 EBCA Vice President Chris Capels, of AIG, gave an amusing introduction of guest speaker Andy Kreeft, alluding the Low Ball & Lynch as the sister-firm to Dewey Cheatem & Howe. |
 EBCA President Kelly Sullivan, of Koning & Associates gets the March meeting under way. |
 EBCA President, Kelly Sullivan, of Koning & Associates, thanked Mr. Kreeft for his fine presentation that “enriched us all”. |
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EBCA Board Members Ray Depa, of Crawford & Co. and Tom McIver, of CRDN ran the raffle.
 Andy Kreeft's love for his work was very present with a lively case law review. |
 JoAnn Dean, of Primo Clean (subject of our April Member Profile); and Brook Miller (new last name that I don't recall - sorry Brook), of Restoration Clean-Up Company. |
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 EBCA Board Member, Tom McIver, of CRDN, calling out door prize winners. |
 Kevin Morgan, of Coast Construction, at the March luncheon meeting. |
 Guest speaker Andrew Kreeft, of Low Ball & Lynch. |
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Kreeft Enriches EBCA with Instructive and Lively Case Law Review
Andy Kreeft, Esq., of the Monterey offices of Low, Ball & Lynch gave a thorough and lively case law review at the March 12, 2008 EBCA luncheon meeting.
Following a lengthy segment of announcements, along with a heartfelt remembrance of the late Marlon England, Kreeft enriched the crowd of about 80 members and guests with his rundown of recent major insurance-related case law decisions.
An entertaining speaker, Kreeft demonstrated an ability to convey the meaning of some of these rather complex cases in layman’s terms, summarizing the net affect expected from each of the ten cases he covered.
Clearly loving the work he does, Kreeft delivered a lot of valuable information in what relatively brief time he had.
City of Santa Barbara v. Superior Ct (7/16/07) clarified “negligence” from “gross negligence”, stating that an injury wavier does not protect a city from acts of gross negligence.
A case that just came down Feb 5, 2008 and is now at the appellate level - Henry v. Superior Court - seeks to define proportionate liability under Prop. 51; specifically whether a hospital shares fault for plaintiff’s aggrevated injuries.
Ranging from “good old-fashioned common sense” in Biscotti v. Yuba City Unified School District (12/27/07), to the “willy-nilly” ramifications of the decision on Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress in Ra v. Superior Ct. (8/5/07), Kreeft demonstrated the diversity in decisions often found in California courts, and left the crowd feeling like they learned something.
 EAnother packed house at Zio Fraedo's filled the room to hear Andy Kreeft present his case law review. |
 That Bailey’s had Jack Tjeerdsma’s name all over it. Jack knew it even before he won the table centerpiece prize. Thanks to Kim Tamyao of Restoratioin Mgmt for the donation. |
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Then, it was the following evening,
Thursday, March 11, 2008,
that members and guests of the EBCA
gathered at Masse's in Walnut Creek
for a Pre-St. Patrick's Day Party event.
-see some photo highlights below
