Jeff Levine has been elected President by the Board of the Leonard M. Friedman Bar Association. Prior to being elected President, Mr. Levine served as a Board Member, Membership Chair, and Associate Board Member to the Sacramento County Bar Association. The Leonard M. Friedman Bar Association, formed in late 2008, was named in honor of the late Justice Leonard M. Friedman, a prominent member of the Sacramento Jewish community and a jurist who served on the Sacramento County Municipal and Superior Courts, as well as on the California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District. The Association’s mission is to serve as an educational resource, voice and forum for Jewish attorneys and judges on issues relating to the practice of law, the courts, and the community.
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On November 6, 2006, a motor vehicle accident occurred at the intersection of Blue Ravine and Prairie City, in Folsom. Litigation ensued. Between the time of the accident and trial, plaintiff underwent two spine surgeries and a bowel surgery, all of which she attributed to the accident. Plaintiff’s claimed medical expenses exceeded $600,000. On behalf of the defense, Mr. Jaime argued that the liability was disputed and that plaintiff’s claimed damages were the result of a long-standing pre-existing condition. On March 14, 2013, after a nine-day trial, a Sacramento County jury awarded plaintiff $3,130.77 in economic damages and $3,000 in non-economic damages.
Civil Procedure – Landowner owed no duty to decedent because it had no knowledge of dangerousness of product, which was stored in drums that did not disclose it was hazardous
Policy language that each party will pay expenses it incurs in arbitration and bear expenses of arbitrator equally did not preclude recovery under Code of Civil Procedure Section 998
The Court determined that the sudden emergency doctrine applies to the emergency the party that is alleged to have been negligent faced, and it excuses that party’s behavior due to the emergency.