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...
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 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...
Payne & Fears LLP helped lead counsel in Virginia obtain summary judgment in May, 2010 in favor of a major retail franchisor over a statewide class action lawsuit affecting thousands of employees. The named plaintiff, an employee of one of defendant’s franchises, brought suit in the Imperial County Superior Court,...
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...