Cases

GMSR’s client, a bank, sued borrowers and a guarantor to collect on long-outstanding loans. The borrowers and guarantor attempted to avoid liability by challenging the admissibility of the bank’s evidence of the loans, chain of title, and outstanding balance.  The trial court granted summary judgment for the bank, and awarded it attorney’s fees.  The Court of Appeal affirmed in full.  Adopting GMSR’s arguments, it held that the borrowers and guarantor had forfeited their evidentiary objections by failing to adequately brief them on appeal, that in any event the trial court was well within its discretion in overruling the objections, and that the bank had proved its case.

Case Briefs

• California Court of Appeal Opinion - View Document