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Class Actions

Christopher P. Wesierski (Senior Partner/Irvine Office) and Laura J. Barns (Associate/Irvine Office) recently settled a class action brought against a loan business after filing demurrers and motions to strike for an amount that was far less than the plaintiffs had demanded.

Laura J. Barns (Junior Partner/Irvine Office) filed a motion to quash for a pharmacist in a class action involving hundreds of plaintiffs and defendants, thereby extricating the client at the trial court level. The decision was affirmed on appeal.

Laura J. Barns (Junior Partner/Irvine Office) filed a demurrer on another class action brought against an insurance company involving hundreds of other insurance company defendants and won. The client was dismissed from the lawsuit.

Daniel J. Ford, Jr. (Of Counsel/Irvine Office) and Laura J. Barns (Junior Partner/Irvine Office) recently were able to successfully keep a proposed class action lawsuit involving the adjustment of hundreds and hundreds of property claims from being certified. The lead plaintiffs alleged that one single independent insurance adjuster had wrongfully miscalculated their repair estimates, such that they were unable to obtain a repair, typically caused by water damage, which would put their home in the condition before the water loss. Mr. Ford and Ms. Barns successfully convinced the court that there were too many variables in the types of claims being made for this to be appropriate for certification as a class action lawsuit.