Palmer Law Group, a Professional Law Corporation

04/22/2024

Axial Mfg., Inc. Prevails in Lawsuit Against WheelImage Corporation

[April 3, 2024, Anaheim, California] – “As counsel to Axial Manufacturing., Inc., we are delighted to announce that Axial has emerged victorious in the lawsuit brought against Axial and various Axial employees and others by WheelImage Corporation, owned by Adel Batarseh and his son David Batarseh. The Honorable Judge James V. Selna dismissed the WheelImage litigation without granting WheelImage the opportunity to amend its first amended complaint,” said William Palmer. The final ruling by Judge Selna unequivocally favored Axial, stating that "Given that WheelImage does not own a valid, protectable mark [Trademark] and Axial is the assignee of the AL13 mark [Trademark], the Court finds that WheelImage will not be able to correct the deficiencies in its FAC [First Amended Complaint]."

William W. Palmer, attorney for the Axial defendants, commented, "In other words, WheelImage does not own the AL13 Trademark – it never did - and if any member of the public purchases a counterfeit rim of the AL13 brand from anyone other than Axial, then the consumer is being deceived and is not receiving the high-quality production that made Axial’s AL13 world-famous."

Additionally, three former employees, Wrigley Corales, Charles “Vince” Orozco, and Cynthia Acquino, who are currently employed by WheelImage, are being sued by the Estate of Darwin Wongkar in Orange County Superior (Probate) Court Case No. 30-2022-01282326-PR-LA-CMC. That lawsuit alleges the three employees – Corales, Orozco, Acquino – engaged in acts of conversion, fraud, and unjust enrichment based on their involvement in a scheme related to the attempted sale of the AL13 brand and other related acts.

“We must emphasize,” said Mr. Palmer, “that any orders placed through WheelImage are not authentic, potentially actionable, and will not be covered by any warranties. Furthermore, we alert the public that Axial's website is currently compromised and the only legitimate means of contact with Axial are through [email protected] or by calling (657) 239-0820. This will be remedied shortly.”

“Axial Mfg., Inc. remains committed to upholding the integrity of its brand and will continue to take legal action against any unauthorized use or distribution or purchase of its products,” said Palmer.

For further inquiries, please contact:
William W. Palmer, Esq.
Palmer Law Group, a PLC
(310) 984-5074

05/09/2023

On April 26, Mr. Palmer and the firm filed a Petition For Review to the California Supeme Court. We represent our client (Plaintiffs and Petitioners) to challenge the actions of the State Controller under the color of California's Unclaimed Property Law. This case and other related action allege the Controller seizes private property, such as stock, safe deposit box contents, private savings, and divests known owners of the property without constitutional notice and due process in violation of the Fifth and the Fourteenth Amendments.

We will keep you informed on the developments of all related cases as we are currently working with lawyers in other states such as Delaware, New Jersey and New York to further the cause.

04/19/2023

Last week, Mr. Palmer and the firm filed a Petition For Review to the California Supeme Court. We represent our client (Plaintiffs and Petitioners) to challenge the actions of the State Controller under the color of California's Unclaimed Property Law. This case and other related action allege the Controller seizes private property, such as stock, safe deposit box contents, private savings, and divests known owners of the property without constitutional notice and due process in violation of the Fifth and the Fourteenth Amendments.

We will keep you updated of the development of the case and other related actions.

02/15/2023

Follow-up on the last post:

Our client, the South American family has confirmed the receipt of the funds our firm secured from the State of Delaware.

The payments are for the "recovery of assets held by the State of Delaware" after our office thoroughly conducted the research and submitted the state with sufficient documentation.

It is indeed a triumph following several years of frustration with the State's misapplication of the Unclaimed Property Law.

In an effort to right the wrongs committed by other states and assist the claimants in reclaiming their assets, our office is now engaged in similar cases around the nation.

01/17/2023

We are pleased to announce that, on behalf of our clients, a family in South America, we have received a letter from the State of Delaware informing us that we would be receiving two payments totaling about 2.5 million dollars.
The payments are for the “recovery of assets held by the State of Delaware” after we thoroughly conducted the research and provided the state with sufficient documentation. Our team will work continuously with related parties to ensure the return of unclaimed property to the family.

