Case Studies Tell Our Clients' Stories

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Whether solving clients’ problems or preventing them in the first place, Archer Norris attorneys focus on closing deals, securing favorable verdicts and eliminating the risks of litigation. Here are case stories of how we work with clients across California and in other parts of the country too:

Appellate

• Seabright Inc. v. U. S. Airways
• Richards v. Sequoia Insurance Co. Inc. 
• Comcast Corp. v. National Union Fire Insurance Co.
• Baca v. Matheson, et al.
• Gondogdu v. King Mai, Inc.
• Arntz Builders v. City of Berkeley
• Lambert v. Carneghi
• Madden v. Summit View
• Urhausen v. Longs Drug Stores California. Inc.

Business

• Court sides with health district—achievement accomplished
• Complex negotiations - hospital returns to community control
• Partnering to rebuild tomorrow - workout helps developer build a new company
• Sweet deal - negotiated settlement for former Jamba Juice CEO
• Selling a multimillion dollar business - sale of a family-owned solid waste company

Environment & Natural Resources

• Marathon Legionnaires’ case - significant victory demonstrates our ability to successfully litigate and try large complex cases 
• Winning with science - defense verdict in a case involving mold claims
• Toxic causation on trial - Orange County jury awards defense verdict in asbestos case

Estate Controversies

• Trust administration claim resolved – favorable settlement in complex family trust dispute

Financial Services

• Defending lenders - team defeats preliminary injunction in Eastern District
• Partnering to rebuild tomorrow - workout helps developer build a new company

Insurance Coverage

• Defense verdict in insurance bad faith bench trial - judge finds no bad faith as matter of law

Intellectual Property

• Intellectual property victory against leading nutrition company in the U.S. in a bet-the-company case 

Litigation

• Motion for the defense – nation’s first class action against National Fraternities dismissed
• Full protection of the law - employment law victory for auto parts supplier despite threats of violence
• Corporate fender bender - extensive discovery helps win the case
• Home improvement - jury finds for the defense in on all causes of action
• Manufacturer absolved - indemnity agreement does not prescribe a duty to defend
• $1M trial victory - two jury trials yield defense liability verdict against CEO of plaintiff
• Victory follows three-week bench trial - court trial grants all equitable claims for local manufacturer
• Turning a case around - trial team obtains favorable $8 million verdict

On Call Trial Counsel

• California landslide trial - defense verdict due to expert demonstration of geological facts 
• Helping hand - favorable ruling in a wrongful death case
• Where’s the beef? – product liability win despite threat of adverse ruling
• A $3.4M threat disappears - defense verdict in $3.4M vehicular death case
• Accident reaps small reward - SF jury awards significantly less than pre-trial offer
• Solving a $5.6 million problem - defense verdict for leading supplier of specialty chemicals
• Turning a case around - trial team obtains favorable $8 million verdict

Product Liability

• Solving a $5.6 million problem - defense verdict for leading supplier of specialty chemicals

Real Estate & Land Use

• Development plan vindicated - land use findings support approval to develop 1,300 homes
• Partnering to rebuild tomorrow - workout helps developer build a new company
• Up, up and stay - prevent closing of local airport
• Developing a done deal - negotiate sale/acquisition of development project

Toxic Tort and Complex Asbestos Litigation

• Toxic causation - Orange County jury awards defense verdict in asbestos case

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