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2016

Malbrue v. County of Los Angeles (Dec. 14, 2016, B264115) 2016 WL 7229831

GMSR obtains dismissal of appeal from summary judgment

Rice v. Downs (2016) 247 Cal.App.4th 1213

The Court of Appeal adopted GMSR’s narrow interpretation of the intended scope of arbitrable claims and reversed the order compelling arbitration

Santa Clarita Organization for Planning & Environment v. Castaic Lake Water Agency (2016) 1 Cal.App.5th 1084.

GMSR secures another win on appeal, this time in Santa Clarita Organization for Planning and the Environment v. Castaic Lake Water Agency

Figueroa v. County of Los Angeles (9th Cir. 2016) 651 Fed.Appx. 709

GMSR obtains the vacating of a default judgment and award for attorney fees against one client, and affirmation of a finding of qualified immunity in favor of another

City of Petaluma v. Superior Court (2016) 248 Cal.App.4th 1023

The Court of Appeal issued a peremptory writ of mandate in favor of GMSR’s client, the City of Petaluma, directing the trial court to vacate a discovery order. The trial court had granted plaintiff’s motion to compel discovery of materials relating to a prelitigation investigation

Grant v. Foster Wheeler, LLC (Me. 2016) 140 A.3d 1242

Maine Supreme Judicial Court adopts proof standards for product liability

Martinez v. Southern California Edison Company (May 5, 2016, G051029) 2016 WL 3098968

GMSR successfully defends judgment enforcing settlement agreement

Murphy v. Richardson (Mar. 8, 2016, D067245) 2016 WL 877940

GMSR wins affirmance of judgment enforcing prospective liability waiver

In re Meruelo Maddux Properties, Inc. (9th Cir. 2016) 637 Fed.Appx. 1012

After the U.S. District Court affirmed the U.S. Bankruptcy Court’s confirmation of a Chapter 11 reorganization plan, a majority block of the debtor-in-possession’s insider equity shareholders appealed to the Ninth Circuit. As they did in the District Court, the insiders argued that the bankruptcy court