Representative Cases

(Abstracted to maintain client confidentiality):

• A residential mold case in which a successful result was obtained by the homeowners from a three-arbitrator panel of the American Arbitration Association.
• Attachment of insurance policy to permit quasi in rem jurisdiction (reached the U.S. Supreme Court)
• Life insurance awarded to widow of alleged criminal under seven year presumption of death statute
• Developer awarded actual damages and separate punitive damages of $500,000 against a bank which refused developer’s tender of mortgage foreclosure reinstatement funds
• Dismissal of fraud claim against real estate company without going to jury
• Leading case on statute of limitations on water damage to residential home
• Damages award for intentional infliction of emotional distress against international funeral home company
• $3.6 million judgment against financial planners who defrauded senior citizen clients
• $1.2 million jury verdict in federal district court in favor of manufacturer’s representative