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08/22/2008 Nevada Courts Finally Move Towards Federal Standard for Admissibility of Expert Opinions
08/19/2008 Class Action Lawsuit Defeated at Trial!
08/15/2008 Multi-Million Dollar Claim Settled For $5,000!
08/14/2008 Another Victory For Paul Wayne!
08/01/2008 The Labor and Employment Law Newsletter
07/01/2008 The Hospitality Legal Times
07/01/2008 Cafe Dana Restaurant Purchase
07/01/2008 Employee Dispute Arbitration Agreements Not Always Binding
06/01/2008 The Hospitality Legal Times
04/11/2008 The Labor & Employment Law Newsletter
04/02/2008 California Court of Appeal Upholds Firm Win!
03/26/2008 Appellate Court Reminds All: Failure To Serve Statement of Damages = No Punitives Upon Default!
03/25/2008 Firm Obtains Defense Verdict In Trip-and-Fall Case!
03/21/2008 Damages For Negligent Ambulance Operation Capped at $250,000
03/19/2008 FACTOID: Tharpe & Howell Has More Than 500 Years of Combined Legal Experience
03/19/2008 Fraud Scheme Stopped by CDI Investigators
03/14/2008 Firm Saves Commercial Client Thousands!
03/04/2008 Passengers Have Duty To Aid Crash Victim
02/27/2008 $26 Million Partial Settlement Reached In IRS 1031 Exchange Ponzi Scheme
02/20/2008 ATV Accident Deaths Reach More Than 500 In 2006
02/14/2008 Employee Injured In Employer Provided Housing Limited To Workers' Comp Benefits
02/08/2008 Three Professionals Busted In California
02/08/2008 Nevada Supreme Court Affirms Defense Verdict In Favor of Firm Client!
01/31/2008 Court Affirms No Excess Duty Until Primary Coverage Is Exhausted
01/24/2008 Firm Defeats Bad Faith Claim!
01/17/2008 A Case In Review: Transportation Insurance Company v. Regency Roofing Companies, Inc.
01/17/2008 A Case in Review: Essex Insurance Co. v. H&H Land Development Corp.
01/17/2008 A Case In Review: Swank Enterprises, Inc. v. All Purpose Services, Ltd.
01/17/2008 California Court Of Appeal Affirms Policy Limitations
01/14/2008 Carriers Share Defense and Indemnity Costs Absent Indemnity Contract
01/11/2008 Lockheed Martin To Pay $2.5 Million in Employment Discrimination Suit
01/01/2008 The Hospitality Legal Times
01/01/2008 The Construction Legal Times
12/28/2007 Bad Faith Claim Defeated!
12/20/2007 Las Vegas Team Settles Case For Pennies on the Dollar!
12/04/2007 Failure to Investigate Opens The Door to Allegations of Bad Faith!
12/03/2007 Twas The Risky Night Before Christmas.....
12/01/2007 The Construction Legal Times
12/01/2007 The Hospitality Legal Times
11/15/2007 Firm Appellate Victory!
11/12/2007 Can Insured Settle Claim Without Carrier's Consent?
11/04/2007 Firm Wins Motion for Summary Judgment on behalf of a National Carrier Client!
11/04/2007 Firm Obtains Defense Verdict In Admitted Liability Case!
10/02/2007 Firm Defeats Whistleblower Claim Via Motion For Summary Judgment!
10/01/2007 The Hospitality Legal Times
10/01/2007 The Construction Legal Times
09/20/2007 Firm Settles Cal-Osha Appeal, Avoids Multi-Million Dollar Abatement Demand
09/20/2007 After-Hours Attack By Bus Driver Does Not Trigger Coverage
09/12/2007 Firm Wins Motion For Summary Judgment in Bad Faith Case Against Carrier Client!
09/02/2007 $52 Million Punitive Damages Decision in Ford Roll-Over Case Thrown Out
08/31/2007 Labor Day: One of The Deadliest Days to Drive
08/31/2007 Primary Assumption of Risk Doctrine Applies to Non-Contact Sports
08/31/2007 Class-Action Waivers in Employment Agreements May Not Be Enforceable
08/30/2007 Motorcycle Hit-Run Victim Covered Despite Policy Exclusion
08/27/2007 Mattell Faces Class Action Suit For Lead Testing of Children
08/23/2007 Insurance Coverage and Litigation Newsletter
07/17/2007 Absent Causational Damages - Insured Cannot Sustain Malpractice Claim Against Carrier Appointed Attorney
07/17/2007 Excess Recovery Forbidden For Insureds Owning Separate Policies
07/05/2007 Firm Defeats Wrongful Termination Claim!
