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$19 Million Jury Award for Passport 420 in Insurance Bad Faith Case Against Starr Insurance related to Jet Seizure and Michael Avenatti Misconduct

A Santa Barbara County jury found that Starr Indemnity & Liability Company acted in bad faith and with malice and oppression when it refused to pay an insurance claim submitted by Passport 420, LLC, its policyholder.  (Passport 420 LLC et al vs Starr Indemnity & Liability Co. et al, Santa Barbara Superior Court, 19CV03596). Passport’s jet was seized in April [ More... ]

By |2025-11-21T14:20:21-08:00October 10th, 2024|Complex Business Litigation, Firm News|
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Judge Approves $230 Million Settlement for Fishing Industry Members And Shoreline Residents Damaged By Plains All American Pipeline’s 2015 Santa Barbara Oil Spill

On September 20, Federal District Court Judge Philip S. Gutierrez granted final approval of a combined $230 million class action settlement arising out of Plains All American Pipeline’s 2015 Refugio Oil Spill on the Santa Barbara coast. The court’s approval clears the way for the settlement administrator to begin processing and paying claims submitted by affected fishers and property owners. [ More... ]

By |2025-01-07T13:42:41-08:00September 22nd, 2022|Class Actions, Complex Business Litigation, Firm News, News, Toxic Tort|
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Jury Finds Michael Avenatti To Blame In His Decade-Old Fight Over Unpaid Attorney Fees; Exonerates Former Clients

On June 22, 2022, an Orange County civil jury found in favor of William Parrish and E. Timothy Fitzgibbons, and against Stoll, Nussbaum & Polakov, their former lawyers who had sued them for claimed attorney fees in a prior case. The jury returned a verdict in two hours, ruling against the Stoll law firm 12-0 on every claim.  The jury [ More... ]

By |2024-09-27T05:01:45-07:00June 24th, 2022|Complex Business Litigation, Firm News, News|
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Law.com: CA State Judge Orders Michael Avenatti to Appear for Trial

An Orange County Superior Court judge has issued a writ commanding a federal prison warden to produce inmate Michael Avenatti for in-person testimony this week at the West Justice Center in Westminster, California, recently renamed the Stephen K. Tamura Justice Center. Avenatti has said he'll only appear via video and will invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, but the [ More... ]

By |2025-06-17T13:53:10-07:00April 4th, 2022|Complex Business Litigation, Firm News, News|
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Claim For Damages Filed Against City of Santa Barbara

Owners of High Sierra Grill, a restaurant and bar at the Santa Barbara Municipal Airport from 2015 until 2019, filed a claim for damages against the City of Santa Barbara alleging the City constituted numerous contractual breaches resulting in substantial financial losses. High Sierra Grill had a 10-year lease with the City, with options to renew for three additional five-year [ More... ]

By |2020-09-02T13:41:07-07:00December 6th, 2019|Complex Business Litigation, Firm News, News|
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Santa Barbara Jury Rejects $27 Million Lawsuit by Johnson & Johnson Against Competitor Sientra

Santa Barbara, Calif.--After an eight-week trial and less than four hours of deliberation, a Santa Barbara Superior Court jury on August 30 rejected a $27 million lawsuit filed by Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) against Santa Barbara-based Sientra, Inc.

By |2020-08-28T09:46:04-07:00September 5th, 2013|Complex Business Litigation, News, Personal Injury|
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Jury Awards $7.7 Million to United Studios of Self Defense in Lawsuit Against Z-Ultimate

After a four-week trial, an Orange County Superior Court jury returned a $7.7 million verdict in favor of United Studios of Self Defense (USSD) in a case against Z-Ultimate Self Defense Studios, LLC, Z-Ultimate Martial Arts Supplies, LLC and their individual owners.

By |2020-08-28T09:52:26-07:00September 19th, 2012|Complex Business Litigation, News|
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Jury Rejects Anti-Trust Conspiracy Claims Against Santa Barbara’s Cottage Hospital and On-Call Trauma Surgeons

After a seven-week trial and one day of deliberations, a jury in Santa Barbara rejected anti-trust conspiracy claims by spine surgeon Dr. Alan Moelleken against Cottage Hospital and four of its on-call neurosurgeons.

By |2020-08-28T09:53:45-07:00April 10th, 2012|Complex Business Litigation, Labor Law|
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Orange County Superior Court Rejects Z-Ultimate’s Weak Attempt to Dismiss USSD’s Lawsuit

Orange County Superior Court Rejects Z-Ultimate’s Weak Attempt to Dismiss USSD’s Lawsuit

By |2020-08-28T09:54:09-07:00March 12th, 2012|Complex Business Litigation|
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