Federal Insurance Company and GMSR client Truck Insurance Exchange were liability insurers for the same insured. In a previous lawsuit, Federal sued Truck for reimbursement on the premise that Federal’s duty to defend under the insured’s excess policy depended on the exhaustion of the primary
GMSR represented Steadfast Insurance Company on appeal in a dispute with another insurer suing on the assigned rights of Steadfast’s insured. Steadfast’s insured, a construction company, allegedly built defective roofs. Its insurance broker failed to timely report one of the claims to Steadfast—so the broker’s
GMSR’s client, Porch.com, is an online marketplace that connects homeowners with home-service providers. Porch.com agreed to acquire Kandela, a moving services company, and the parties signed an acquisition agreement with an arbitration clause. Eventually, Kandela claimed that Porch.com had committed fraud and the parties submitted
The owner of a car dealership sued his former business partner, seeking to collect on a promissory note. The former business partner sought to abate the action under Code of Civil Procedure section 430.10(c), arguing that it involved the same claims and parties as in
A commercial landlord sued the County of Los Angeles claiming that the County’s commercial eviction moratorium imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic violated the Contracts Clause in the U.S. Constitution. Although other COVID-19 eviction moratoria cases have asserted Contracts Clause challenges, this one was fairly unique:
A surgeon formerly employed at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center sued the County of Los Angeles, claiming that County employees retaliated against him and fired him after he reported what he believed to be an unnecessary surgery. The court concluded before trial that his termination from
The Town of Apple Valley initiated condemnation proceedings to acquire a local water utility. The Town issued all statutorily-required resolutions of necessity, compiling a massive administrative record. After a lengthy bench trial where the parties fought over the proper standard of review, the trial court
A 911 caller reported that a man in his apartment complex was acting erratically. City of Oxnard police officers went to the complex, and ultimately used physical force to subdue the man. A County of Los Angeles paramedic then arrived and provided him with emergency
Plaintiffs sued numerous doctors and hospitals for failing to diagnose a rare brain infection. Their counsel repeatedly failed to produce their designated medical expert for deposition. The court eventually excluded the expert, but declined to dismiss the case because plaintiffs’ counsel contended that she could
A bus passenger was injured when she slipped and fell on a bus operated by GMSR’s client, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). The passenger sued the MTA, alleging that the bus driver had negligently caused her to fall by accelerating prematurely. After
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