Ventura County Real Estate Attorneys
Finally your questions answered and we’re with you every step of the way. The advantages of retaining a sole practitioner include the fact we know your case thoroughly — inside out and upside down. You and your case receive the close attention you know it deserves. We are thorough, knowledgeable and relentless. An added bonus is you always get to deal directly with the with the person that’s there to keep you safe.
Real Estate
Home is important. We believe it paramount to take the time to address each client’s individual needs and concerns involving real estate. We love the law, we love the research involved in finding the best possible solution and outcome for our clients — even after 36 years.
Medical Malpractice
When choosing a lawyer, you want one who is honest, knows the law, is thorough, responsive and communicative. Especially when it comes to your or a loved one’s health. You want one who is reasonably priced, experienced, and will give you and your case the personalized service it deserves.
Legal Malpractice
To help you identify when the lawyer’s actions are malpractice, consider the following:
The lawyer stopped working on your case. If the lawyer ignores your case and your concerns, there is a good chance that it is going to end up turning into malpractice.
Insurance
During our years of working for insurance companies, we have amassed a wealth of experience. This makes us highly qualified to navigate and litigate the labyrinth of Insurance Law.
Real Estate & Medical Malpractice To Know
Association Insurance Primer
Insurance is a little like plumbing or the internet: You’re not really sure how it works, but you’re happy to know it’s there when you need it.For more than 20 years, the National Association of REALTORS® has provided its institutes, societies, councils, state and...
Potential Lawsuit: Stem Cell Therapy Legal News and Lawsuit Information
Stem cell treatments have been defined as both miracle treatments and snake oil. The public has heard from researchers and licensed doctors, unlicensed frauds and for-profit companies that stem cell therapy can regenerate hair and organs, cure cancer and emphysema,...
Your Home Is Here
We have extensive experience with “Real Estate” Litigation. Our 36 years of practice also include years as insurance company counsel. This has resulted in extensive experience in the areas of Medical/Legal Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Insurance Bad Faith, and All Torts, such as personal injury, malicious prosecution, abuse of process, libel, slander, fraud, and interference with business.
Judges presiding over courtrooms have said Malcolm R. Tator is, “one of the top three attorneys in the county.” It has also been said of Malcolm R. Tator he can “locate laws no one else finds.”
REAL ESTATE FRAUD LAW
Real estate fraud can be committed a number of ways. The most common is through a false statement on the required disclosure forms in California real estate sales. However, fraud can also be committed by an intentional omission from a partial revelation. Fraud can be committed without words by acts creating a false impression. Fraud can be committed by undue influence on a mentally weakened individual. Fraud can be committed by cheating someone out of an inheritance. Interestingly fraud can also be committed by entering a contract with no intention of performing.
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW
Medical malpractice isn’t proved by just a bad result or a mistake committed by a doctor. It must involve an unreasonable mistake that wouldn’t be made by a reasonably careful physician, nurse, or chiropractor, etc. in similar circumstances. Usually medical malpractice law must be proved through testimony of an expert witness, but there are two main exceptions. The first is the common sense exception where a jury would know whether something was done improperly without an expert, such as leaving a clamp or a sponge in a patient, or sometimes failing to take x-rays. (Note courts are very austere in applying the exception.) The other main exception is the failure of a doctor, etc. to gain the informed consent of a patient by not revealing something an average patient would want to know.
LEGAL MALPRACTICE LAW
Legal malpractice results when a client is damaged and would have obtained a better result, if an attorney had acted as a reasonably careful attorney would have acted. The legal malpractice can be in litigation or it can be in a transaction arranged by the attorney. It can result by failure to communicate with the client. It can result from lacking learning and skill in an area of law. It can result from the failure to investigate or to attend hearings. It can arise from the failure to file or serve a complaint. It can arise from abandonment of a client. It can arise from failing to adequately supervise subordinates. However, just because an attorney made a mistake, does not establish that he/she committed malpractice. Remember it must be a mistake careful attorneys would not make.
INSURANCE COMPANY LIABILITY LAW
An insurance company can be liable to its insured in a number of ways. The obvious way is failing to pay a claim it owes. However there are other ways. For instance, an extremely important benefit of a homeowner’s, business, or automobile policy is the duty of the insurance company to defend its insured in negligence cases brought by third parties. In some instances, that duty even extends to charges of intentional wrongs done by the insured. The carrier can be liable for failure to defend its insured. An insurance company can also be liable when it injures its insured through unreasonable conduct. For instance, an insurance company can be liable to its insured for failing to settle a case against the insured. Sometimes it can be liable for delay in settlement. It can be liable for failure to investigate claims thoroughly. It can be liable for failing to evaluate a claim objectively. It can be liable for favoring one insured over another. It can be liable for abusive conduct such as intimidating witnesses, misrepresenting coverage, taking a hostile attitude, making groundless accusations, threatening to rescind a policy, or arbitrarily cutting off benefits. Learn more about our Insurance Law specialty.
California Fraud, What Should You Know?
The statute of frauds requires that certain contracts be in writing, signed by the defendant. Those contracts included those dealing with land (this is including mortgages), performance taking more than a year, surety arrangements, and marital agreements. California...
Does Your Attorney Need Malpractice Insurance?
When hiring an attorney, be sure he/she has malpractice insurance. Otherwise the attorney can make a catastrophic error for you, go bankrupt, and leave you without remedy.
Catch Fraud Before It’s Too Late
The easiest way to establish fraud in a real estate sale is to show a false assertion on a required disclosure statement. Call us for more information.
Scamming The Deed Of Trust
Watch out for scams suggesting banks are making fraudulent loans by not signing a Deed of Trust. Only the lendee, not the lender, needs to sign. Don't pay $3500 for someone to make a claim to the Department of Justice.
When Your Husband Or Boyfriend Just Aren’t Enough On Title
Ladies, don't let your husbands or boyfriends be the only one's on title. To prove your co-ownership often requires an extra heavy burden of proof.
Does Your Attorney Have Malpractice Insurance?
Before hiring an attorney, check whether he or she has malpractice insurance. If the attorney doesn't, that has three bad implications. First, it may indicate carelessness. Second, it may indicate a bad track record, so that the attorney can't get affordable...
When Burden Shifts To Defense You Can Lose
Usually plaintiffs have the burden of proof, but sometimes the burden is shifted to the defense. An important shift occurs when issues other than punitive damages revolve around defendant's financial dealings. Defendant must produce records. (If there are no...
How Fast Should You Act On Claims?
Claims involving the same transaction can be lost forever if not asserted in the first lawsuit. Serial lawsuits generally are barred.
Three Exceptions For Expert Witnesses
Medical malpractice cases are the most difficult cases to win. That is primarily because most all of them require an expert witness to testify that the defendant doctor failed to meet the standard of care set by other doctors. Often the defense can find a witness...
What’s Needed for a Good Contingency Lawsuit?
For a good contingency lawsuit, there must not only be a legally recognized wrong, but damages caused by the wrong. Other lawsuits will require payment to the attorney along the way.
California Fraud, What Should You Know?
The statute of frauds requires that certain contracts be in writing, signed by the defendant. Those contracts included those dealing with land (this is including mortgages), performance taking more than a year, surety arrangements, and marital agreements. California...
Does Your Attorney Need Malpractice Insurance?
When hiring an attorney, be sure he/she has malpractice insurance. Otherwise the attorney can make a catastrophic error for you, go bankrupt, and leave you without remedy.