| Year |
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| 2013 |
Corenbaum v. Lampkin (2013) 2013 Cal.App. LEXIS 342 (amicus)
Court of Appeal holds unpaid amount of medical bills inadmissible to show future medical or noneconomic damages
Robert A. Olson
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| 2013 |
Stoltenberg v. Ampton Investments (2013) 215 Cal.App.4th 161
Deciding an issue of first impression in a published decision, the Court of Appeal grants GMSR’s motion to dismiss the defendants’ appeal from an $8.5 million fraud judgment under the “disentitlement doctrine”
Marc J. Poster
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| 2013 |
Los Angeles County Flood Control District v. Natural Resources Defense Council (2013) __ U.S. __, 11-460
United States Supreme Court held that the Ninth Circuit erred in holding the Los Angeles County Flood Control District liable for violations of the Clean Water Act
Timothy T. Coates
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| 2012 |
Cardio Diagnostic Imaging, Inc. v. Farmers Group, Inc. et al. (2012) 212 Cal.App.4th 69
Affirming judgment for GMSR’s client, Court of Appeal holds that insurance policy exclusion for damage caused by water that “backs up or overflows” unambiguously applies to damage caused by toilet overflow due to blocked drain or sewer
Robert A. Olson
, Gary J. Wax
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| 2012 |
Celador International, Inc. v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., et al. (2012) 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 24820
Television show creator found contractually entitled to 50% of network’s profits; substantial evidence supported jury’s $269 million damages award
Robin Meadow
, Robert A. Olson
, Kent J. Bullard
, Alana H. Rotter
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| 2012 |
Guerrette v. Farmers Group, Inc. et al. (2012) 2012 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 8636
Court of Appeal affirmed jury verdict for insurer, rejecting insured’s argument that denial of his fire damage claim was tantamount to cancelling his insurance policy and finding trial court did not err in admitting evidence of insured’s misrepresentations beyond those the insurer initially specified
Robert A. Olson
, Sheila A. Wirkus
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| 2012 |
Aguilar v. Goldstein (2012) 207 Cal.App.4th 1152
Breach of fiduciary duty claim not barred by anti-SLAPP statute, because it did not “arise from” earlier lawsuit filed by defendants
Kent L. Richland
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| 2012 |
Ginsberg v. Gamson (2012) 205 Cal.App.4th 873
Court of Appeal reverses and directs entry of judgment for GMSR’s client in lease dispute, holding that lease was not perpetual
Robin Meadow
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| 2012 |
Filarsky v. Delia (2012) 566 U.S. ____; 132 S.Ct. 1657 (amicus)
In a case that GMSR identified as a likely certiorari candidate and authored the sole amicus curiae brief supporting the certiorari petition, the Supreme Court reversed, holding that a private individual temporarily hired to carry out a public entity’s work is entitled to assert qualified immunity
Kent L. Richland
, Kent J. Bullard
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| 2012 |
Messerschmidt v. Millender (2012) 565 U.S. ____; 132 S.Ct. 1235
US Supreme Court held that the Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies were entitled to qualified immunity and thus could not be held personally liable for civil damages
Timothy T. Coates
, Lillie Hsu
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| 2012 |
Coffee House v. Superior Court (2012) 2012 Cal.App. Unpub LEXIS 263
Shooting victims failed to show that any breach of duty by café proprietor caused their injuries
Robert A. Olson
, Alana H. Rotter
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| 2011 |
Flores v. County of Los Angeles (2011) 2011 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 9332
Wrongful death theory barred based on noncompliance with government claim statute
Martin Stein
, Carolyn Oill
, Lillie Hsu
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| 2011 |
Howell v. Hamilton Meats & Provisions Co. (2011) 52 Cal.4th 541 (amicus)
Recovery for economic medical damages
Robert A. Olson
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| 2011 |
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. v. Superior Court (2011) 196 Cal. App. 4th 1263 (amicus)
Court of Appeal confirms broad scope of attorney-client and work product protection
Robin Meadow
, Robert A. Olson
, Cynthia E. Tobisman
, Jeffrey E. Raskin
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| 2011 |
Stern v. Marshall (2011) 564 U.S. ____; 131 S.Ct. 2594
The Supreme Court held that a bankruptcy court has statutory authority to enter final judgment on a debtor’s state-law counterclaims against a creditor, but that Article III of the United States Constitution makes the statutory grant unconstitutional. It also held that 28 U.S.C. section 157(b)(5), which specifies that district courts must order that “personal injury tort and wrongful death claims” be tried in district court, is not jurisdictional and creditors can consent, through their conduct, to a bankruptcy court resolving such claims.
