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Payout Ends 8-Year Field Lab Battle – Los Angeles Times

Boeing Co. has agreed to pay $30 million to settle a lawsuit brought by neighbors of its Santa Susana Field Laboratory in Ventura County, ending an eight-year legal battle over the effect on public health from radioactive and chemical contamination at the lab. Terms of the settlement were reached in September but were not immediately disclosed. They included a confidentiality agreement between Boeing and the remaining 133 plaintiffs in the case.

By |2020-08-28T10:26:31-07:00January 21st, 2006|Toxic Tort|
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DA urged to investigate 4-year-old’s drowning – Santa Barbara News-Press

The father of a 4-year-old boy who drowned three months ago while attending an unlicensed child care program at the Cathedral Oaks Athletic Club is urging the Santa Barbara County district attorney to investigate whether criminal negligence killed his son.

By |2020-08-28T10:26:21-07:00November 22nd, 2005|Gottesman Drowning Case|
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Athletic club did not have proper permit – Santa Barbara News-Press

Two months after a 4-year-old boy drowned at Cathedral Oaks Athletic Club, officials from the state's Community Care Licensing Division determined that the private facility broke the law by operating without a child care license and ordered it to shut down its kids' Activity Camp.

By |2020-08-28T10:23:59-07:00October 14th, 2005|Gottesman Drowning Case|
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Borrowers Sue Wells Fargo Bank – News Release

Wells Fargo loan customers in minority communities in Los Angeles filed a class action lawsuit against the lender on Friday, August 5, charging Wells Fargo with discriminatory loan practices. The complaint says Wells Fargo consistently and knowingly discriminated against borrowers in minority neighborhoods resulting in borrowers paying more for their loans than borrowers in other parts of Los Angeles County.

By |2020-08-28T10:24:12-07:00August 8th, 2005|Firm News, Lender Liability, Wells Fargo Lender Discrimination Litigation|
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When Lenders Play Hardball – Lawyers and Business Executives in the News

After leaving the Santa Barbara City Attorney's Office for private practice, A. Barry Cappello began noticing that few people would bring lawsuits against big banks - particularly when it came to lender liability. Cappello realized it was a potential niche for his firm, Cappello & Noel (https://cappellonoel.com/). "Nobody was suing the banks because they were hiring the biggest lawyers in the world, and I didn't think that was right," Cappello said in an interview.

By |2020-08-28T10:26:12-07:00May 26th, 2005|Firm News, Lender Liability|
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What is Lender Liability? – By A. Barry Cappello

Lender liability, which first gained prominence in the mid-1980s, has gained acceptance as a substantive body of law. Briefly, lender liability law says lenders must treat their borrowers fairly, and when they don't, they can be subject to borrower litigation under a variety of legal claims. The evolution of lender liability has resulted in most cases now involving breach of contract and/or fraud claims.

By |2020-08-28T10:24:33-07:00January 21st, 2005|Lender Liability|
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Boeing Settles With Residents – News Release

In 2005, the firm settled a long-standing dispute against Boeing regarding toxic air contamination in neighborhoods adjacent to Boeing facilities near Simi Valley and in the San Fernando Valley -- both suburbs of Los Angeles. The 8 1/2-year case involved 59 personal injury claims and 117 wrongful death claims by the family members of 37 deceased individuals. The illnesses suffered included numerous forms of cancer, including bladder, brain, kidney, pancreatic, spinal cord, thyroid, Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, leukemia and multiple myeloma.

By |2020-08-28T10:26:05-07:00January 1st, 2005|Firm News, Toxic Tort|
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Delta Entertainment and The Harry Fox Agency Reach Settlement – News Release

Delta Entertainment Corporation, an international independent music and video company, and licensing agent The Harry Fox Agency (HFA) reached a settlement in a two-year royalties payment dispute, says A. Barry Cappello, attorney for Delta.

By |2024-06-20T12:39:15-07:00July 21st, 2003|Entertainment Law, Firm News|
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Courtney Love and Universal Music Group Reach Legal Settlement – News Release

Courtney Love and Universal Music Group (UMG) announced they have settled all of their legal disputes. UMG will waive any rights to future recordings from Ms. Love. As part of the settlement, Ms. Love and the other members of the Cobain estate have granted UMG permission to release new Nirvana packages, including a compilation album with a never-before-released track, a box set and rarities album. Separate permissions were obtained from the surviving members of Nirvana.

By |2020-08-28T10:25:56-07:00July 20th, 2003|Entertainment Law, Firm News|
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Marriott Agrees to Pay $1.35 million in Elder Pedestrian Fatality Case – News Release

Host Marriott Corporation and the operators of one of Marriott's Fairfield Inns agreed to pay a surviving family member of a 75-year-old woman $1.35 million after the woman and her daughter were struck and killed by a hotel van operated by Fairfield Inn, a Marriott franchise. The accident occurred at Philadelphia International Airport but the complaint was filed in U.S. District Court, in Los Angeles.

By |2020-08-28T10:22:07-07:00April 17th, 2003|Firm News, Personal Injury|
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