Recovered Over $2.5 Million in Defense Costs for a Large Residential Homebuilder Named in a High-Exposure Construction Defect Lawsuit

Recovered over $2.5 Million in defense costs for our client, a large residential homebuilder, who was named as a defendant in a high-exposure construction defect lawsuit. By utilizing our connections within the insurance industry and by employing creative legal strategies that included early case evaluation and mediation, Payne & Fears...

Recovered over $5 Million in Defense Costs for a Large Residential Homebuilder Named in Two High-Exposure Construction Defect Lawsuits

Recovered over $5 Million in defense costs for our client, a large residential homebuilder, who was named as a defendant in two high-exposure construction defect lawsuits. Because the amount recovered included the attorney’s fees that our client paid our firm to secure funding from the insurance carriers, our client did...

$13 Million Recovered From Direct and Additional-Insured Carriers for a Major Homebuilder in Reimbursement of Costs Incurred to Defend and Settle a High-Exposure Construction Defect Lawsuit

Recovered more than $13 Million from a group of direct and additional-insured carriers for a major homebuilder in reimbursement of costs incurred to defend and settle a high-exposure construction defect lawsuit and, in the process, made new law regarding what constitutes “property damage” caused by an “occurrence” under a CGL...

Payne & Fears LLP Obtains Summary Judgment in Whistleblower Case

Payne & Fears LLP prevailed in New Jersey state court by winning defense summary judgment for the Firm’s client.  In John Kahn v. Corinthian Colleges, Inc., Everest Institute, and Patricia Tripp the plaintiff alleged that he had “blown the whistle” on improper conduct, and that he was terminated in violation...