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2019

Etelaei v. First General Bank (June 18, 2019, B287186) 2019 WL 2511405

GMSR’s client faced loss of her home on account of an unauthorized home equity loan from which she received nothing. Judgment for the lender reversed

Bleich v. Bleich (June 17, 2018, B287236) 2019 WL 2498119

Court of Appeal holds that plaintiffs’ exclusive remedy for defendant’s intentional interference with inheritance expectancy was in probate court

Coastline RE Holdings Corp. v. Cunningham (June 7, 2019, C076994) 2019 WL 2402272

Court of Appeal affirms $3.9 million judgment on commercial guaranty, holding that federal law bars guarantor’s assertion of “sham guaranty” defense

Estate of Jackson (May 16, 2019, B282375) 2019 WL 2136114

Court of Appeal rejects claim that Michael Jackson gave away 15% of his business at a middle-of-the-night meeting

Himelsein Mandel Fund Management, LLC v. Fortress Investment Group, LLC (Mar. 28, 2019, B281210) 2019 WL 1395963

Court of Appeal reverses denial of jury trial, refusing to apply New York law

United Farmers Agents Association, Inc. v. Farmers Group, Inc. (2019) 32 Cal.App.5th 478

An insurance company can terminate its agents for reasons not specifically listed in the governing agency agreements

Horton by Horton v. City of Santa Maria (9th Cir. 2019) 915 F.3d 592

This case concerns the attempted suicide of a jailed pretrial detainee.

Dondlinger v. Los Angeles County Regional Park & Open Space Dist. (2019) 31 Cal.App.5th 994

Suit seeking to invalidate a voter-approved special property tax imposed by the Los Angeles County Regional Park and Open Space District. The judgment is affirmed. Respondent is entitled to costs on appeal. California Court of Appeal Opinion – View Document

2019

O’Gara Coach Co., LLC v. Ra (2019) 30 Cal.App.5th 1115

Court of Appeal reverses order denying GMSR’s client’s motion to disqualify opposing party’s law firm

Pryor et al. v. Fitness International, LLC (Jan. 3, 2019, B287329) 2019 WL 92775

Employer owes no duty to the general public to keep drug-addled employee at work through the end of his shift or to prevent him from driving intoxicated after being told to leave the premises