Hon. James J. Di Cesare, Ret.

Breach of Contract

• An employment case involving an international company.

Wage and Hour

• An employment case regarding a long-time employment relationship. Labor and Civil Code allegations with intentional torts.

Wage and Hour Class Action

• Wage and Hour Class Action involving claims of failure to provide meal and rest periods, failure to pay for all hours worked, and failure to reimburse for equipment used for business purposes, among others.

Wrongful Termination

• Mediated a wrongful termination case in which the plaintiff claims she was terminated due to medical leave requests.
• Mediated an employment case involving the discharge of a key employee.
• Mediated a case regarding the discharge of a key employee.

Bad Faith

• Mediated a case involving a residential homeowner's insurance policy.

Workers Comp Coverage Issues

• A case involving governmental liability in regard to electrical power and the maintenance of power facilities.

Medical Malpractice

• Arbitrated a medical malpractice case against a medical center.

Breach Of Contract

• Mediated a case involving a breach of contract for a listing agreement due to medical practice.
• Successfully mediated a complicated a real estate escrow case.
• Mediated a case involving fraud and breach of contract title issues.

Buy/Sell

• Mediated a case involving the partition and accounting relating to prime real estate.

Home Owners Association

• Mediated a homeowners association case.
• A real estate case involving housing discrimination.

Landlord/Tenant

• Mediated a real property dispute over the ownership of a property versus the trust.

Neighbor Dispute

• Litigation involving a neighbor property dispute.

Real Property

• A complex real estate transaction involving claims and cross-claims of fraud and misrepresentation, and quiet title in the acquisition of real property.
• A real estate property case involving a line dispute.
• Mediated a case involving a controversy relating to the sale of real property.
• Mediated a construction dispute involving the licensure of contractors and a subcontractor.
• Mediated a real property case involving commercial vehicle business and loans.
• Mediated a commercial real estate partnership dispute.
• Mediated a real property case involving the division of property.

Warranty of Habitability

• Handled a mediation involving infestation of a commercial property.

Assault and Battery

• Mediated an assault and battery case in a neighborhood.
• Mediated a case regarding assault and battery in a commercial setting.
• Mediated a case involving criminal conduct in an apartment building, which resulted in personal injury.

Catastrophic Injury

• Public liability case involving the maintenance of a roadway. The case involved a motorcycle and alleged failure to maintain a left turn pocket.

Personal Injury

• Resolved a highly disputed liability construction site personal injury case involving a very serious injury.
• Plaintiff tripped and fell on an open hole on public property sustaining injuries to her leg, ankle, and foot.
• Mediated a case where the plaintiff had a fall on public property.
• Mediated a government tort liability case involving a personal injury during a slip and fall.

PI Auto

• An auto v bike case in which the defendant did not stop and was followed by a witness who provided the license plate number to police. Low medicals involved.
• A case involving a truck versus an auto with major injuries.
• A case involving a big rig truck vs an ambulance collision. The driver of the truck fled the scene and continued his route.
• A public entity case involving significant injuries and a truck versus auto collision.
• A case involving a motorized bike versus pedestrians on a public road.
• A case involving a motorcycle collision on the freeway.
• Mediated a case involving a truck causing a personal injury. The truck lost a tire and hit a personal vechicle.
• Mediated a multi-vehicle case involving a big rig truck.
• Mediated a case with a truck and an automobile accident involving serious injury to minors.
• Mediated a case involving a truck and automobile accident.
• Mediated a truck case involving a big rig truck.
• Mediated a personal injury auto case involving a paraplegic middle-aged person.
• Mediated a personal injury auto case involving a truck.
• Mediated a personal injury auto case involving a big rig truck.
• Mediated a personal injury case involving an automobile and a motorcycle with major injuries.
• Mediated a case involving the negotiation of payment of personal money above the policy limit in a major damage case.
• Mediated a personal injury auto case involving a big rig and a truck.
• Mediated a personal injury auto case involving a rideshare company.
• Mediated a personal injury auto case involving a major big rig truck accident.
• Mediated a personal injury auto case involving a big rig truck from a major freight company.
• Mediated a personal injury auto case involving a truck from a major shipping company.
• Mediated a personal injury auto case involving a big rig truck.

PI Sexual Assault

• A case involving a minor plaintiff who was sexually assaulted by a government employee.
• Mediated a personal injury sexual assault case with child molestation involving a church employee.

PI Sexual Molestation

• A matter of child abuse involving an educational facility.

Policy Distribution

• A binding mediation on insurance proceeds.
• Multiple plaintiffs claim compensation as to tender of policy limit including minors.
• Mediated the distribution in a high-value injury case involving multiple parties.

Premises Liability

• A warehouse equipment accident involving severe injuries.
• A case involving assault and battery at a business establishment.
• A premises liability case involving hospital grounds.
• A multi-party trip and fall case involving government property.
• A trip and fall case in a parking lot over a tire stop at a national restaurant chain.
• Apartment complex water damage caused the ceiling to fall on the plaintiff causing injuries.
• Automatic equipment failure resulting in injuries at a large, national grocery chain.
• Mediated a case involving a slip and fall in a supermarket.
• Mediated a case involving a slip and fall at a hotel property.

Product Liability

• Case in which an auto product failure causes personal injury.
• Mediated a case with a discovery referee for depositions in major cases.
• Mediated a liability case involving automotive products.
• Mediated a product liability case involving forklift litigation.
• Mediated a case involving product liability in the automobile industry.

Settlement Allocation

• Multi-party auto vs bus collision involving major injuries including paraplegia. Mediation was to allocate the policy limits tendered by the insurance carriers to the numerous plaintiffs.

Toxic Torts

• A multiparty homeowners association matter involving home asbestos and extensive home remediation and subsequent damages.

Wrongful Death

• Mediated a personal injury auto wrongful death case involving multiple fatalities and multiple vehicle collisions.