two of four never paying dues and suing “board” for mismanagement; owner of one unit unstable.
• Severe water damage from upper unit flowing into next two lower units with HOA denying coverage, claims of HOA plumber at fault in not turning off water pipes; pipes not labeled per unit of water flow.
• Homeowner in 100+ development made unapproved changes after getting city permits/approvals, third story office where third stories prohibited.
• Fast purchase in hot market with no contingencies with claims seller failed to disclose pending lis pendis, impacting ability of buyer to get loan, seller claimed lis pendis was unsupported.
• HOA sued for permitting alternations in flooring allowing hardwood where carpeting was, for prior owner and Unit sold and homeowner in unit below had serious noise problems: claims violation of CCRs.
• Heirs living out of state fighting over management of inherited commercial property by instate family members with claims of fraud, conversion and a lack of accounting.
• Dispute over tenant who left without notice under new landlord, vacating but not providing keys, lease terms of holdover rent amounts.
• Serial nonpayment of HOA fees, multiple foreclosures and disputes over fees, costs paid with new buyer of property, and prior owner demanding unit back.
• Title insurance policy missed significant easement that devalued property that was purchased.
• Young couple buying model home pressed into waiving their own agent with promises of prequalification that was never offered. Fight over deposit.
• Six units suit of HOA for loss of electricity for a year based on homeless vandalism of electrical panel
• Lease dispute and abandonment with mitigation battle and owner using portion of unrented space
• Abandonment of 10 year lease in 3d year with covid impacting business; tenant leasing larger space elsewhere
• War between neighbors when new buyer not told about ongoing litigation over shared wall
• Suit over failure to disclose contamination from former tenant dry cleaner and ongoing oversight by water control board on chemicals leached underground
• Specific performance suit on abandonment of purchase and impact of liquidated damage clause on escrow deposit when signatures not all present
• Partnership to rehab house with contractor partner refusing to provide silent investor partner with accounting or access to records
• Failure to disclose modifications which rendered additional unit unhabitable
• Lease with full year payment in advance in multimillion dollar property with ongoing leaks, construction; failure to disclose, fraud claims
• Release of asbestos from work by unlicensed subcontractor; dispute over who did the work
• Claims of failure to disclose prior toxic dump from prior tenant dry cleaner in commercial lease
• Claims of lease breach by decade long commercial tenant for termination based on temporary covid restrictions
• Failure to disclose leaks on fast covid hot market sale with multiple bidders against dual broker and seller
• Dispute over legitimacy of breach of commercial lease based on government shutdown and clause mandating ability to do retail business
• Claims of mold exposure leading to cancer
• Dual broker orchestrated sale of commercial property failed to disclose criminal issues of existing tenant
• Termination of tie back agreement and damage from use of cranes in high-rise construction
• Covid lease breach; investment of 7 figures to reconstruct four homes into 94 living spaces
• Claims of failure to disclose historical designation of property and problematic thirty year rent control tenant in same of property with use of dual broker
• Fraudulent transfer of property that was in default and subsequently sold to two consecutive buyers with claims title insurance failed to identify forged signatures and improper notarizations
• Tenant suing HOA for unreasonable restrictions preventing opening of commercial business and being improperly influenced by homeowner-landlord
• Competing claims for unpaid work and counter claims of disgorgement for monies paid unlicensed contractor in residential remodel
• Conflict between owner and management company over maintenance of security in residence where tenant is raped by vagrant stalking her
• Co-owners of property sold business under lease in which subsequently divorced co owners disclaimed viability of sales contract
• Dispute over three multimillion-dollar properties co-owned by brothers and brother in law with implosion of relationship; claims of fraud, mismanagement, refusal to disclose books
• Dispute over sale of property to vendor who was hired to provide repair estimate on seismic rehab who then sought to buy property then claimed undisclosed defects
• Bank customer breaks ankle walking through parking lot on curb constructed by vendor hired by owner who leased property to the bank; each claiming the other is responsible
• Three tenants of 24 unit complex claim violations of rent control and CRA covenant for section 8 housing; expiration of covenant and termination of housing status at issue
• Breach of contract and implosion of sales contract when buyer could not get funding for property with long term lease instead of fee simple
• Suit against dual broker for failure to disclose to buyer problematic tenant and shooting on premises
• Purchase agreement violations re conversion of commercial property to condominiums; exercise of option to buy withdrawn, causing dispute over termination of underlying lease
• Disagreement over extension of lease by medical tenant in medical building
• Illegal residential unit where owner claims no knowledge of residence
• Conflict between owner and management company over maintenance of security in residence where tenant is raped by vagrant stalking her
• ADA violations at auto body shop: counter, parking designation, bathroom openings
• Damages from leakage of sewer from penthouse above Plaintiff’s unit following 31 other such incidents over 19 years. CCRs alleged to be violated allowing claims of attorney fees as prevailing party
• Fall on sidewalk that City targeted for repair and left undone for almost two years
• Claims of purchase of foreclosed property by bona fide purchase for value versus claims of predatory stalking of foreclosed properties and finding relatives of deceased co-owner
