The plaintiff, a self-made man living the “American Dream,” should be enjoying the fruits of his hard earned labor. But, after a devastating mesothelioma diagnosis, he has been battling for justice in a drawn out asbestos trial for months.
LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles jury ruled in favor of a man and his wife concluding an asbestos trial that has taken three months...
American Association for Justice Honors Gary Paul with One of its Highest Awards for Distinguished Service
LOS ANGELES – July 25, 2016 – Waters Kraus & Paul partner Gary M. Paul has been awarded the prestigious Leonard Ring Champion of Justice Award by the American Association for Justice (AAJ) and presented by AAJ President Larry Tawwater. The award...
Jury finds Asbestos Equipment Supplier Responsible for Salem, Oreg. Man’s Mesothelioma.
OREGON – A Portland jury has awarded a $5 million asbestos verdict to Charles Eastridge and his wife, the plaintiffs in a mesothelioma lawsuit against gasket supplier Mar-Dustrial. Mr. Eastridge was diagnosed with mesothelioma last year. The jury determined that his cancer was...
Waters Kraus & Paul Clients and Former Manager Team Blows the Whistle on Holiday Retirement’s False Claims Act Violations Against the VA and Medicare.
On Friday, May 6th, it was announced that Holiday Acquisition Corp. and Fortress Investment Group, LLC (collectively Holiday) agreed to pay $8.86 million to settle alleged False Claims Act violations. The lawsuit...
– DALLAS – Two Waters Kraus & Paul Attorneys Recognized Among State’s Young Up-And-Coming Lawyers.
Waters Kraus & Paul partner Gibbs Henderson and attorney Patrick Wigle have been selected for inclusion on the Texas Rising Stars list. The list will be featured in the April 2016 issue of Texas Super Lawyers magazine – Rising Stars...
Press Release from Texas Civil Rights Project.
Austin, TX – In a lawsuit filed this morning in a San Antonio federal court, the Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) challenged voter registration procedures at the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). As the Complaint explains, Texas is violating the U.S. Constitution and federal law by refusing to register eligible...
Three Waters Kraus & Paul Partners Recognized Among State’s Top 5% of Lawyers by Peers
Waters Kraus & Paul partners Gary Paul, Michael Armitage, and Scott Frost have been selected for inclusion on the Southern California Super Lawyers list published in the February 2016 issues of Southern California Super Lawyers magazine by Thomson...
1. The False Claims Act (“Act”) is over 150 years old. The Act, originally known as the Lincoln Law, after its original proponent, President Abraham Lincoln, was implemented during the Civil War. The Act was a response to war profiteering by federal contractors who attempted to defraud the government by selling inadequate firearms and horses.
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December 28, 2015 – Filing a complaint expeditiously for a whistleblower and her lawyer is a top priority for experienced qui tam attorneys. As we previously discussed in the article titled, Reporting Fraud by Filing a Qui Tam Case, timeliness is of the essence to meet the first to file rule. And if the whistleblower’s case has jurisdictional defects, it has to be dismissed and...
Gary Paul, a partner in the Los Angeles office of Waters Kraus & Paul, talks to the Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC) about the case regarding Davis v. American Standard, et. al. In this 2008 video clip, Gary discusses the challenges of representing the asbestos plaintiffs, like the Davis family, in naval asbestos-mesothelioma case. This video was shown at the CAOC’s Annual...
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