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Collinsworth, Specht, Calkins & Giampaoli partners James Ganion and Jason Specht secured a substantial victory for their developer clients in San Diego Superior Court, winning summary judgment on a significant class action lawsuit. Plaintiffs claimed negligence related to the design of a reservoir constructed in the early 2000s for a municipality as part of an…
read moreCongratulations to Tim Gravitt and Anthony Gaeta for securing a defense verdict for their clients. The plaintiff in their case alleged she was sexually assaulted while a guest at a hotel. Tim and Anthony represented both the hotel operator and security company providing security services for the hotel. Plaintiff claimed she was assaulted when a…
read moreCSCG attorneys Tim Gravitt and K.J. Cabodi secured a dismissal with prejudice of plaintiff’s case during the third day of a personal injury trial in the Orange County Superior Court. Plaintiff sued CSCG’s clients, a security guard company and the security officer who operated the control arm, for injuries sustained by plaintiff when he was…
read moreStrategic use of the discovery statutes is something CSCG attorneys pride themselves on doing on a case-by-case basis. One such tool that recently proved to be extremely powerful is the Request for Admission (“RFA”). In June 2023, Mark Collinsworth tried a defamation case with co-counsel, Laila Khosroabadi. The firm’s client was accused of defaming another…
read moreRecently, in Phase 1 of a bifurcated bench trial, partner, Mark Collinsworth, obtained a verdict finding that the firm’s client, an asphalt manufacturer, qualified as a “subcontractor” under California’s prompt payment statute (Public Contracts Code 10262.5). Given the amounts at issue in this case, the additional interest (over and above the contractual interest of 1.5%…
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