June 4, 2025
Downtown Jury Finds 50/50 Liability in Rear-end Accident Involving Truck
On May 30, 2025, Scott Macdonald and Michael Moon secured a favorable verdict in Downtown Los Angeles. Our client was an appliance delivery company. Plaintiff claimed that they were rear-ended on the freeway without warning. Defendant driver claimed that plaintiffs swerved into his lane and stopped rapidly, thereby cutting off our client’s stopping distance. The plaintiffs had a...Read More
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January 30, 2025
Appellate Court Affirms Trial Court’s Order Granting Defendant’s Anti-SLAPP Motion in Defamation Case
Amy Akiyama and Megan K. Hawkins secured an appellate victory in a defamation case. On January 30, 2025, the California Appellate Court affirmed the Trial Court’s Order granting Defendant’s anti-SLAPP Motion pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16 and striking the Plaintiff’s operative complaint without leave to amend. In the operative complaint, Plaintiff alleged: (1) Plaintiff was...Read More
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December 27, 2024
Christmas Defense Verdict
On December 24, 2024, Scott Macdonald and Jorge Lopez Herrera secured a defense verdict in Van Nuys, California. Plaintiff was a tenant of our client. She claimed that a shower door failed and came off of its tracks. The door hit plaintiff in the head and caused her head to be pushed back into a wall. She fell to the floor and lost consciousness. She was found by a family member that had...Read More
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November 16, 2024
California Supreme Court Denies Plaintiff’s Petition to Reverse Order Sustaining Demurer in Defendant Homeowner’s Favor in Criminal Home-Invader Case
Scott L. Macdonald and Edye A. Hill secured an appellate victory in a homeowner personal injury case. On November 13, 2024, the California Supreme Court denied Plaintiff’s petition to review the Appellate Court’s order affirming the Trial Court’s Order that sustained a demurrer without leave to amend. Both higher courts approved and affirmed the ruling in Defendant’s favor. Plaintiff was a...Read More
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February 23, 2024
LA Jury Returns a Unanimous Defense Verdict Within 18 Minutes on a Disputed Liability Case Involving Surgery
On February 21, 2024, Marvin Velastegui obtained a defense verdict where an LA jury found no negligence on the part of the defendant. This case involved disputed liability as it was two vehicles approaching one another in a narrow residential neighborhood. The plaintiff and defendant had two different versions of how the incident occurred and the photographs depicted a minor impact. The...Read More
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