Cases

GMSR has an enviable record of success on appeal. For your convenience, the firm has provided a simple search tool for guests and clients to search that record.

69 Case Results
Filter

Nede Mgmt., Inc. v. Aspen American Ins. Co. (2021) 68 Cal.App.5th 1121

Court of Appeal rejects insureds’ Cumis claims and affirms judgment for insurer

Durment v. Burlington Insurance Company (9th Cir. 2020) 820 Fed.Appx. 561

The Ninth Circuit affirmed, concluding that the district court correctly applied California law to reject Plaintiff’s argument that he could recover for settlement amounts from GMSR’s insurer clients without establishing coverage

Picazzo v. C.W. Driver, Inc. (Feb. 28, 2020, B289070) 2020 WL 967087

GMSR obtains $2.8 million appellate victory for workers’ compensation carrier

Endurance American Specialty Insurance Company v. Bennington Group, LLC (Jan. 31, 2020, B285909) 2020 WL 502631

Court of Appeal affirms summary judgment in favor of insurance carrier, foreclosing $11 million claim

United Farmers Agents Association, Inc. v. Farmers Group, Inc. (2019) 32 Cal.App.5th 478

An insurance company can terminate its agents for reasons not specifically listed in the governing agency agreements

Yu v. Liberty Surplus Ins. Corp. (2018) 30 Cal.App.5th 102

Court of Appeal affirms trial court’s order voiding jurisdictionally invalid default judgment

Smith v. Farmers Group, Inc. (May 14, 2018, B266242) 2018 WL 2192426

Defendants were not collaterally estopped from asserting plaintiff’s independent-contractor status

Garcia v. Holt (2015) 242 Cal.App.4th 600

Court of Appeal holds that GMSR’s landlord clients had no duty to inspect tenants’ unit for dangerous bombmaking activities

21st Century Insurance Co. v. Superior Court (2015) 240 Cal.App.4th 322

Plaintiff was injured in an auto accident. He sued the insured. The carrier, GMSR’s client, defended under a $100,000 limits policy. The plaintiff and the insured claimed that two other policies with $25,000 limits each also provided coverage. The plaintiff refused the carrier’s offer of