Law Firm Serving California's Nevada City, Grass Valley & Surrounding Communities
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Allan S. Haley's Professional ProfileAllan Haley is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School who returned to his home town of Nevada City after practicing admiralty and personal injury law for ten years with a firm in Honolulu, Hawaii. (You can read more about his personal background here.) While in Hawaii he represented beer and wine wholesalers in a successful challenge to Hawaii's liquor tax law that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Since taking up practice in California, Allan has participated in a number of cases that have resulted in significant decisions at the appellate level. For examples, see:
Allan once persuaded a panel of the Ninth Circuit, for example, that the time was ripe to abandon the judge-made Feres doctrine, which prevents persons in military service from suing for injuries suffered in military hospitals while on active duty. (In contrast to those in our armed forces, persons injured in government hospitals while they are prisoners in a federal prison may sue the government for negligence.) The panel subsequently reversed its own decision after getting a strong signal from the United States Supreme Court that it was not going to approve any changes in the Feres doctrine, and that it was up to Congress to fix anything wrong. Allan was not as successful in persuading the Ninth Circuit that the Death on the High Seas Act did not apply to a man who died as a result of an injury received while disembarking a cruise ship in a harbor in Mexico; the court held that the territorial waters of Mexico were the "high seas" for purposes of the Act. The decision was unnecessary in light of the substantial legislative history which Allan presented in his brief, showing that the drafters of the Act meant the term "high seas" in the sense that common persons understand it—the waters which are twelve or more nautical miles from the coast of any country. Allan considers it remarkable that over eighty-five percent of the decisions in civil cases in both the state and federal courts in California are affirmed on appeal. In what other profession are the people who make the initial decisions right nearly nine times out of ten? The result is that outcomes at the trial level in this State usually are not turned around on appeal, and we advise our clients that only exceptional miscarriages of justice warrant the time and expense of an appeal. (Of course, if the other side appeals a judgment you obtained against them, we can assist you in trying to have it affirmed.)
Contact Haley & Bilheimer, Attorneys at LawLegal Services for Nevada City, Grass Valley and Surrounding Areas
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