Selected Mediations

                                   

                                                                          AVIATION

• $8 million     4-party      Kansas - medical rescue helicopter crash with 4 casualties

 

                                   CONSTRUCTION

• $57 million   55-party     California - severe structural damage caused by subsidence conditions

• $42 million   60-party     California - 2,000 home suit, multiple defects, incl. soils & foundation issues

• $6.2 million  68-party     California -186 private homes involving primarily water intrusion & structural issues

• $6 million     22-party     California - 663 apartment units damaged by water intrusion

• $6 million     35-party     Maryland - 450 townhomes design errors/omissions involving roofs  

• $5.4 million  30-party     California - seaside condos constructed on poorly compacted soil

• $5 million     46-party     California - incorrect waterproofing, tiling & roofing slopes resulting in poor drainage

• $5 million     45-party     California - defective buttress caused cracked slabs in luxury homes

• $3.5 million  22-party     California - roof and skylight leaks in 250 condo units

• $1.7 million    5-party     N. Jersey – 3rd pty. damage, flood/drainage problems due to nearby highway project

• $1.5 million    6-party     Louisiana - poorly engineered curtain wall and tower

• $1.5 million    2-party     N. Jersey - warehouse construction delayed by engineering issues

• $1.4 million    5-party     California - multiple structure failures caused by addition of rock roof

• $1.3 million    6-party     Hawaii     - failed parking deck over commercial space

• $1.2 million    5-party     New York - extensive damage to historic church located near excavation site

• $900,000      18-party     California - water intrus./extensive cracking of concrete floor surface &topping slab

• $960,000      55-party     California - subsurface & surface water issues causing rusting in 120 units

• $800,000       8-party      New York - defective roofs on six hospital structures

• $750,000       6-party      N. Jersey – Liquidated damages in municipal project

• $750,000     12-party      California -127 unit com. high-rise  affected by roof & window related H2O intrusion

• $637,000     28-party      California - structural, electrical and HVAC issues

• $600,000       5-party      New York - faulty curtain walls on commercial building

• $500,000       5-party      Rhode I.   - defective design and installation of decorative facia

• $170,000       4-party      Arizona -    site conditions altered during trenching operation

 

                                  SUBTERRANEAN CONSTRUCTION

• $4.5 million   3-party     N. Jersey - 300 foot shaft excav. blow-out during slurry wall construct, causing

                                                                       subsidence in adjacent housing  and subway lines were jeopardized

• $4 million      3-party     New York – dispute re: changed site condition clause in sewer excavation project

• $3.5 million   4-party     Michigan -  construction delay due to changed site conditions

• $3 million      6-party     New York - unseasonable rains & spec. deviation in sewer excav. caused bldg collapse

• $2 million    13-party     California - failure of subterranean concrete slabs due to tar seeps subsurface 

                                                                        groundwater pressure in 168 unit apartment complex

 

                                    BUSINESS

• $2 million      2-party     New York - failure to secure building permits prior to zone changes

• $1.3 million   2-party     Arizona  - alleged conspiracy to eliminate minority distributor by micro-chip Co.

• $500,000       4-party     California - water access rights, property damage, crop failures

• $400,000       3-party     California - failure of seller to disclose foundation cracks

• $350,000       2-party     Florida  - dissolved partnership dispute over distribution of losses and equity

• $100,000       2-party     California - default on promissory note

 

                                     ENVIRONMENTAL

• $4 million     3-party      New York - hydroelectric plant dispute over water rights

• $3 million     6-party      Colorado  - community contaminated by mobile incinerator equipment

• $1.5 million  2-party      California - condos built on former toxic waste dump

• $1 million    25-party     Pennsyl  - condos built on former military toxic waste dump

• $1 million    10-party     Wyoming - contaminated site left by planting business

• $555,000       4-party     New York  - subsidence problems with sanitary landfill

 

                                  EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION, LABOR/MANAGEMENT

• $500,000       2-party     Massachusets  - minority interest shareholder fired in leveraged takeover

• $208,000       2-party     Minnesota  - tri-lingual personnel director fired by hotel

• $175,000       2-party     California - sex discrimination based on hostile work environment & retaliatory

                                                                          termination - (mediated in Spanish)

• $145,000       2-party     Georgia - racial bias in firing of minority manager

• $30,000         2-party     California - employer and union dispute RE: employee sick leave

• $1.2 million   2-party    NYC.  - workman’s compensation for Fast Track renovation

 

                                   INSURANCE COVERAGE

• $15 million 150-party    New Mexico - coverage denied in flood plain case

• $9 million    14-party     Ohio - developers/contractors denied coverage in subsidence case

• $2 million    14-party     California - seven carrier dispute over RV park construction coverage

• $800,000       4-party     Texas - developers/contractors denied general liability coverage for condo project

• $450,000       7-party     California - insurance coverage denied for defective home renovation

 

                                   PERSONAL INJURY/WRONGFUL DEATH

• $4.5 million   8-party    New York - 3 persons injured and 1 killed by inebriated driver

• $4 million      6-party    New York - worker killed during construction trenching operations

• $1.5 million   6-party    New York - worker electrocuted while installing fire insulation

• $250,000       6-party    New York - personal injury at construction site

• $165,000       2-party    New York - woman injured on bank's poorly installed carpet

• $45,000        3-party     New York - construction worker injured while loading debris box

 

                                   PROFESSIONAL MALPRACTICE/WRONGFUL DEATH

• $2 million     4-party     Louisiana - farm labor boss filed suit involving 3 law firms for alleged malpractice

• $1.5 million  5-party     California -wrongful death due to alleged physician/pharmacy error

 

                                   PRODUCT LIABILITY

• $4 million     4-party    New York  - serious P. injury from defective lawn tractor fire

• $3 million     2-party    California  - failure of turbines in municipal hydro-electric plant

• $3 million     2-party    S. Carolina  - alleged defects in custom manufactured packaging equipment

• $2 million     2-party    Maine  - alleged equipment failure in state emergency radio system

• $750,000      2-party    Michigan  - alleged defects in inter-mobile communications radios

• $700,000      2-party    Illinois  - alleged product failure of shrink wrap equipment

• $500,000      3-party    Illinois  - business losses allegedly attributable to faulty manufacturing equipment

 

                                   Medical Malpractice

• $2 million   3-party  Connect. - Dispute re: the severity of P.I. arising from Operating Theater Failure

 

  MEXICO                   PARTNERSHIP DISSOLUTION

 

• 70 million     4 party   Mexico -  4 Sibling dispute over equity positions re: 5 distinct manufacturing plants &

                                                                family’s multiple Real Estate holdings in four separate countries