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With over 35 years of experience serving clients throughout the California and Sacramento area, the Sacramento employment lawyers at Mastagni, Holstedt, Amick, Miller & Johnsen have gained expertise in civil law matters. Some of their most famous work has been related to cases involving police officers, firefighters, and other public safety professionals. These cases look at fascinating claims that come up at the bargaining table and in the courtroom.

The firm‘s legal services include:

• Labor and Employment Law
• Wage and Hour Limitation
• Personal Injury
• Workers’ Compensation
• Disability Retirement
• Social Security Disability Appeals
• Public Employment Contract Negotiations
• And more

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In April 2006, Sheila LaBarre was charged with first-degree murder in the killings of boyfriends Kenneth Countie and Michael Deloge on her farm in Epping, NH. When LaBarre was tried in 2008, defense attorney Brad Bailey argued that his client was not guilty by reason of insanity.

In his opening statement, Bailey described Sheila LaBarre as a delusional woman. He said she killed both men based solely on fictitious delusions and assured the jury there would be no question of LaBarre‘s insanity by the time the trial was finished.

The defense claimed LaBarre believed she had died and was sent back to earth as an avenging angel. She also believed every man she knew was a pedophile and a victim of incest, and it was her job to kill them.

LaBarre was convicted of the two murders and her plea of insanity was rejected. She was sentenced to life in prison. In January 2010, her attorneys filed an appeal claiming the trial judge should have thrown out evidence that was gathered without a warrant.

To learn more about the Sheila LaBarre trial, watch the video of Brad Bailey‘s opening statement. You can also find more courtroom videos throughout our site.

In 2008, Dale Neumann and his wife Leilani were charged with second degree reckless homicide for neglecting to take their 11-year-old daughter, Kara Neumann, to the doctor when she became ill. Kara died from undiagnosed but treatable diabetes.

The Neumanns saw Kara‘s illness as a test of faith and believed that prayer would heal her. They felt that taking her to the doctor would have been putting the doctor before God. Leilani Neumann had already been convicted of second-degree reckless homicide before her husband‘s trial began.

In his closing arguments, Dale Neumann‘s defense attorney, Jay Kronenwetter, admitted that what Neumann did was wrong. However, he argued that Neumann was not aware that his turning to faith healing instead of a doctor was causing Kara bodily harm. Therefore, he should not be found guilty of second-degree reckless homicide.

Assistant District Attorney Lance Leonhard argued that Dale Neumann watched his daughter suffer and that he "ignored his obligations as a parent." He cited Neumann‘s own observations of Kara‘s illness as proof that he knew she needed medical intervention.

After over 15 hours of deliberation, Dale Neumann was convicted of second-degree reckless homicide and faced up to 25 years in prison. However, in an unconventional move, Judge Vincent Howard sentenced him and his wife to just one month in jail each year for six years and 10 years probation.

To learn more about the reckless homicide charge and trial, watch video of the closing arguments and reading of the verdict. You can also find more courtroom videos throughout our site.

Former Superior Bank executive Alan Schein took accounting giant Ernst & Young to court, alleging the company was guilty of accounting malpractice and fraud in its audit of Superior Bank‘s books.

In the accounting fraud case, Schein‘s lawyers argued that Ernst & Young failed to detect financial manipulations that culminated in the bank‘s 2001 seizure by federal regulators. Alan Schein sought at least $200 million dollars in damages.

Unfortunately, Superior Bank‘s failure was just a small foreshadowing of what was to come in the years ahead.  From 2008 through the first half of 2010, 251 U.S. banks failed. The same type of overvaluation of assets that was responsible for the demise of Superior Bank caused a liquidity shortfall in the U.S. banking system, which triggered the current financial crisis

In the Alan Schein case, the jury ruled that Ernst & Young LLP must pay $10.2 million in actual damages to Schein. The jury did not find evidence of fraud and, therefore, did not award punitive damages.

To learn more about the Alan Schein case, watch a video of the plaintiff‘s attorney, Jack Scarola, as he delivers his opening statement. You can also find more courtroom videos throughout our site. Our collection includes a library of videos on criminal law, courtroom battles, disability, and much more.