GMSR’s clients have brought us the full gamut of real property issues, including lease disputes, lis pendens, title insurance, escrow and development agreements, and eminent domain. In protecting our clients’ interests on appeal, we have obtained important decisions in these and other areas.
Court of Appeal affirms summary judgment for property manager in premises liability dispute
A residential tenant was injured inside her rented home and sued the property’s former management company, GMSR’s client, for premises liability. The management company moved for summary judgment, arguing that it could not be liable to the tenant as a matter of law. The trial
Turner v. GJ Property Services, Inc. (July 24, 2024, B319443) 2024 WL 3517402
Court of Appeal affirms summary judgment for property manager in premises liability dispute
Hollywood Garden, LLC v. Li (Mar. 25, 2024, B322003) 2024 WL 1249973
GMSR preserves $4 million default judgment for its LLC client
Court of Appeal affirms ruling prohibiting homeowners association from cutting mature trees on GMSR’s client’s property
GMSR’s client owns property within the Rolling Hills Community Association (RHCA). The area was developed over decades, and the developers recorded a series of restrictive declarations bringing additional tracts into RHCA. Some early declarations contained a “tree cutting covenant” allowing RHCA to enter private property
Colyear v. Rolling Hills Community Association of Rancho Palos Verdes (2024) 100 Cal.App.5th 110
Court of Appeal affirms ruling prohibiting homeowners association from cutting mature trees on GMSR’s client’s property
GMSR secures reversal of “arbitrary” attorney fee award
GMSR’s client sued a loan servicer for quiet title and related claims, alleging the loan servicer recorded documents that interfered with the client’s right under the Mobilehome Residency Law (MRL) to take free-and-clear title to property at a court-ordered sale. The parties stipulated to a
Court of Appeal affirms dismissal of wrongful foreclosure, contract, and quiet title claims against GMSR’s client
A rental property owner with a mortgage from GMSR’s client defaulted on the mortgage. GMSR’s client tried to foreclose on the property, but the owner resisted at every turn. He and his agents filed four bankruptcy actions ultimately deemed to be bad faith efforts to
Downie v. Rama Fund, LLC (Mar. 3, 2023, E078068) 2023 WL 2340619
Court of Appeal affirms dismissal of wrongful foreclosure, contract, and quiet title claims against GMSR’s client
Court of Appeal affirms judgment for GMSR’s client, ordering enforcement of its Beverly Hills ground lease through 2102
In 2003, GMSR’s client purchased the ground lease of a prime Beverly Hills commercial property. The lease was set to expire in 2058, but after a few years the landlord agreed to extend it through 2123, in return for a $1.5 million up-front payment. Ten
GMSR secures affirmance of summary judgment for vacation-rental owners
GMSR’s clients own a rental home in the Palm Springs area. Two weeks into a stay at the home, the renters’ 12-year old child was injured when she walked full-speed into a sliding glass door dating back to 1958. The renters sued GMSR’s clients, alleging
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As part of GMSR’s long-standing commitment to social justice and equality, GMSR provides pro bono appellate services to individuals and to community organizations on issues of concern.
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