Court of Appeal reverses judgment, punitive damages, and attorney’s fees award against GMSR’s client, holding he wasn’t bound by Rent Control Board findings
A group of tenants filed habitability and tort claims against their landlord, along with GMSR’s client—a shareholder in the property’s management company and a limited partner in a related entity. Before trial, the trial court ruled that the client was bound to factual findings rendered
Court of Appeal affirms defense summary judgment, adopting GMSR’s Privette arguments
A manufacturer hired GMSR’s client, a federally licensed freight broker, to book truck transportation for the manufacturer’s shipments. The broker hired a federally licensed motor carrier to deliver one of the shipments. The motor carrier furnished its own truck and hired a two-driver team to
Court of Appeal affirms defense judgment in design defect suit
GMSR’s clients manufactured commercial-grade tables for a large hotel. A hotel guest was injured when a table top unexpectedly detached. He sued GMSR’s clients, claimed design defects, and asked the trial court to instruct the jury regarding the “risk-benefit” defect test, as well as the
Court of Appeal affirms defense verdict and judgment, finding any alleged evidentiary error was harmless
At midnight, a towing company’s driver collided with a pedestrian on a bridge in Indio. After the accident, the towing company obtained a defense verdict at trial. The jury found that the defendants were not negligent. On appeal, Plaintiffs attacked the trial court’s admission of
Ninth Circuit reverses judgment against GMSR’s client and reinstates its $25.7 million verdict
GMSR’s client EchoSpan alleged that a competitor willfully and maliciously appropriated multiple trade secrets and sought more than $23 million in damages based on the competitor’s unjust enrichment. A federal jury unanimously agreed regarding one of the trade secrets and awarded $11.7 million in unjust
Court of Appeal affirms judgment in favor of GMSR’s clients, rejecting fraud and misrepresentation claims stemming from a $30+ million commercial real estate deal
Two plaintiffs—a cosmetics company and a related entity—sued GMSR’s clients, a large property developer and two other defendants. Plaintiffs alleged fraud and misrepresentation arising from a multimillion-dollar commercial property sale in the City of Corona. The trial court granted summary judgment against one of the
GMSR obtains affirmance on behalf of LA County MTA in bus slip-and-fall
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
Court of Appeal rejects application of interim adverse judgment rule in malicious prosecution case
After a decade of litigation with a commercial tenant, GMSR’s clients, a commercial property owner and its manager, prevailed. They then sued the tenant and his counsel for malicious prosecution. The tenant and his counsel moved to strike the complaint under the anti-SLAPP statute. After
GMSR persuades California Supreme Court that economic loss rule doesn’t bar all fraudulent concealment claims between contracting parties
Courts have split over whether a plaintiff can assert a tort claim for fraudulent concealment during the performance of a contract, or whether such claims are barred by the common-law economic loss rule. The California Supreme Court accepted the Ninth Circuit’s request to resolve the
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
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