Court of Appeal affirms that standing to assert a wrongful death claim is purely statutory and determined as of the date of death
Wright v. Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital (2009) 2009 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 9990 (California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division Five) [unpublished]. Three siblings attempted to sue for the wrongful death of their sister, arguing that they became the sister’s heirs when their mother died
Court reverses judgment and reinstates $14 million arbitration award
Greenspan v. Manhattan Loft (2009) 2009 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 8933 (California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Three) [unpublished]. The trial court struck $12 million from a $14 million arbitration award, concluding that the parties did not submit to arbitration the issue that resulted
Court of Appeal requires underlying physiological cause as prerequisite to maintaining claim for employment discrimination based on “perceived” disability
Hines v. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (2009) 2009 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 8865 (California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Five) [unpublished]. GMSR won affirmance of client MTA’s summary judgment in an employment discrimination action. Plaintiff alleged that MTA wrongfully discriminated against her
Court of Appeal reverses multi-million dollar judgment against GMSR clients on ground that California, not Massachusetts law, determines the applicable statute of limitations
Bioquest Venture Leasing Company-A, N.V. v. VivoRx Autoimmune, Inc. (2009) 2009 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 8833 (California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Seven) [unpublished]. Plaintiff sued GMSR’s client VivoRx for breach of a biotechnology license agreement that was silent on choice of law. VivoRx
Court of Appeal bars dangerous condition liability for city based on failure to install particular type of traffic signal
City of Moreno Valley v. Superior Court (2009) 2009 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 8478 (California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division Two) [unpublished]. The plaintiff asserted that GMSR’s client city was liable for a dangerous condition in an intersection. Plaintiff was traveling on his motorcycle
Court of Appeal holds that homeowners who employed an unlicensed contractor to remodel their house are not subject to OSHA
Cortez v. Abich (2009) 177 Cal.App.4th 261 (California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Four). GMSR’s client homeowners hired an unlicensed contractor to assist in a home remodeling project. A worker injured during the project sued the homeowners, asserting that they were liable for
Court of Appeal reverses order purporting to enforce pre-trial settlement as inconsistent with settlement’s terms
Murphy v. Hansen (2009) 2009 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 6975 (California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division One) [unpublished]. After GMSR’s client purchased a Malibu hilltop homesite together with essential access easements, a neighboring landowner challenged the easements’ existence. The multiple disputing parties in two
Court of Appeal affirms judgment; photographs support inference that plaintiff suspected negligence
Corrales v. County of Los Angeles (2009) 2009 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 5909 (California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Seven) [unpublished]. Plaintiff, a professional boxer, suffered permanent injury to his right hand following allegedly negligent medical surgery by County doctors in September 2002. The
Court of Appeal reverses denial of anti-SLAPP motion for GMSR clients
Ruttlen v. County of Los Angeles (2009) 2009 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 5406 (California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Three) [unpublished]. The Court of Appeal reversed the denial of anti-SLAPP motions in favor of GMSR’s clients, ruling the motions should have been granted and
Court of Appeal grants new trial in long-running marital property rights dispute
In re Marriage of Feliciano (2009) 2009 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 3836 (California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three) [unpublished]. GMSR’s client Janna Feliciano and musician Jose Feliciano divorced in 1978. Their community property included royalty rights for dozens of Janna’s and Jose’s compositions
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