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    • CONFIDENTIAL

    Mar. 4, 2006
    Verdicts and settlements
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    Real Property
    Nuisance
    Trespass

    Confidential

    Settlement –  $235,000

    Judge

    Eric L. Labowitz

    Court

    Mendocino Superior


    Attorneys

    Plaintiff

    Barri Kaplan Bonapart


    Defendant

    David Gossage

    Landa S. Morris

    Karl H. Schmidt
    (California Dept. of Transportation)

    Bruce A. Behrens

    David N. Sandler


    Experts

    Plaintiff

    Raymond F. Moritz
    (technical)

    Defendant

    Frank Mileham
    (technical)

    Facts

    The plaintiff is Donald Morosi. The defendant is the state of California. The defendant paid $235,000 as part of a settlement. This was for damage to trees on the plaintiff's property. The plaintiff's property was burnt by fire in 2002. The plaintiff claimed that the fire was caused by a CalTrans employee's improper operation of a road grader. The fire affected surrounding properties, including the plaintiff's.

    Settlement Discussions

    This case was settled at a mandatory settlement conference.

    Result

    The settlment result was for $235,000.


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