May 30, 2021
Re-Trial of Hung Jury Results in Unanimous Defense Verdict After 40 Minutes with Liability Admitted
In May 2021, Michael Cody and Danielle Boyd secured a unanimous defense verdict in Fresno County in an admitted liability automobile accident case. The accident occurred in a rural intersection outside of Fresno in Kingsburg, California. Plaintiff, a 37-year-old married mother of 5 children was driving an SUV with two of her minor children in car, including her 8-month-old daughter. As...Read More
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March 19, 2021
Aggravation of Spinal Injury Award is a Fraction of Claimant’s Demand
On January 21,2021, Michael Cody and associate Michele Spencer obtained a successful binding arbitration award in a very contentious uninsured motorist claim. The claimant was a 55-year-old woman with significant pre-existing low back pain, radiculopthy, nerve compression and spinal stenosis. She claimed that she was injured when she was the front seat passenger in a vehicle being driven by...Read More
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January 26, 2021
Plaintiffs Accept Settlement Offer 12% of Demand After 4.5 Years of Litigation
On January 20th, 2021, Debra Braasch and co-counsel, settled a case for for $3,750,000 following a 998, policy limits demand of $31,000,000 from which plaintiffs refused to budge and steadfastly claimed was the value of this case for more than 3 years. The case involved a pregnant woman who was involved in an accident with an 80,000-pound dump truck. Although pregnancy was intact after the...Read More
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December 30, 2020
Successful Anti-SLAPP Motion Removes Defendant from Case
On December 18, 2020, Esther Choe of Macdonald & Cody, LLP obtained a favorable ruling in Orange County, granting Defendant’s anti-SLAPP motion and striking Plaintiffs’ entire unlimited complaint for malicious prosecution against Defendant. Defendant claimed to be the victim of fraud and manipulation by her business partners and friends as well as the attorneys that represented them. She...Read More
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November 25, 2020
Bicyclist v. SUV- Defense Verdict
November 2020, Nadin S. Said secured a defense verdict in Orange County. The accident occurred at the intersection of Lemon and Orangethorpe in Fullerton, California. The Plaintiff was a 60 year old bicyclist who was riding her bicycle against traffic on the sidewalk. As she approached the intersection, she claimed the pedestrian cross signal turned green and rode her bicycle into the roadway....Read More
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