Labor/Employment

■ Represented many former employees of fortune 500 companies in wrongful termination actions, whose injuries included total and permanent disabilities resulting in a structured settlements for life.

■ Represented key executives, including both the Founder/Chief Executive Officer and the President and members of the Board of Directors, of insurance company, in the equity merger negotiations, and drafting of buy-sell documents, including employment compensation and bonus agreements, stock option and purchase agreements. 

■  Represented client in legal malpractice action involving employment issues resulting in judgment in favor of the employee in excess of $1 million.

■ Represented terminated insurance representative in wrongful termination action resulting in jury verdict in excess of $700,000.

■ Represented and negotiated player contract terms for professional athletes, including the United States National Football League("NFL").

■ Represented employees in discrimination, sexual harassment, civil rights, termination, and retaliation claims, including against a prominent professional sports organization.

■ Represented key executive of national health insurance company, involving breach of contract, religious discrimination, and severance claims.

“I also recognize your contributions, hard work and dedication; that I could not have done this alone, but relied on you to navigate us through the legal process – which you did with much style, tact, and aplomb . . . I heeded your advice at every turn and we worked together to conquer the giant.”

Personal Injury

■ Represented parents in wrongful death matter of daughter against a major health care provider.

■ Represented parents against insurance company to recover death benefits for deceased son, resulting in the recovery of policy limits, and additional sums for bad faith insurance practices.

■ Represented husband and wife in a products liability matter against a national manufacturer following an explosion from a water heater resulting in serious burns, injuries, and permanent scarring, also involving recovery for the wife’s loss of consortium claim.

■ Represented mother and daughter, critically injured victims of a highway crash caused by the negligence of a drunk driver with recovery of policy limits from multiple insurance companies.

■ Represented in federal court a cruise ship passenger who suffered injuries from spewing fire which erupted on deck from the engine of the foreign-registered cruise ship while sailing in international waters, causing severe emotional and psychological injury.

■ Represented estate of deceased visiting professor from foreign country who died after being denied medical benefits under an ERISA health coverage plan

“This comes with sincere gratitude . . . thank you for all the hard work you did on our lawsuit.  You took our case when no one else would, and we really appreciate all the time and effort”.

Real Estate

■ Represented owners of residential home for construction defect and fraudulent non-disclosure with a jury verdict for full recovery.

■ Represented buyers in action for real estate non-disclosure against sellers.  Arbitration resulted in full recovery in favor of buyers, including attorney’s fees.  Sometime later, the opposing party wanted to become client and hired firm on multiple matters.

■ Represented commercial real estate tenant against property owner for substantial damages due to breaches of lease resulting from multiple construction code violations.

■ Represented landowners of ranch and other properties regarding property boundary disputes.

■ Represented joint tenant in partition actions involving historical and other properties.

■ Represented property owner against City for inadequate municipal drainage system which caused flooding and damage to rental complex. 

“Attorney Andrus was completely understanding . . . He was very positive but let me know what I was up against at the same time. He worked very hard for me and I was quite impressed with his ability to stand firm on negotiations”.

Civil Litigation

■ Represented oil company against claims of underground petroleum environmental contamination.

■ Represented elderly couple against mortgage lender for age discrimination in lending action.

■ Represented basketball league against competitor, obtaining injunctive relief  and monetary recovery for damages due to unfair competition and violation of trade secrets.

■ Represented family members in wills, trusts, and other estate disputes.

■ Represented property owner losses to land and structures in arson fire involving over 700 acres.

■ Represented elderly widow against moving company which added weight to an interstate move involving PUC regulation violations, with full jury verdict.

■ Represented business owner against City for breach of contract with full arbitration award.

■ Represented property owners in the United States against claims involving the Courts and claims in Pakistan. 

“In the end, he helped me more than I ever thought anyone could.  I will be forever grateful to Attorney Andrus for everything he has done for me.  I would certainly recommend him to anyone suffering a situation that is or seems to be out of their control”.

Disclaimer

Each case is different.  Results vary based on circumstances.  We do not, and cannot, guarantee outcomes.  Every case is handled based on its own merits.  Some information concerning settlements is not public.