GMSR has long represented public entities throughout California. As a result, GMSR’s appellate lawyers are intimately familiar with the issues that these entities regularly confront, including federal civil rights claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, tort liability and immunity, land use, eminent domain, labor and employment, and education law. GMSR’s experience includes significant victories at the U.S. Supreme Court, numerous appeals, and regular consultations on trial court law-and-motion matters. GMSR partner Tim Coates also co-authored a chapter on federal civil rights liability in the CEB publication California Government Tort Liability Practice (4th ed. 2004).
Ninth Circuit affirms summary judgment for GMSR’s sheriff deputy client
A drunk driver collided with a boy crossing a marked crosswalk in Glendale. The boy and his brother settled their claims against the driver and sued the City of Glendale, alleging that the crosswalk was a dangerous condition of public property. The trial court granted
Court of Appeal affirms summary judgment for GMSR’s City client, finding no dangerous condition of public property
A student sued GMSR’s school district client for injuries sustained in a mandatory physical education class, caused by a push tackle in a touch football game by another student with a history of bullying. Plaintiff claimed that the class teacher negligently supervised the students and
Rental property managers in San Luis Obispo received anonymous letters threatening to shoot them and their tenants if they rented properties to minorities. The police identified a chief suspect, Richard Orcutt, and contacted one of Orcutt’s prior co-workers, city fire official John MacDonald. MacDonald stated
GMSR wins reversal and remand of $1.75 million judgment against school district, with instructions to hold trial on apportionment of fault
Rental property managers in San Luis Obispo received anonymous letters threatening to shoot them and their tenants if they rented properties to minorities. City resident John MacDonald saw the letters and told the police that he recognized the handwriting as that of his former co-worker
GMSR wins Ninth Circuit affirmance of order dismissing evidence fabrication claims against police officers
GMSR wins affirmance of anti-SLAPP order, striking malicious prosecution claim against individual who assisted police officers
Faced with a near-overnight proliferation of motorized electric scooters on sidewalks and streets, the City of Los Angeles required e-scooter companies (e.g., Bird, Lime, and Lyft) to provide vehicle location data through a widely-used national interface called Mobility Data Specification. An e-scooter user sued the
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