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Innovative & Successful Trial Attorneys

At Matheny Sears Linkert & Jaime, LLP we take pride in our reputation as innovative and successful trial attorneys with decades of litigation experience. We are trial attorneys who actually try cases. The two named partners have been elected as members of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and many of our other attorneys have first-chaired their own trials. We have earned a statewide reputation for 

effective defense strategies that produce favorable resolutions, including dispositive motion and favorable settlements. If a case has to be tried, we are fully prepared to take the case to a jury-even on short notice and are proud of our track record.

Defending Catastrophic Exposure Cases Throughout California

We take pride in being a boutique trial firm capable of defending catastrophic exposure cases in a variety of scenarios that include personal injuries, products liability, transportation and trucking, premises liability, wildfire litigation, public entity (dangerous condition and sexual abuse), major construction defect cases, and employment litigation. Our ability to hold down damages using innovative litigation resolution strategies, effective dispositive motions, and trial spans the last 40 years. We are also proud of our record of defense verdicts in difficult cases.

Cases of Interest

Audish v. Macias (2024) 102 Cal.App.5th 740

Defense is permitted to questions about future eligibility for Medicare and the anticipated costs of medical treatments under Medicare. Audish (2024) 102 Cal.App.5th 740, 740.

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Sanchez v. Strickland (2011) 200 Cal.App.4th 758

Modifications of the original judgment that materially affect the rights of the parties and, therefore, is a substantial modification will restart the 60-day period for filing a notice of appeal.

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Cohen v. Superior Court (Shwartz) 2024 DJDAR 4955

Only the government, not private individuals, can bring claims under Gov Code 36900 for civil redress of municipal code violations, unless the private individual can prove that they fall into one of the distinct categories where there is an exception.

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