At the end of October 2014, Ken Martin and Barry Snyder obtained a defense verdict from a jury in a trucking case tried in Long Beach. Snyder Law, LLP was asked to take over the defense of the matter after the original defense attorneys recommended settlement of $425,000 to the insurance carrier. The carrier disagreed […] Read More

In a significant case handled by Snyder Law, LLP, a California Court of Appeal concluded this week in a written, published opinion that the FMCSRs (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations) do not apply to the process of unloading, where the transit is complete and unloading is occurring on private property. The court reasoned that the […] Read More

The Second District Court of Appeal recently considered another case in which the plaintiff sought to introduce unpaid medical bills as evidence of medical damages. The Court’s Opinion, found at Ochoa v. Dorado (2014) 228 Cal.App.4th 120, continues the evolution of Howell toward eliminating the relevance of unpaid medical bills entirely. In 2011, the Supreme Court of California laid […] Read More

For the past two decades, architects have somewhat successfully managed to keep their hands clean of the surge of construction defect litigation that has swept through California. They have been successful for two reasons: (1) many California contractors utilize general contracts drafted by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) that contain defense and indemnity language […] Read More