March 14, 2014

Payne & Fears LLP Wins Appeal Upholding Grant of Summary Judgment for Client and Award of Attorneys’ Fees and Costs

Payne & Fears LLP obtained an order granting summary judgment in favor of its client, American Reprographics Company, on claims brought by Jefferson Wells International, Inc. After entering judgment in favor of American Reprographics Company, the trial court also awarded American Reprographics Company its attorneys’ fees and costs. After Jefferson Wells appealed the judgment, Payne & Fears LLP successfully persuaded the Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Five, to affirm the judgment in American Reprographics Company’s favor, including the award of attorneys’ fees and costs. American Reprographics Company was represented in the defense verdict by Benjamin A. Nix, Erik M. Andersen, and Marisa J. Ippolito.