• Failure to disclose prior water and flood damage on flipped house taken out of foreclosure with inspection report that was vague about defects
• Architect sued for changes necessitated by residence built over incorrect setbacks that were relied on from survey provided by former owner of property
• Purchase of third trust deed in foreclosure with disputed claims of fraud, concealment and extinguishment of prior earlier liens
• Claims of fraudulent nondisclosure of 50 year old CCRs prohibiting second story structure
• Early termination of lease; claims of bad faith mitigation in not releasing promptly
• Defects undisclosed in residential property marketed as “turn key ready”
• Failure to disclose encroachments on new property
• Mutual claims of breach of six month lease on expensive residence with owners belief tenant conducted prohibited pornographic filming on-site
• Boundary dispute of 90 year old owner and claims of elder abuse
• Dispute over meaning of “option to buy” or “first option” in dispute between tenant and property owner
• Dispute over broker fees of 6% versus lesser percentage on sale of multi-million dollar residence
• Breach of contract in $15 million sale of 400 acres
• Failure to disclose hillside defects in sale of residence
• Tenants in illegal nonregistered boarding house refuse to leave when flipper bought property
• Failed sale and dispute over return of deposit when release of contingencies had a false docusign signature which plaintiff claimed seller’s broker should have seen as invalid
• War between condo-owners and homeowners about liability for repairs to leaking balconies and changes in the HOA rules over the prior decade
• Dispute over failed sale of 10Million dollar commercial property and demand for commission and claim of producing ready willing and able buyer
• Claims of breach of lease in construction of grease interceptor at commercial store
• Multiple cross complaints against brokers on all sides of home purchase; termite inspection company failure to disclose wood rot, moisture.
• Claims of fraud and breach in purchase of condominium with deliberate concealment of noise from upper unit.
• Broker showed multi million dollar property. Buyers then bought through another broker. Suit over commission.
• Dispute over terms of lease for restaurant property on west side.
• Sale of residence with claims of failure to disclose substandard facilities, city code violations and fraud.
• Foreclosure and sale despite claim loan was paid off as ordered by bank. Subsequent purchase by bona fide purchaser.
• Sale of residence failed in escrow from undisclosed leaks.
• Inverse condemnation claim with hillside slippage attributed to city and developer.
• Claims of aborted residential property sale due to escrow and broker’s failure to follow explicit direction of trustee.
• Tenants claiming triple rent for failure to provide registration documents in rent control apartments.
• Conversion action over defendant taking over condo acting as owner and collecting rents while plaintiff was incarcerated out of the country.
• Inverse condemnation case of property owner in midst of sewage plant construction zone for two years.
• Sale of residential property failed for failure to advise of prior death on property.
• Claim for costs from lawsuit arising from omission by broker of loan details in residential sales agreement. Claim of 1 million in liquidated damages per contract.
• Tenants of slum housing claim failure of bank in repairs following citations after foreclosure.
• Buyer purchased commercial property with future subdivisions “builder ready” though undisclosed contingencies remained on property.
• Dispute between mother and son over excess funds from foreclosure sale of property.
• Inverse condemnation where raw sewage overflowed into residence.
• Cancellation of residential sales agreement of multi million property due to claims of hidden mold with dispute over return of initial deposit.
• Highly complicated title issues and loan default with error by county recorder on street address versus legal description and release of lien on wrong parcel.
• Suit for failure to disclose bedbug infestation in apartment units during escrow.
• Family dispute over percentage ownership of commercial properties.
• Dispute over nonrefundable deposit in escrow when sale was aborted.
• Dispute over return of multimillions in nonrefundable investments in high-end spec residence.
• Competing tenant and subtenant vying over conversion of rent control apartment to condominium.
• Dispute over purchase agreement and specific performance claims including war over broker’s commission.
• Inverse condemnation case involving earth sliding and earth movement along Mulholland.
• Action involving loss of mineral rights to seller when escrow failed to include exclusion reference to mineral rights in final documents and deed.
• Breach of lease on commercial property guaranteed personally by lessee.
• Claim of negligent pre purchase inspection of residential property by home inspection service.
• Claim of fraud and breach in dispute between two buyers of commercial property and lis pendis filed by unsuccessful bidder on property.
• Claim of mortgage fraud and failure by Bank to modify loan on milliondollar property.
• Dispute over failure to disclose mold, leaks and active concealment of oil seepages on commercial property.
• Breach of lease claims and fraudulent representations about amenities in luxury condominiums claiming to have on-site restaurants.
• Breach of lease against landlord for failure to remediate and repair damage from serious water leak on commercial property.
• Failure to disclose water seepage and leaks under spec home with repairs costing half million.
• Lawsuit for rescission and/or specific performance in fourplex property in Silverlake.
• Constructive eviction suit against city from sewage eruption and damage from residence basement filling with raw sewage and e-coli contamination.
• Dispute between contractor and failure to apply for and obtain city rebate for construction of retaining walls.
• Claims of fraud in mortgage refinance deal.
• Indemnification demand by tenant of strip mall for suit by customer from fall in common area.
• Broker showed prop to buyers $9 million. Suit for commission after sale through another broker.
