Successes

Payne & Fears LLP won a five-year battle on behalf of client Medway Plastics Corporation, ending with the California Court of Appeal upholding dismissals by the arbitrator and trial court. Two former employees of Medway filed their complaint in 2013.  We moved swiftly to compel arbitration, which the trial court...

Irvine office partner Scott S. Thomas and Las Vegas partner Sarah J. Odia recently recovered almost $1,000,000 in insurance proceeds for a Fortune 500 homebuilder. Several liability insurers that insured the homebuilder as an additional insured under policies issued to the homebuilder’s subcontractors refused to defend the homebuilder in two...

Payne & Fears obtained a victory in favor of client E*TRADE in an action brought against a former employee. In the case E*TRADE Financial Corporation v.  Eaton, 305 F. Supp. 3d 1029 (D. Ariz. 2018), the former employee testified that he contacted his former employer’s clients, by telephone, to announce...

In a class action wage and hour case brought in federal court against a statewide employer, a former employee of an online shopping and delivery service alleged that the employer violated the California Labor Code and California Unfair Competition Law.  Among other claims, the employee alleged failure to (1) compensate...

In an employee benefits case brought in federal court under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) against our client, a national retailer, and its group health insurance plan for denial of an expensive surgery as not medically necessary, the court granted judgment in favor of our clients at the...