Successes

Payne & Fears LLP won nearly $10 million in a jury trial in the San Diego Superior Court which concluded on December 27, 2011, on behalf of Estancia Coastal LLC.  Estancia Coastal LLC is a subsidiary of TriPacific Capital Advisors, an investment advisor to the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement...

On March 30, 2012, Payne & Fears LLP obtained summary judgment in favor of its client, a major national title company, in an alleged Truth in Lending Act violation matter in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.  The plaintiffs alleged that a bank had failed to...

Payne & Fears LLP obtained a summary judgment in favor of its client, a major national education provider, in a wrongful termination action before the United States District Court for the Central District of California. The plaintiff, a former employee of Payne & Fears’ client, alleged that the employer had...

Payne & Fears LLP won a defense verdict for its client in an employment discrimination case, Massoud v. Corinthian Colleges, Inc., following an eight-day trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The plaintiff alleged that she had been discriminated against based upon her age, and then terminated because of her...

Payne & Fears LLP won an important victory for its homebuilder client in an insurance coverage dispute when a federal district court rejected the insurer’s attempt to control a construction defect lawsuit after the insurer reversed its coverage denial. In Travelers v. Centex II, Travelers filed suit against Centex in the...