Kent L. Richland
, Alan Diamond
, Edward L. Xanders
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| 2011 |
Hill v. Sullivan Automotive Group, LLC (2011) 2011 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 3726
Employer’s failure to add hours on wage statement causes no injury
Robert A. Olson
, Alana H. Rotter
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| 2011 |
Moore v. USC University Hospital, Inc. (9th Cir. 2011) 416 Fed.Appx. 640, 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 3860
Expert testimony on causation held insufficient in medical malpractice lawsuit
Timothy T. Coates
, Lillie Hsu
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| 2010 |
Legal Defense Fund v. City of Huntington Beach (2010) 2010 Cal.App.Unpub. LEXIS 9862
Parks Challenges to funding mechanism for and electoral approval of new municipal senior center
Alison M. Turner
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| 2010 |
Los Angeles County v. Humphries (2010) 562 U.S. ____; 131 S.Ct. 447
No declaratory or injunctive relief available in civil rights action against municipality under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 absent wrongful policy, custom or practice approved or knowingly tolerated by local public entity policymakers.
Timothy T. Coates
, Alison M. Turner
, Lillie Hsu
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| 2010 |
Delgado v. City of Riverside (2010) 2010 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 9084
Civil rights suit alleging unreasonable use of deadly force in effecting arrest barred where it would necessarily imply the invalidity of resisting arrest conviction
Timothy T. Coates
, Alana H. Rotter
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| 2010 |
Shah v. County of Los Angeles (9th Cir. 2010) 399 Fed.Appx. 305, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 21116
Award of attorney’s fees to successful civil rights defendant
Martin Stein
, Alison M. Turner
, Cynthia E. Tobisman
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| 2010 |
Ra El v. Crain (9th Cir. 2010) 399 Fed.Appx. 180, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 20536
Civil rights suit barred where it would necessarily imply criminal conviction’s invalidity
Timothy T. Coates
, Jeffrey E. Raskin
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| 2010 |
Roosen v. Farrell (2010) 2010 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 7115
Application of anti-SLAPP statute to attorney’s filing without express client consent of cross-claims in prior action
Robin Meadow
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| 2010 |
Price v. Stossel (9th Cir. 2010) 620 F.3d 992
Ninth Circuit holds that district court erred in dismissing GMSR’s client’s express defamation claim against ABC on anti-SLAPP grounds.
Robert A. Olson
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| 2010 |
Jules Jordan Video, Inc. v. 144942 Canada Inc., et al. (9th Cir. 2010) 617 F.3d 1146
Copyright infringement; work-for-hire doctrine
Marc J. Poster
, Sheila A. Wirkus
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| 2010 |
In re Marriage of Armour/Ritter (2010) 2010 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 6108
Attorney’s fees in marital dissolution proceeding for collateral sealing issues
Robin Meadow
, Edward L. Xanders
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| 2010 |
Arellano v. County of Los Angeles (2010) 2010 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 5903
County immunity for failing to provide medication for panic attacks during plaintiff's less-than-daylong detention in jail
Martin Stein
, Carolyn Oill
, Lillie Hsu
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| 2010 |
Bowman v. Tommie Wyatt, Jr., et al. (2010) 186 Cal.App.4th 286
Standard jury instruction, CACI 3704, misstates employee/independent contractor tortfeasor test. Peculiar risk doctrine inapplicable to driving unloaded dump truck
Feris M. Greenberger
, Carolyn Oill
, Sheila A. Wirkus
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| 2010 |
Greenspan v. LADT, LLC (2010) 185 Cal.App.4th 1413 (Greenspan I)
Arbitrator’s authority to interpret underlying contract, arbitration agreement and arbitration rules
Robin Meadow
, Jeffrey E. Raskin
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| 2010 |
City of Ontario v. Quon (2010) __ U.S. ___, 130 S.Ct. 2619, 177 L.Ed.2d 216
Expectation of privacy in messages sent and received on his employer-issued device; Fourth Amendment’s prohibition of unreasonable searches and seizures
Kent L. Richland
, Kent J. Bullard
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| 2010 |
Citizens Business Bank v. DeMille (2010) 2010 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 4316
Trust could enforce former trustee’s undertaking for $1 million in damages and void transfer of assets to avoid obligation
Marc J. Poster
, Alana H. Rotter
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| 2010 |
Alan Ladd Jr. v. Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. (2010) 184 Cal.App.4th 1298
Studio’s undervaluation of film producers’ share of revenues; infringement of film producer’s rights
Robert A. Olson
, Edward L. Xanders
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| 2010 |
Torihara v. The Regents of the University of California (2010) 2010 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 3690
MICRA statutes of limitations govern claimed injury suffered while being pushed in wheelchair between various tests in hospital.
