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Estate of Jackson (May 16, 2019, B282375) 2019 WL 2136114 [nonpublished opinion]

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

Yu v. Liberty Surplus Ins. Corp. (2018) 30 Cal.App.5th 102

Court of Appeal affirms trial court’s order voiding jurisdictionally invalid default judgment

Padda v. Superior Court (2018) 25 Cal.App.5th 25

Court of Appeal issues peremptory writ directing trial court to vacate order denying continuance of trial

Newland v. County of Los Angeles (2018) 24 Cal.App.5th 676

Court of Appeal reverses $13.9 million jury award and orders entry of defense judgment for GMSR’s client in employee commuting case

Smith v. Farmers Group, Inc. (May 14, 2018, B266242) 2018 WL 2192426 [nonpublished opinion]

Defendants were not collaterally estopped from asserting plaintiff’s independent-contractor status

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Malbrue v. County of Los Angeles (Dec. 14, 2016, B264115) 2016 WL 7229831 [nonpublished opinion]

Plaintiff sued for the wrongful death of his father who died while in police custody.  The court granted summary judgment for GMSR’s client, the County of Los Angeles, after plaintiff failed timely to introduce an expert declaration in opposition to the motion.  Plaintiff filed a

Santa Clarita Organization for Planning & Environment v. Castaic Lake Water Agency (2016) 1 Cal.App.5th 1084.

In a published opinion, Division 2 of the Second DCA upheld the right of GMSR’s client, the Castaic Lake Water Agency, to acquire all of the stock of a privately held water company via inverse condemnation, and rejected the contention that the transaction violated various

Figueroa v. County of Los Angeles (9th Cir. 2016) 651 Fed.Appx. 709

In an action alleging excessive force arising out of an incident in the Visitor’s Center of the Men’s Central Jail, the Ninth Circuit vacated a default judgment against one of two GMSR clients involved in the appellate proceedings, a supervising sergeant, and vacated the attorney