Recent Wins
Court of Appeal holds that spouse’s shares in corporation are separate property because acquired by gift
In a marital dissolution action, the husband argued that the wife’s shares in a corporation she co-owned with her father were community property because the wife, GMSR’s client, acquired them during marriage and a corporate document stated that she had provided half of the consideration
Court of Appeal affirms jury verdict for GMSR’s movie theater client
Martinez v. The Decurion Corp. (unpublished, 2d Civ. B270616): A moviegoer tripped over a bench after being evacuated from a movie theater whose fire alarm was triggered by burnt popcorn. The moviegoer sued the theater, GMSR’s client, for negligence. She asserted several negligence theories, including
Court of Appeal affirms judgment for GMSR’s client in real estate dispute
Prometheus Real Estate Group, Inc. v. Marazzo, et al. (unpublished, 1st Civ. A143364): Prometheus, a real estate developer, entered into an agreement with GMSR’s property-owner client that contemplated a residential development in Mountain View on the client’s property. Prometheus sued the property owner for breach
GMSR obtains reversal of order denying its client’s arbitration petition
Advanced Air Management, Inc. v. Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, California Court of Appeal, Second District, Division Seven (Sept. 6, 2017, No. B265723, unpublished). After GMSR’s client, Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, performed maintenance on a business jet, the jet’s charter operator sued for breach of contract and negligence.
Court of Appeal affirms summary judgment in favor of GMSR’s client in medical malpractice case.
Topete v. Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region (unpublished, 3rd Civ. C074716): Plaintiff brought a medical malpractice action against GMSR’s client, Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region, and several individual physicians. She sought to hold Sutter Health liable for negligent hiring or retention of one of the
Court of Appeal strikes punitive damage claim against employer of truck driver
CRST, Inc. v. Superior Court, California Court of Appeal, Second District, Division Four [published] Plaintiff sued the employer of a truck driver for negligent hiring/retention and sought punitive damages. The trial court refused to strike the punitive damages allegations, but the Court of Appeal granted
GMSR successfully defends nurses and Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy in summary judgment appeal arising from jail death
The Ninth Circuit today affirmed summary judgment in favor of GMSR’s clients—the County of Los Angeles and a group of its employees—who were accused of deliberate indifference to a jailed patient’s medical needs. The trial court found that the plaintiffs failed to produce evidence to
GMSR Successfully Defends Judgment For Husband In Wife’s Challenge To His Accounting For Marital Property Worth Tens Of Millions Of Dollars
After nearly three decades of marriage, husband (GMSR’s client) obtained dissolution. Wife, a former successful international banking and finance lawyer at a major law firm, claimed that during the marriage, husband, also a successful lawyer, hid marital assets worth millions of dollars. After a lengthy
The Ninth Circuit Holds That The ADA Does Not Preempt A City’s State-Law Contribution Claims Against Designers And Builders Of Deficient Public Facilities
City of Los Angeles v. AECOM Services, Inc. (April 24, 2017, Ninth Circuit No. 15-56606) __ F.3d __, 2017 WL 1431084. This landmark preemption decision will benefit municipalities across the country. Two disabled persons sued GMSR’s client, the City of Los Angeles, under Title II
GMSR successfully defends dismissal of action in favor of public entity
In a second attempt by a restaurant owner to sue GMSR’s client, the County of Los Angeles, for allegedly imposing excessive and illegal health inspection fees, GMSR again prevailed in obtaining an affirmance of the judgment in the County’s favor based on res judicata principles.
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