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.
Seyedan v. Ebrahimi (Oct. 25, 2011, B214791) 2011 WL 5041955 [nonpublished opinion]
“GMSR’s client, Maryam Seyedan, invested some $400,000 in real property acquired by defendant Nassir Ebrahimi in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, a joint venture that was memorialized in a written agreement and amended orally over time. In 2006, after Ebrahimi rebuffed her demand for her
HBI Construction, Inc. v. Superior Court (Sept. 7, 2011 E053977) 2011 WL 3904639 [nonpublished opinion]
GMSR’s client, HBI, had a mechanic’s lien on seven properties that were part of a single, overarching construction project. After foreclosure proceedings wiped out the lien on six of the properties, the owner of the seventh filed a motion asking the trial court to apportion
Miller v. Ron Taylor Drilling (Aug. 31, 2011, B225621) 2011 WL 3841073 [nonpublished opinion]
The defendant’s vehicle, traveling at about 3 or 4 miles per hour, tapped the plaintiff’s car, which was waiting at a traffic light. The plaintiff later had two major back/neck operations, which that he attributed in his lawsuit to the accident, and his wife claimed
Howell v. Hamilton Meats & Provisions, Inc. (2011) 52 Cal.4th 541 (amicus)
Recovery for economic medical damages
Dairy Farmers of America v. Cacique, Inc. (July 20, 2011, B219840) 2011 WL 2936463 [nonpublished opinion]
Cacique, a cheese producer, abruptly terminated its contract to buy milk from Dairy Farmers of America without giving the requisite notice. DFA sued for breach of contract. Following a bench trial, the trial court awarded DFA $12.5 million in damages. Cacique appealed, arguing that the
Leontaritis v. Koursaris, 2011 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 5041
No one is supposed to be subjected to judgment without first duly being brought under the jurisdiction of the court. But the superior court refused to set aside a default judgment entered against GMSR’s client in a fraudulent conveyance lawsuit or to recognize that the
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. v. Superior Court (2011) 196 Cal.App.4th 1263 (amicus)
Court of Appeal confirms broad scope of attorney-client and work product protection
Stern v. Marshall (2011) 564 U.S. 462
The Supreme Court held that a bankruptcy court has statutory authority to enter final judgment on a debtor’s state-law counterclaims against a creditor, but that Article III of the United States Constitution makes the statutory grant unconstitutional. It also held that 28 U.S.C. section 157(b)(5), which specifies that district courts must order that “personal injury tort and wrongful death claims” be tried in district court, is not jurisdictional and creditors can consent, through their conduct, to a bankruptcy court resolving such claims.
Frisch v. Roberts, 2011 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 4194
The Sixth District Court of Appeal has affirmed judgment in favor of defendants, including GMSR’s clients, Sutter Health and Palo Alto Medical Foundation. The plaintiff alleged that defendants’ conduct led to a two-year delay in the diagnosis of his prostate cancer, and that the cancer’s
Martinez v. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (2011) 195 Cal.App.4th 1038
Creating a new “bright-line rule” under Code of Civil Procedure section 998, Court affirms denial of attorney fee award to opponent of GMSR’s public entity client
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