Regents

Oct 07, 2015 Timothy T. Coates Tort Litigation

GMSR obtains writ directing summary judgment in favor of UCLA in student’s negligence lawsuit

The Regents of the University of California v. Superior Court (2015) 240 Cal.App.4th 1296 (California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Seven) [published]. Plaintiff was an undergraduate student at UCLA. Unprovoked, another student in her chemistry lab class pulled a kitchen knife and stabbed

Nov 03, 2011 Healthcare Law

Wachtel v. Regents of the University of Cal. (Nov. 3, 2011, B221419) 2011 WL 5222863 [nonpublished opinion]

“The Court of Appeal affirmed a judgment in favor of GMSR’s client, The Regents of the University of California, and multiple other medical defendants after the trial court sustained a demurrer without leave to amend on the plaintiffs’ sixth attempt to amend their complaint to

May 18, 2010 Civil Procedure, Healthcare Law

Genji Torihara v. Regents of University of California (May 18, 2010, B215801) 2010 WL 1972262 [nonpublished opinion]

Plaintiff injured his foot when the wheelchair in which he was riding hit a wall. He was in the hospital at the time, being pushed between the CT room and the x-ray room, for doctor-ordered tests for possible head injuries. Plaintiff did not file his

Apr 23, 2008 Healthcare Law, Tort Litigation

Unruh-Haxton v. Regents of University of Cal. (2008) 162 Cal.App.4th 343

Action by fertility patients for unconsented use of genetic material

Jan 10, 2007 Civil Procedure

Aller v. Board of Regents of University of California (Jan. 10, 2007, B180684) 2007 WL 60779 [nonpublished opinion]

GMSR secured a victorious ending in a 14-year-old case against the UC Regents. The case had earlier been dismissed for failure to prosecute, which dismissal was reversed on a prior appeal. More than five years after the case returned to the trial court, the action

Jul 27, 2005 Healthcare Law, Tort Litigation

Arredondo v. Regents of University of Cal. (2005) 131 Cal.App.4th 614

Accrual of cause of action for minor’s medical malpractice action under statute of limitations in Code of Civil Procedure section 340.5

Nov 29, 2004 Healthcare Law

Slack v. Regents of University of California (Nov. 29, 2004, B164521) 2004 WL 2699976 [nonpublished opinion]

Appropriateness of trial court’s denial of trial continuance

Dec 18, 1991 Tort Litigation

Anderson v. Regents of the University of Cal., 1991 Cal. LEXIS 5765

Medical malpractice – res ipsa loquitur and strict products liability

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