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Newest Trial Lawyer Skill - The "Confidential Settlement Smile"
Category: Ho Hum
Only in California could the confidential settlement of a lawsuit result in dueling attorney press conferences where the size of their respective smiles and grins became the main topic. It was something like, "My smile is bigger than your grin." Whatever happened to "Smile and the world smiles at you"?
By the way, the conduct that was the subject of this lawsuit was nothing to smile about.
'Slave' case settled as attorneys bicker
A Pebble Beach family accused in a lawsuit of treating two Sri Lankan employees as virtual slaves in their posh residences have settled the case for an undisclosed sum prior to a jury trial that was to begin this week.The settlement set off a war of words between the attorneys in the case, both of whom declared victory while declining to reveal terms of their agreement.
"It was settled to the satisfaction of all parties, and I have a big smile on my face," said Monterey attorney Larry Biegel, counsel for plaintiffs Asoka Jayasinghe and his wife, Lalitha Perera. "My clients are very happy with it and happy it's resolved."
Jeffrey Ryan, the San Jose attorney representing Enzo and Sarah Cecconi and her mother, Elizabeth Montegue, the Dowager Duchess of Manchester, said his clients, too, were happy and he was grinning "from ear to ear."
Jayasinghe and Perera claimed in their original lawsuit that they had been hired by Sarah Cecconi to care for Montegue, the widow of the 10th Duke of Manchester. They said Sarah Cecconi promised to help them get their immigration papers. Instead, they claimed, they were forced to live apart in the two households and to work 15-hour days, six days a week, for $1,000 a month, the equivalent of $2.35 per hour.
They also claimed the Cecconis and Montegue subjected them to racial slurs, refused to let them attend church and retaliated against them for filing a wage claim against the family by reporting the couple to immigration authorities.
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