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Litigation

Dec. 6, 2008

ABOTA Chapter President, a Civil Defender, Laments the 'Disappearing Trial'

Michael Ney, a civil defense lawyer in Walnut Creek, will be sworn in today as president of the San Francisco chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates.

By Dhyana Levey
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - The case of an inexperienced 16-year-old driver who sustained brain damage in a car accident appeared predictable - that is, until the case went to jury trial.

The developer and engineer of the road settled quickly with the boy's family. But the company that paved the road held out for a trial. In a surprising twist, the jury made the paver pay the developer's $2 million settlement and ano...

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