Martin Stein
, Carolyn Oill
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| 2010 |
Levitt v. Ross (2010) 2010 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 3598
Malpractice action against family practice doctor, requires expert opinion on the standard of care of a family medicine physician
Martin Stein
, Alison M. Turner
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| 2010 |
Lockton v. O’Rourke (2010) 184 Cal.App.4th 1051
Standard for determining continuous representation on same specific subject matter for purposes of tolling statute of limitations in attorney malpractice action
Robin Meadow
, Kent J. Bullard
|
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| 2010 |
Gordon v. Kawamoto (2010) 2010 Cal.App Unpub. LEXIS 2577
Applying three-year MICRA statute of limitations
Martin Stein
, Carolyn Oill
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| 2010 |
Jackson v. San Leandro Hospital (2010) 2010 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 2060
Expert testimony required to prove negligence in prescribing anti-seizure medication
Martin Stein
, Carolyn Oill
|
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| 2010 |
Banks v. Pacific Homes Foundation (2010) 2010 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 1942
Charitable gift doctrine
Marc J. Poster
|
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| 2010 |
Bridal Images, Inc. v. Truck Insurance Exchange (2010) 2010 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 1001
Insurer’s reasonable dispute of claim’s validity barred tort damages even though the claim itself was later held to be valid
Robert A. Olson
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| 2010 |
Arellano v. The Regents of the University of California (2010) 2010 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 986
Failure to adequately explain missing opposition to summary judgment motion or requested continuance
Martin Stein
, Carolyn Oill
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| 2010 |
Bazzini v. Technicolor, Inc. (2010) 2010 Cal.App. LEXIS 390
Workers compensation bars on-the-job chemical exposure claim absent employer’s knowledge of plaintiff’s particular susceptibility
Timothy T. Coates
, Lillie Hsu
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| 2010 |
Holmes v. Tsou (2010) 2010 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 338
Extent of doctor’s duty to disclose the existence of other schools of thought, available choices
Martin Stein
, Alison M. Turner
, Sheila A. Wirkus
|
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| 2009 |
Jasmine Networks, Inc v. Superior Court (2009) 180 Cal.App.4th 980
Former trade secrets owner had standing to assert trade secret misappropriation claim
Robin Meadow
, Marc J. Poster
, Alana H. Rotter
|
|
| 2009 |
Greenspan v. Manhattan Loft (2009) 2009 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 8933
Confirmation of arbitration awards
Robin Meadow
, Jeffrey E. Raskin
|
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| 2009 |
Burlage v. Superior Court (2009) 178 Cal.App.4th 524
Reversal of arbitration award for arbitrator’s failure to consider evidence (amicus brief)
Robert A. Olson
|
|
| 2009 |
Ruttlen v. County of Los Angeles (2009) 2009 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 5406
Anti-SLAPP law covers public officials’ statements to press and Board of Supervisors; protected by official-duty, official proceeding and common-interest privileges
Martin Stein
, Alison M. Turner
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| 2009 |
McCullock v. Los Angeles County Sheriff, Sheriff L. Baca (2009) 320 Fed. Appx. 814
Civil rights action based on denial of medication to prisoner
Martin Stein
, Lillie Hsu
|
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| 2009 |
Blanks v. Seyfarth Shaw (2009) 171 Cal.App.4th 336
Reversing $30 million legal malpractice judgment because of error in instructing on Talent Agencies Act
Kent L. Richland
, Barbara W. Ravitz
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| 2009 |
John Van de Kamp, et al. v. Thomas Lee Goldstein (2009) 129 S.Ct. 855
Prosecutorial immunity applies to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims concerning the manner in which the prosecutor’s office implemented policies and training for jailhouse informants
Timothy T. Coates
, Jeffrey E. Raskin
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| 2009 |
Humphries v. Los Angeles County (9th Cir. 2009) 554 F.3d 1170
Due process claim based on list of suspected child abusers maintained by California Department of Justice
Martin Stein
, Alison M. Turner
, Lillie Hsu
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