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Sterling v. Sterling (2015) 242 Cal.App.4th 185

Successfully obtained affirmance of Probate Court order requiring sale of Los Angeles Clippers from Donald Sterling to a new owner. Metropolitan News-Enterprise: Panel Rejects Donald Sterling’s Bid To Regain Los Angeles Clippers

Crowe v. Tweten (Dec. 29, 2014, E056920) 2014 WL 7402401 [nonpublished opinion]

An elderly couple devised an estate plan with the assistance of counsel. They repeatedly stated that their intent was for the surviving spouse to inherit everything except for a “token,” tax-free gift to their children. Their attorney drafted the trust documents using a formula so

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Sperber v. Regents of the University of California (Nov. 14, 2014, B247910) 2014 WL 6058172 [nonpublished opinion]

GMSR’s clients, the Regents and several of its doctors, obtained summary judgment in a medical negligence action with expert declarations that everything they did was within the standard of care and nothing they did caused the decedent’s death. The only declaration plaintiff submitted in opposition

Breeden v. Superior Court (Oct. 10, 2014, E061553) 2014 WL 5090571 [nonpublished opinion]

Granting a petition for writ of mandate drafted by GMSR, the court held that the doctrine of primary assumption of the risk applies to an animal control officer

Leung v. Verdugo Hills Hospital (Sept. 29, 2014, B251366) 2014 WL 4807719 [nonpublished opinion]

The Court of Appeal affirmed post-judgment orders denying plaintiff $7.5 million in post-judgment interest over and above what the Hospital paid under the periodic payments judgment in this medical malpractice action when the 5½-year appeals process came to an end. In Leung v. Verdugo Hills

Adams v. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Aug, 22, 2014, B247957) 2014 WL 4162789 [nonpublished opinion]

Court of Appeal affirms application of anti-SLAPP statute to summary suspension of medical staff privileges

Camargo v. John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital, Inc. (Aug. 20, 2014, No. G049518) 2014 WL 4097607 [nonpublished opinion]

A jury found that in the care of a patient who was suffering from flesh-eating bacteria and later died, JFK Memorial Hospital was negligent, that a JFK nurse had committed “willful misconduct,” and that JFK was responsible for 70% of the resulting harm. The jury

Barrett v. Leech (July 24, 2014, D063991) 2014 WL 3659366 [nonpublished opinion]

A horse owner owed a horse farrier no legal duty under the “occupational assumption of risk” doctrine

Crosby v. HLC Properties, Ltd. (2014) 223 Cal.App.4th 597

GMSR wins publicity rights dispute for Bing Crosby’s heirs; Court of Appeal’s decision helps delineate publicity rights of celebrities and their heirs, brings stability to settlements by reaffirming the breadth of releases of claims

In re Marriage of Jones (Jan. 10, 2014, No. G047724) 2014 WL 92790 [nonpublished opinion]

Wife petitioned to dissolve her marriage to husband, GMSR’s client. Husband wanted to remarry, but the dissolution proceedings bogged down in disputes over financial matters. The trial court granted a “status only” judgment dissolving the marriage pending resolution of financial matters, imposing numerous conditions to