Joseph Lucia

Joseph R. Lucia is an attorney on Rains Lucia Stern’s personal injury trial team. Joseph litigates catastrophic injury cases, including a high volume of on-duty peace officer cases and he has successfully opposed demurrer and summary judgment motions based on the firefighter’s rule.

Articles written by this author:

Protecting first responders from abuse of the firefighter’s rule

To prevent the defense attorney from playing fast and loose with the firefighter’s rule, know the exceptions

Eustace de Saint Phalle
Joseph Lucia

2015 October

The defendant is deceased, the heirs are cooperative and the damages exceed policy limits

The steps to reaching a pre-litigation settlement above the policy limits touch both tort and probate law

Joseph Lucia
David Brillant
Sarah Madan

2021 April