GMSR prevents compelled disclosure of privileged documents via writ review
Writ petitions can provide valuable relief when a trial court issues an erroneous order in the middle of litigation. This proved to be the case recently for a GMSR client. During discovery, the client faced an order to produce several documents that it had asserted
Court of Appeal reverses demurrer based on plea of abatement, allowing GMSR’s client’s lawsuit to proceed
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
Ninth Circuit dismisses interlocutory appeal challenging partial summary judgment for GMSR’s clients
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
GMSR wins affirmance of judgment, costs, and sanctions awards in medical malpractice case
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
Court of Appeal invalidates San Diego County Local Rule 2.1.3 and vacates judgment entered after judge rejected peremptory challenge
GMSR’s client, represented at trial by Strategic Legal Practices, was scheduled to try her case before a San Diego judge, but his calendar became too crowded. Acting under Local Rule 2.1.3, which purports to provide any judge of that court with the power to act
Court of Appeal reverses judgment, ordering Proposition 51 apportionment retrial
GMSR’s landlord client invited a guest to visit her property. During the visit, a dog attacked the guest and she sued the landlord for negligence. At trial, the landlord presented evidence that her tenant owned the dog and was therefore strictly liable to the plaintiff
Court of Appeal reverses order denying settlement enforcement and interprets settlement under CCP 998 in favor of GMSR’s clients
GMSR’s clients leased a vehicle that proved to be a lemon and sued the manufacturer under California’s lemon law, the Song-Beverly Act. The manufacturer sent the clients a Code of Civil Procedure section 998 settlement offer, and they accepted. Under the settlement agreement, the manufacturer
GMSR persuades Court of Appeal to set aside $7.619 million judgment against its client
In a wrongful death case, the decedent’s family sued GMSR’s truck-driver client and his employer for negligence. Before trial, the truck driver disappeared. When plaintiffs served requests for admissions (RFAs) on the driver regarding liability and he failed to answer, plaintiffs successfully moved the trial
GMSR secures reversal of anti-SLAPP dismissal on the basis of circumstantial evidence
GMSR’s client, Broadcom subsidiary LSI Corporation, sued a former employee for breaching a confidentiality agreement. Among other things, LSI alleged that the employee disclosed LSI’s confidential information to his wife’s company by retaining LSI’s confidential material when he left LSI, and then posting that information
Reversing the trial court, the Court of Appeal holds that the increasing acceptance of remote testimony does not necessarily limit venue changes based on witness convenience
A tort defendant moved pre-trial to transfer the case from San Francisco superior court to San Diego superior court for the “convenience of the witnesses” under Code of Civil Procedure section 397, subdivision (c). He argued that most of the witnesses were based in San
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