Glendale firm Colman Law Group is celebrating two fall 2019 court victories, back to back. First, Colman attorneys Jim Perkins and Dennis Newitt teamed up to take a defense verdict in a two-vehicle intersection collision case. Each driver claimed they had the right-of-way on a green light/green left turn arrow. The plaintiff sustained an ankle… Continue Reading
In April 2019, Jim Perkins and Brad Byszewski of Colman Law Group prevailed in a Los Angeles premises liability/slip-and-fall jury trial. Our client admitted negligence in this Los Angeles Superior Court case. Plaintiffs’ final settlement demand was $5 million on the eve of trial. The jury saw through it and shaved the net award down… Continue Reading
In November 2018, insurance defense litigator Jim Perkins of Colman Law Group earned a unanimous defense verdict in Orange County Superior Court. Our defendant, a young woman studying to be an optometrist, had rear-ended the plaintiff’s car on Highway 57. Our client admitted fault for the collision at the outset, which caused $2,300 in damage… Continue Reading
In July 2018, Jim Perkins of Colman Law Group defended a client who admitted rear-ending the plaintiff’s car in Buena Park on Western Avenue. The impact caused $2,782 in damage to the plaintiff’s 2006 Chrysler, and the defendant’s 2004 Chevrolet Malibu was a total loss. The plaintiff claimed neck and back injuries. She pursued care… Continue Reading
Jim Perkins, a Los Angeles insurance defense attorney with 60+ large exposure verdicts to his credit, added another win to his roster in July 2018. A partner at Colman Law Group, Jim took on this semi-truck versus car personal injury case three years into its four-year trek to the courtroom. The accident narrative centered on… Continue Reading
In spring 2017, Los Angeles-based insurance defense firm Colman Law Group successfully defended the firm’s oldest active case. The award was held to less than 25% of the demand in binding arbitration. The five-year-old case was based on a collision that happened on Hollywood Boulevard, for which the defendant acknowledged fault. He made an illegal… Continue Reading
Early on, attorney Michele Levinson of insurance defense firm Colman Law Group recognized several suspicious issues with this property claim. The premise The insured stated that his home was burglarized when he left for a job interview in another city. He maintained that he returned to find the kitchen door window broken and his belongings… Continue Reading
Glendale-based attorney Dan Everakes of Colman Law Group continues his run of triumphs in rental car cases. The Graves Amendment expert recently triumphed on his tenth Graves motion in Los Angeles Superior Court since the beginning of 2015. In each instance, Dan’s client was dismissed from the action and allowed to recover costs as the… Continue Reading
Colman Law Group attorney Michele Levinson represented a client who was involved in a relatively minor sideswipe car accident in Beverly Hills in 2013. The defendant’s vehicle was traveling at less than three mph through an intersection when it contacted the plaintiff’s car. The collision caused just over $300 in damages to the defendant’s car.… Continue Reading
In June 2015, Colman Law Group earned a noteworthy success in an Orange County binding arbitration. The firm represented a driver who rear-ended a family’s car, causing injury to several of the five occupants. The plaintiffs were seeking a seven-figure recovery, but the defense limited the award for all plaintiffs to $137,853. The plaintiff parents… Continue Reading