Callahan & Blaine Prevails in AMI Services Case

A federal jury in Los Angeles has awarded $731,450 to Callahan & Blaine client AMI Services, Inc. of Huntington Beach, California, in its suit against Dominion Advertising for breach of contract. AMI was forced to sue Dominion Advertising, a Virginia-based company owned and operated by Brien Johnson, for breach of contract after Dominion refused to…

Congressional Report: Denial of Health Insurance Coverage at All Time High from 2007-2009

A recently released report from the House Energy and Commerce Committee, led by California Representative Henry Waxman, found that denial of individual health insurance policies increased almost 50% between 2007 and 2009, and that companies are denying more claims based on pre-existing conditions. Four of the largest insurance companies, WellPoint Inc., Aetna Inc., Humana Inc.,…

Callahan & Blaine Wins $1.4 Million in Arbitration in Lake Forest, California Real Estate Fraud Case

Daniel J. Callahan of Callahan & Blaine, recently represented Win Time, Ltd. against NCRS, Inc. of Anaheim, California in an extraordinary California real estate fraud case. The basis of the case is that NCRS, Inc. owned a Super 8 Motel which it sold to Callahan & Blaine’s client, Lake Forest, California-based Win Time. During the…

Callahan & Blaine Wins $57 Million in Litigation against One of California’s Largest Insurers

Surgin Surgical Instrumentation Inc. was a manufacturer of certain devices for cataract surgery and had about ten percent of the market with projected annual profits of $7 million when Alcon, a competitor, filed a series of patent infringement and unfair competition lawsuits against the company. Truck Insurance, a subsidiary of Farmers Insurance Group, denied Surgin’s…

In Business Litigation, Thinking in Terms of “Plaintiff” and “Defendant” Can Limit Your Options – and Rewards

Often when a business dispute arises, the party being sued accepts their role as defendant and takes a defensive stance against the charges levied. At Callahan & Blaine, we discourage our commercial and corporate litigation clients from thinking in narrow terms of “plaintiff” or “defendant.” When your company is attacked, you need a law firm…

Callahan & Blaine Wins Complex Business Arbitration for Orange County, California Medical Training Company

Callahan & Blaine recently won a half million dollar arbitration award for its client, Tustin Surgical Residency Managers, LLC or Orange County, California. During arbitration, Callahan & Blaine contended that Pacific Health Corporation, owner of several major hospitals in Southern California, and its flagship hospital, Tustin Hospital and Medical Center, Inc., failed to fairly pay…

Callahan & Blaine Wins $10 Million Settlement in Complex Insurance Litigation Arising from California Landslides

In 1993 there was a landslide in the Spyglass development area in Whittier, California. In the aftermath of the landslide, eight homeowners in the development sued the Spyglass Homeowners Association (HOA) for damages to their homes. Spyglass’ insurers also brought a declaratory relief action against the HOA. In return Spyglass brought an affirmative bad faith…

Orange County, California Small Business Man Battles Corporate Greed – and Wins!

Shortly after selling his Orange County, California appliance business to BAS Appliance Gallery (a subsidiary of Champ Industries of Houston, Texas), Ray Harmon discovered that the large corporation had no intention of paying nearly a million dollars that was still due on the purchase price. Harmon decided to take on the corporation, and filed suit…

Callahan & Blaine Wins Multi-Million Dollar Jury Verdict in Orange County Business Fraud, Breach of Contract and Theft Case

When Ronald and Mona Krebs decided to retire and sell their Orange County, California computer sales and service business, they used a business broker to find a buyer – Mr. Michael Kalashian of Nevada.  While they agreed to sell Kalashian their business, they did not agree to sell him substantial business assets consisting of a…

Callahan & Blaine Wins Largest Jury Verdict in Orange County, California History – $934 Million in Corporate Fraud Case

Beckman Coulter manufactures medical instruments for hospitals, clinics and research centers worldwide. One of these instruments is the LX20 Blood Analyzer; after a yearlong search process, Beckman Coulter decided to outsource the manufacture of the circuit boards to Dovatron Manufacturing, Inc. Beckman Coulter and Dovatron entered a partially written, partially oral contract in 1998 for…