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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Jun. 7, 2014

Michael Ney

Ney's strategy of persistent and tenacious follow-up after mediations often helps bring the parties together, attorneys say.


By Hadley Robinson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Michael Ney worked relentlessly to try to settle the case of a good Samaritan who pulled over to help a person who skidded off the road, only to be struck and killed by another driver once he exited the car.


It was a complicated case, involving previous accidents, multiple parties accused of liability and various injuries. All the parties settled, save the primary defendant Contra Costa County, wh...

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