07/01/2007 The Employment Legal Times
06/26/2007 Washington State's New Insurance Fair Conduct Act
06/26/2007 Soojin Kang: A Four Time Honoree!
05/03/2007 Obvious Standards in Patents; A Supreme Court Review
05/01/2007 The Hospitality Legal Times
04/17/2007 Supreme Court Rules On Wage/Rest Period Violation Statute
04/01/2007 The Hospitality Legal Times
04/01/2007 The Construction Legal Times
03/20/2007 Bay Area Residents At Increased Risk For Landslides
03/15/2007 Nevada Construction Defect Litigation - Driving Down Plaintiffs' Expectations
03/15/2007 Nevada Supreme Court Revises Summary Judgment Standard
02/22/2007 Jury Awards $10 Million Against LA Unified School District
02/14/2007 Safeco To Cut Homeowners and Commercial Rates!
02/12/2007 Firm Obtains Favorable Trial Results For Store Owner Client!
02/06/2007 Machinery Company Client Pays Pennies On the Dollar!
02/05/2007 Firm Wins Motion For Summary Judgment in Bad Faith Case Against Carrier Client
02/02/2007 Firm Resolves Litigation Over Historic San Francisco Japantown Peace Plaza
01/05/2007 State Farms Drops California Premium Costs By $5 Million
01/03/2007 Insurance Industry Financials and Outlook
01/01/2007 The Employment Legal Times
01/01/2007 The Hospitality Legal Times
12/28/2006 Protect Yourself And Your Guests While Hosting Holiday Parties
12/22/2006 Happy Holidays!
12/21/2006 Mediation Settlements
12/14/2006 California Cracks-Down On Uninsured Motorists
11/27/2006 Upland Woman Arrested For Workers' Compensation Fraud and Grand Theft
11/27/2006 West Coast Casualty Reports on Firm Achievement!
11/13/2006 He Is All Elbows ($139 Million Dollar Woops!)
10/30/2006 Firm Wins Summary Judgment In Wrongful Death Case!
10/24/2006 Company CEO And His Wife Arrested For Workers' Compensation Fraud
10/19/2006 Carriers Face Significant Claims In Hawaii
10/18/2006 Dawn Bauder Passes The Nevada State Bar!
10/09/2006 12 Arrested For Overbilling Insurers, Fraud
10/05/2006 The Construction Legal Times
10/04/2006 Employer Did Not Fail To Accommodate Employee On 7 Month Leave Of Absence
10/04/2006 Employment Law News Flash
10/04/2006 California Supreme Court To Classify Missed Meals Payments
10/03/2006 Employers Must Handle Return To Work Notices With Care
09/18/2006 Punitive Damages Capped At Six Times Specials
09/18/2006 Expert Declaration Fails To Create Triable Issue of Fact
09/18/2006 California Strengthens Teen Driver Laws
09/05/2006 California Court of Appeal Clarifies Distinction Between Motor Carriers and Brokers
08/17/2006 How Crash Worthy Is Your Vehicle?
08/10/2006 California State Fund Receives $566,000 In Fraud Restitution
08/07/2006 San Jose Resident Arrested For Auto Insurance Fraud
08/02/2006 A Message To Our Motor Carrier Clients:
08/01/2006 The Hospitality Legal Times
08/01/2006 Three Californians Arrested For Submitting Bogus Claims
07/27/2006 California Supreme Court Sides With Firm's Store Owner Client
07/27/2006 Firm Obtains Dismissal of Wrongful Death Action!
07/13/2006 West Coast Condo Conversion Conference
07/13/2006 Attorney Soojin Kang Designated "Top Young Lawyer" For The Third Year in a Row!
07/01/2006 The Construction Legal Times
07/01/2006 The Hospitality Legal Times
06/27/2006 Employer Liable for Failure to Accommodate Non-Disabled Employee
06/27/2006 Firm Wins Bad Faith Action!
06/21/2006 Matchmaker Ordered To Pay $2.1 Million For Failure to Deliver Wealthy Men
06/21/2006 Rock, Paper, & Scissors Game New Form of Dispute Resolution?
06/06/2006 Crawford v. Weathershield Under Review By California Supreme Court
06/01/2006 The Hospitality Legal Times
06/01/2006 The Construction Legal Times
06/01/2006 The Employment Legal Times
06/01/2006 The Transportation Legal Times
05/31/2006 Appeals Court Ruling Has Long-Lasting Effects on ISO CGL Policy Holders
05/24/2006 Sevan Gobel Wins Motion for Summary Judgment on Appeal!
