Payne & Fears LLP Obtains Judgment In Favor of Client, Plus Award of Attorneys’ Fees and Costs

Payne & Fears LLP recently obtained an arbitration award in favor of our client for damages over a commercial contract for a large modular building installed on a United States Air Force base.  After awarding our client multiple six figures in damages, the arbitrator also awarded our client all of...

Defeated Americans With Disabilities Act Claim

Payne & Fears LLP successfully defeated a claim that its client violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by implementing a policy which excludes Segway vehicles from its theme park. The hard work of Dan Fears, Daniel Rasmussen and Julie Bisceglia resulted in a published opinion which is very favorable to...

Payne & Fears LLP Negotiates $1.5 Million Recovery of Defense Costs After Liability Insurer Denies Coverage

Payne & Fears LLP recently succeeded in securing the recovery from its liability insurer of $1,500,000 in defense costs incurred by the client after its commercial general liability insurer denied coverage and refused to defend several putative class-action lawsuits seeking damages, disgorgement of profits and injunctive relief related to insured’s...

Won Appeal in Medical Leave Case

The California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, today affirmed the grant of summary judgment in favor of P&F’s client, a large national bank, on a former employee’s claims under the Family and Medical Leave Act. The employee had alleged that his termination for disability-related absenteeism violated the Act.  In its summary judgment motion,  P&F established that...