The Firm has enjoyed continued success in the past year representing clients in construction-related matters. 

In the past few years, we have noticed a steady increase in the number of mold-related claims being filed.  These plaintiffs are not only claiming property damage, but bodily we find it surprising that plaintiffs still claim to be injured as a result of mold injury as well.  Given the mounting medical literature on mold- exposure, particularly when they do not present a unique medical condition or related bodily injury claims, circumstance that would give rise to a possible causal connection.

Nonetheless, we have been successful in convincing several plaintiffs to dismiss these claims, particularly with respect to bodily injury.  To the extent plaintiffs refuse to voluntarily dismiss, we typically file motions for summary judgment to defeat such claims based on several defenses.  The Firm recently won a summary judgment motion, for example, in a mold exposure lawsuit venued in Sacramento, based on a statute of limitations defense.  The lawyers that are most involved in defending these cases are Richard Dongell,  Jason Booth, Michael Gallagher, Dennis Naish, and Associate Shirin Kiaei.

In another matter, we successfully convinced counsel for a mold plaintiff of the lack of value of the plaintiff’s claim, leading plaintiff’s counsel first  to abandon their class action allegations, and then to withdraw from the case altogether.  The one remaining plaintiff is now proceeding in pro per.