05/18/2006 Daniel Freedman Wins University Challenge Grand Prize!
05/04/2006 Crawford v. Weathershield
05/02/2006 Firm Welcomes Zurich Insurance Company!
05/01/2006 The Hospitality Legal Times
05/01/2006 The Construction Legal Times
04/04/2006 Contractual Obligation to Defend is Distinct From Obligation To Indemnify
04/04/2006 Lincoln Property Company v. Travelers Indemnity
04/03/2006 Firm Defeats Construction Defect Claim!
04/02/2006 Worse States for Legal Fairness
04/01/2006 The Hospitality Legal Times
04/01/2006 The Problem Solvers
03/29/2006 Vehicle Ownership Liability: One Foot In The "Graves"
03/22/2006 Failure to Accommodate Panic Disorder Results in $6.5 Million Dollar Verdict
03/13/2006 Cracker Barrel Pay $2 Million For Dishing Out Discrimination
03/02/2006 Employer Convicted of Defrauding Workers' Compensation Carriers
03/01/2006 The Problem Solvers
03/01/2006 The Hospitality Legal Times
02/22/2006 Associate Richard Gagliano Wins Defense Verdict!
02/15/2006 California Courts Struggle Over Characterization of Meal and Rest Period Violations
02/13/2006 Flying Shrimp Did Not Cause Death, Jury Finds
02/10/2006 Firm Defeats Age Discrimination Employment Claim
02/01/2006 The Construction Legal Times
02/01/2006 The Problem Solvers
02/01/2006 The Hospitality Legal Times
02/01/2006 The Employment Legal Times
01/30/2006 Firm Wins Defense Verdict in Wrongful Death/Products Defect Case
01/27/2006 The Worst Insurance Cons of 2005
01/17/2006 Firm Trial Attorney Stephanie Forman Named Partner
01/16/2006 Litigator Talia Delanoy Joins Sacramento Team!
01/12/2006 Firm Daycare Client to Pay Pennies on The Dollar
01/10/2006 Multi-Million Dollar Construction Defect Verdict Reversed
01/05/2006 Senior Counsel John Harris Successfully Prosecutes Malpractice Claim
01/05/2006 Firm Defeats Premises Liability Claim Via Motion to Dismiss
01/04/2006 Must Property Owners Warn Residents of Gang Activity?
01/02/2006 Bay Area Team Obtains Summary Judgment!
01/01/2006 The Construction Legal Times
01/01/2006 The Hospitality Legal Times
01/01/2006 The Problem Solvers
12/28/2005 $10 Million In Punis Against Ford Reversed
12/27/2005 Employer’s Failure to Investigate Sexual Harassment Claim Is Excused
12/27/2005 The Demise of Type I Indemnity Clauses in California
12/22/2005 California Supreme Court Upholds Policy Exclusion for Landslide Damages
12/20/2005 Happy Holidays!
12/14/2005 Jury Awards $52.5 Million For Insurer's Failure To Defend
12/11/2005 Attorney Martin Snyder Joins Sherman Oaks Office!
12/11/2005 Allstate Forks Out $120 Million In Unpaid Overtime!
12/08/2005 U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Case Transfer
12/07/2005 Attorney Christopher Treadway Joins Phoenix Team!
12/07/2005 Firm Obtains Favorable Settlement in Mycobacteria Case
12/07/2005 Litigation Team Thwarts Creation of New Intentional Tort
12/04/2005 Congratulations To The Ames Family, Its Twins!
12/01/2005 The Problem Solvers
11/15/2005 The Construction Legal Times
11/11/2005 The Hospitality Legal Times
11/11/2005 Robert J. Lent Joins Litigation Team!
11/08/2005 Michael D. Stevenson Joins Las Vegas Office
11/07/2005 Failure To Timely Disclose Cause For Arbitrator Disqualification Can Be Costly
11/01/2005 The Construction Legal Times
11/01/2005 The Transportation Legal Times
11/01/2005 The Employment Legal Times
11/01/2005 The Hospitality Legal Times
11/01/2005 The Hospitality Legal Times
11/01/2005 The Transportation Legal Times
11/01/2005 The Construction Legal Times
11/01/2005 The Construction Legal Times
11/01/2005 The Construction Legal Times
11/01/2005 The Hospitality Legal Times
11/01/2005 Relocation of Phoenix, Arizona Office
11/01/2005 The Problem Solvers
10/27/2005 Nevada Supreme Court Ruling Could Make Dismissals Easier
10/26/2005 Firm Wins Defense Verdict in Sexual Harassment/ Cockroach Infestation Case
10/20/2005 Jon Blum Passes Nevada State Bar!