01/12/2023

Mr. Palmer is featured in LAW360 Pulse as one of two attorneys that represent individual investors or the executors or heirs of estates who filed a class action suit against Delaware and state officials alleging that its misapplied Unclaimed Property Law.

The link to the article is as follows,

McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP and Palmer Law Group PLC are representing investors in a proposed class action alleging that Delaware has misapplied its Unclaimed Property Law so it can seize, sell or destroy private property without notice to the owners.

11/08/2022

On Wednesday, a number of investors filed a proposed class action lawsuit against Delaware state officials, alleging that the state had improperly applied the Unclaimed Property Law, allowing it to seize, sell, or destroy private property without the owners’ knowledge and thus acting as a “feudal lord” to generate revenue.

Mr. Palmer, as a lead counsel of the lawsuit, represented the plaintiffs. The lawsuit will now join the litigation against California, New Jersey, and other states soon to follow. Our lawsuit tells the other side of this ridiculous “escheatment” situation and its devastating impact on investors and consumers.

See the link below as the lawsuit was featured on LAW360 as a short legal story.

https://www.law360.com/articles/1546172

06/24/2022

After over 3 years of litigation and work on behalf of an elderly 89-year old victim who lost his new home, guesthouse, outbuildings, pool, and beautiful ancient oak trees during the Napa Fire, which was started by PG&E’s power lines, we are pleased to announce the decision. Given the difficult circumstances faced by the long line of fire victims, the clients (the elderly father and his son) had hoped to achieve a $750,000 damages payment, but the Napa Fire Federal Bankruptcy Trustee awarded the father and son a total of $3.9 million, or over 5x what the family hoped to receive. We thank the Federal Bankruptcy Trustee and their legal team for working patiently through the process and for their professionalism and thoughtfulness. Congratulations to our clients!

02/15/2022

Mr. Palmer has significant transactional experience and has written business plans, including a business plan that was accepted by the Fortune One Company, and has written a variety of stock purchase and redemption agreements, buy-sell agreements, creation of various business entities, mergers and acquisitions, and handled all manners of large and small business work and government filings.

Mr. Palmer has significant private practice insurance coverage experience and drafted the manuscript risk pool (insurance) coverage for roughly 180 of California’s schools, including Kindergarten (K) through Ninth (9th) grades, and the Community Colleges. Mr. Palmer has written over 300 insurance coverage analyses and opinions in plaintiff and defense cases, and he is routinely called to testify on behalf and assist the State and Federal Governments on complex insurance cases.

01/13/2022

Mr. Palmer wrote the “Fifteenth Annual International Law Symposium N**i Gold and Other Assets of the Holocaust: What Happens Next?,” 20 Whittier Law Review 122 (1998). This review article provides a detailed plan for the resolution of the life and property casualty insurance benefits owed to victims of the Holocaust atrocities and genocide.

Mr. Palmer then wrote the Budget Change Proposal (or BCP) for the State of California that created the funding mechanism for the plan, which was folded into Senator Tom Hayden’s Senate Bill (SB 1530) that allowed California to create the International Holocaust Commission. This piece of legislation, carried by Senator Hayden (D), was signed into law by Governor Pete Wilson (R). Amazingly, Sen. Hayden, who was known as a Vietnam War activist, and Governor Wilson, a United States Marine who served in Vietnam, had not spoken with one another during Governor Wilson’s entire term in office, but both supported this piece of legislation. Mr. Palmer was presented with the Governor’s signing pen and the original legislation as a gift recognizing his work on creating the law.

The Holocaust Insurance reparations law, prepared by Mr. Palmer, was later endorsed by Presidents Clinton and Bush, and the law was reviewed by the United States Supreme Court, and found to be constitutional in American Insurance Association v. Garamendi, 539 U.S. 396 (2003). Mr. Palmer worked in the United States and overseas in Europe, pro bono (at his cost), to implement SB 1530, and was later called as one of the lead witnesses in the AIA v. Garamendi case, as discussed above. Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Mr. Palmer in a personal letter (dated May 2, 1999) for his “determined efforts to achieve justice on the issue of Holocaust Era Insurance Claims.”

12/21/2021

Our office prevailed on behalf of our gracious client Mr. Benson Kane and his family. Plaintiff’s attorneys’ effort to have our client substituted in as a Judgment Debtor has failed and is dismissed by the Court “with prejudice.” We enjoyed working with this good man and congratulate Mr. Kane and his family on this big win!