SMTD Law LLP partners Jonathan Dunn and Ali Salamirad will be discussing the Crosno decision and its impact on contractors and sureties in California at the September 23, 2020 National Association of Surety Bond Producers Virtual Event. Learn more about the event here: https://learn.nasbp.org/virtual-event-2020
SMTD Law’s Mike Timpane and Ed Stepans recently obtained a Final Award in favor of its general engineering contractor client who was pursuing direct claims and delay related damages on a $35M municipal composting facility. After six days of hearing, the arbitrator awarded SMTD Law’s client 201 days of compensable [...]
SMTD is Pleased To Announce Significant Verdict In SMTD Law Client’s Favor The Case After 4-1/2 years, and extensive settlement efforts for naught, SMTD Law LLP is pleased to report that a 7-week jury trial resulted in complete vindication of SMTD Law’s contractor client on a multi-million dollar water-treatment project. [...]
SMTD Obtains Unanimous Jury Verdict for Surety Client; Defeats Indemnitors’ Fraud Claim & Secures Award of 100% of its Client’s Attorneys’ Fees and Costs On May 9, 2016, after a six day jury trial in Orange County Superior Court (CA), SMTD’s Jeff Hook obtained a unanimous verdict on behalf of [...]
Congratulations to SMTD partner Michael Timpane and Edward Stepans for defeating a class action certification motion in Ruvalcaba, et al. v. Consolidated Concepts Inc., et al., Superior Court of California, County of Solano Case No. FCS 039248, on behalf of their surety client. Seventeen plaintiffs represented a class of over [...]