10/18/2005 Firm Caps Exposure on Large Loss Trucking Claims Through Binding Arbitration
10/14/2005 Grand Jury Issues 94 Indictments In Insurance Fraud Scheme
10/07/2005 Tharpe & Howell Defeats Personal Injury Actions With Motions For Summary Judgment
10/05/2005 Firm Achieves Early Settlement of Walt Disney Resorts Case
10/01/2005 The Problem Solvers
09/30/2005 Stuart Slocum is Officially Sworn In!
09/29/2005 Labor and Employment Department Wins Motion for Summary Judgment
09/27/2005 Successor Businesses May Not Have Right to Insurance Coverage
09/22/2005 Tharpe & Howell Saves Firm Client Over $400,000 In Complex Insurance Litigation
09/21/2005 Tharpe & Howell Expands to Meet Clients' Growing Needs
09/09/2005 Numerous News Agencies Report on Tharpe & Howell's Creative Case Resolution
09/06/2005 Louisiana Lawyers Devastated by Katrina
09/02/2005 Recognition of Firm Associate Soojin Kang
09/01/2005 The Problem Solvers
09/01/2005 Defense Verdict Extinguishes $250,000 Claim
09/01/2005 Court of Appeals Affirms Granting of Motion for Summary Judgment
08/31/2005 Settlement Achieved in Major Southern California Landslide Case
08/24/2005 Bad Faith Claim Defended
08/05/2005 Greaves Charity Golf Tournament
08/01/2005 Relocation of California Central Coast Office
08/01/2005 The Problem Solvers
08/01/2005 The Hospitality Legal Times
07/01/2005 The Problem Solvers
06/01/2005 The Hospitality Legal Times
06/01/2005 The Employment Legal Times
06/01/2005 The Problem Solvers
05/01/2005 The Problem Solvers
05/01/2005 The Construction Legal Times
05/01/2005 The Hospitality Legal Times
04/06/2005 Firm Welcomes Sutter Insurance Company!
04/01/2005 The Construction Legal Times
04/01/2005 The Problem Solvers
04/01/2005 The Hospitality Legal Times
03/01/2005 The Problem Solvers
03/01/2005 The Employment Legal times
03/01/2005 The Transportation Legal Times
02/05/2005 Second Annual Hospitality Law Conference
02/01/2005 The Problem Solvers
01/01/2005 The Problem Solvers
Author: Making Double Jeopardy Available in Civil Actions
Author: "Wrongful Termination: The Tort of The '80s Enters The '90s"
Publication: From Hockey Gloves to Handcuffs - The Need For Criminal Sanctions in Professional Ice Hockey
Contributing Author: California Forms of Pleading and Practice
Publication: The Spanish Law of Waters in the United States
Author: "Survey of New York Practice, Driving While Intoxicated-Miranda Warnings Not Required"
Author: The Legal and Moral Implications of Informed Consent in Dentistry
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Reported Case: Russ v. Woodside Homes, 905 P.2d 901 (Utah App.1995)
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Presentation by E. Allen Tharpe, III
Author: All Inclusive Trust Deeds
Reported Case: Anderson v. OCF 53 Cal.3d 987
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Author: Not So Fair After All
Author: An Act of Patriotism?
Author: "New Cases Shield Employers From Wrongful Termination Lawsuits"
Seminar on Handling Tort Claims in California: Avoiding Potential Pitfalls
Seminar on The Fair Claims Practices Act and its Applications in California
Guest Speaker at First Annual Hospitality Law Conference
Polony v. White, 43 Cal.App.3d 793, 117 Cal.Rptr. 341
Co-Author: The Complete Asset Protection Plan
Presentation by James O. Eiler
.htm'Twas Risky Night Before Christmas...
Presentation by James O. Eiler
Presentation by Robert Freedman
Litigation Specialist Christopher Treadway Joins Phoenix Team!
Mr. Abbott is the Author of
Co-Author: Developing An Employee-Centered Electronic Monitoring System
Reported Case: Mary Smith v. Fiberboard, et al.
Co-Author: How to Form a Corporation in Any State
Reported Case: State of Utah, In the Interest of A.W., S.W., and A.W., 2002 UT App 159
Reported Case: State v. Villalobos, 2000 UT App.354
Reported Case: McKeon v. Crump, 2001 UT App.354
Reported Case: State v. Kohn, 999 P.2d 392, 2000 UT 35
Wilson v. All Service Ins. Corp., 91 Cal.App.3d 793, 153 Cal.Rptr.121