Insurance claims are all over the board this year due to the global pandemic surrounding coronavirus. The lockdowns, the restrictions and the regulations dramatically shifted how everyone approaches their daily work. The same is true for insurance claims. Recently, a...
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Employers adapted the workplace for social distancing
On Behalf of The McMillan Law Firm, APC | Dec 16, 2020 | Blog
Many offices took precautions at the beginning of the pandemic, including working remotely, mask mandates in the workplace and even improved air filtration in certain corporations. However, one of the biggest challenges is social-distancing at work. To comply with the...
New protections may help businesses from major disasters
On Behalf of The McMillan Law Firm, APC | Dec 1, 2020 | Blog
Unfortunately, California experiences its fair share of natural disasters. From wildfires to earthquakes, many Californian residents fear for their lives and their properities whenever the news reports a major disaster. However, the state's insurance commissioner...
Grocery stores have to balance regulations and customer needs
On Behalf of The McMillan Law Firm, APC | Nov 25, 2020 | Blog
Grocery stores are always an essential business in terms of consumers who need groceries. However, the term "essential business" took on a whole meaning under the current state regulations. Both employees and customers now face a new experience in the grocery aisles....
A new tracking requirement creates new challenges
On Behalf of The McMillan Law Firm, APC | Nov 18, 2020 | Blog
California recently implemented a new requirement for all employers that creates some additional hurdles for business owners and employees alike. In mid-September, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a new Covid-19 requirement. The law creates an avenue for workers who...
Masks continue to be a debate in California
On Behalf of The McMillan Law Firm, APC | Nov 10, 2020 | Blog
Most Americans know there are widespread mask mandates in public areas, and many of those Americans are happy to follow that mandate and wear their masks whenever they shop. However, some California residents continue to fight the necessity of a mask. Businesses are...
Managing a Covid-19 outbreak in your business
On Behalf of The McMillan Law Firm, APC | Nov 3, 2020 | Blog
Many employers are tackling the pandemic head-on by adapting their stores, their business practices and even their business tactics. However, there is an important detail that business owners need to examine before the pandemic spreads, a potential outbreak. Certain...
Court Of Appeals Reverses Trial Court Grant Of Order Striking Complaint In Freeman V. Schack
On Behalf of The McMillan Law Firm, APC | Aug 26, 2007 | Blog
In a reversal for the defendants, the Fourth District Court of Appeals reversed an order granted by the San Diego Superior Court striking a malpractice action brought against an attorney. Indicating that the petition activity was incidental to the petition action...
New Decision On Costs And Effects Of Rejection Of CCP 998 Offer
On Behalf of The McMillan Law Firm, APC | Aug 26, 2007 | Blog
The Court of Appeals denied the challenge to the trial court’s award of costs finding that plaintiff’s pursuit of action in multiple capacities—individually, as successor-in-interest to her deceased husband, and as his legal heir—did not make her “multiple plaintiffs”...
Benitez v. Wilbur, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15018
On Behalf of The McMillan Law Firm, APC | Aug 26, 2007 | Blog
Plaintiff’s tenth cause of action was brought under the PAGA for alleged Labor Code Violations. Defendants argued that the Plaintiff’s failed to properly plead this cause of action because case law requires the claim to be plead as a class action, with all the...