• Dispute over terms of lease for restaurant property.
• Tenants claiming triple rent for failure to provide registration documents in rent control apartments.
• Commercial sales of building with nondisclosure of bedbug infestation.
• Dispute relating to breach for failing to sell credits after creation of mitigation bank on acreage northern California.
• Claims of fraud and forgery of signature on commercial property in alleged short sale.
• Claim of nondisclosure of bedbug infestation in sale of commercial property.
• Homeowner suit against condo owner refusing access to investigate and repair leaks on balcony.
• Commercial lease dispute over bar and terms of lease after original owner died and offspring took over landlord status.
• Dispute over share of proceeds from sale of multimillion-dollar spec residence.
• Dispute over lack of profits from $3 million investment in commercial property.
• Undisclosed defect in foundation of flipped home falsely alleged to have been stripped to studs.
• Breach of contract in commercial property and false claims of existence of Certificate of Occupancy.
• Disputes between broker and salesperson over commission split.
• Claim of loss of property due to failure of escrow company to record documents.
• Denial of right of first refusal to tenant after foreclosure.
• Mutual Claims of fraud and forgery in short sale agreements with double mortgages.
• Breach of contract and claims of fraud in split of multimillion dollar sale and generation of ancillary income from spec project.
• Construction defect challenges to contractor and breach in 4+ million dollar remodel.
• Sexual assault after repeated requests to apartment owner to remedy security breaches.
• Claim for liquidated damages when buyer backed out of residential sales agreement.
• Suit against broker for failure to disclose defects; misrepresentations about size, qualities of property.
• Demand for costs arising from lawsuit based on broker failure to disclose.
• Failure to disclose roof leaks, mold, rat infestation on residence in Palos Verdes.
• Common law marriage dissolution with partners refusing to leave; both inhabit potions of home.
• Multiple neighbor disputes over foliage issues, construction blocking views, air space and sun.
• Home inspection company error in misidentifying sewage versus septic tank status of new home.
• Intrafamily dispute over property left in trust for sisters.
• Foreclosure sale conducted after short sale to house flipper.
• Multiple inverse condemnation actions, sewage overflows, hillside slippage etc.
• Misrepresentations on light and air easements.
• Default of $15 million in loans.
• Failure to disclose nonpermitted commercial property in sale of multiple commercial units.
  
• HOA disputes, hedge height wars in Palos Verdes.
• Failure to record MOU resulting in resale of property to bona fide purchaser.
• Double sale of property to bonafide buyer and to tenant exercising an undisclosed option to buy.
• Short sale of residential property with lienholder refusing to approve the buyer and alternately selling on auction site.
• Management of commercial properties with disputed management by extended family and multiple owners.
• Sexual assault of massage client; suit against landlord and masseuse.
• Mold exposure in rental property to tenant.
• Early termination of lease in year two of eight year lease. Claims of looting of company to force insolvency.
• Sale of commercial property with 21 units with only 20 units and one undisclosed illegal unit.
• Breach of contract to pay pro rata shares of large billboard over shopping center and failure of property owner to subdivide undeveloped lot.
• Suit for nondisclosure of deteriorating roof, uneven grading and defective plumbing by inspector in purchase of first residence.
• Buyer backing out of purchase of multi-million dollar shopping center. Seller demanding specific performance.
• 16 year tenancy with discovery upon eviction that unit was illegal
• War between brothers over real estate development business and dissolution with claims of theft, fraud.
• Homeowner suit against HOA and board for failure to investigate demands for building compliance and loss of buyer in sale of condo.
• Breach of lease dispute between landlord and longterm franchisee.
• Double sale of property to bonafide buyer and to tenant exercising an undisclosed option to buy.
• Short sale of residential property with lienholder refusing to approve the buyer and alternately selling on auction site.
• Management of commercial properties with disputed management by extended family and multiple owners.
• Sexual assault of massage client; suit against landlord and masseuse.
• Mold exposure in rental property to tenant.
• Early termination of lease in year two of eight year lease. Claims of looting of company to force insolvency.
• Sale of commercial property with 21 units with only 20 units and one undisclosed illegal unit.
• Breach of contract to pay pro rata shares of large billboard over shopping center and failure of property owner to subdivide undeveloped lot.
• Suit for nondisclosure of deteriorating roof, uneven grading and defective plumbing by inspector in purchase of first residence.
• Buyer backing out of purchase of multi-million dollar shopping center. Seller demanding specific performance.
• 16 year tenancy with discovery unit is illegal.
• War between brothers over real estate development business and dissolution with claims of theft, fraud.
• Homeowner suit against HOA and board for failure to investigate demands for building compliance and loss of buyer in sale of condo.
• Purchase of third trust deed in foreclosure with disputed claims of fraud, concealment and extinguishment of prior earlier liens.
• Claims of fraudulent nondisclosure of 50 year old CCRs prohibiting second story structure.
• Early termination of lease; claims of bad faith mitigation in not releasing promptly.
• Defects undisclosed in residential property marketed as “turn key ready”.
• Failure to disclose encroachments on new property.

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