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.

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Said v. Jegan (2007) 146 Cal.App.4th 1375

Standing to disprove paternity under Uniform Parentage Act

2007

Aller v. Board of Regents of University of California (Jan. 10, 2007, B180684) 2007 WL 60779 [nonpublished opinion]

GMSR secured a victorious ending in a 14-year-old case against the UC Regents. The case had earlier been dismissed for failure to prosecute, which dismissal was reversed on a prior appeal. More than five years after the case returned to the trial court, the action

Haran v. City of Riverside (9th Cir. 2007) 216 Fed.Appx. 623

GMSR persuaded the Ninth Circuit to affirm judgment for the City of Riverside in a civil rights action arising from the use of force by a Riverside police officer. The court agreed that the plaintiff’s counsel waived any challenge to the trial court’s rulings on

2007

Gordon v. Richard Maslan & Co., Inc. (Dec. 20, 2006, No. B190946) 2006 WL 3735345 [nonpublished opinion]

GMSR convinced the Court of Appeal that it was improper for the trial court to dismiss GMSR’s client’s complaint for failure to bring to trial within five years. The court ruled that the impracticability exception to the five year statute applied, since the key defendant

2006

Hearst v. Ganzi (2006) 145 Cal.App.4th 1195

Constitutional right of access to courts; liability of trustee for breach of fiduciary duty; immunity of trustee from exposure under will-contest safe harbor provisions

2006

Cassady v. Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP (2006) 145 Cal.App.4th 220

Indemnification under Labor Code section 2802 for employee’s attorneys fees incurred in defending against malpractice claim

2006

Fields v. Yusuf (2006) 144 Cal.App.4th 1381

Medical malpractice/foreign object – res ipsa, captain of the ship, non-delegable duty

2006

Williams v. County of Los Angeles (9th Cir. 2006) 205 Fed.Appx. 593

A prisoner filed a section 1983 action, pro se, against the County of Los Angeles, alleging he was denied a lower bunk even though he had medical authorization for one. The memorandum opinion holds that the district court: (1) properly granted summary judgment on plaintiff’s

2006

Fu v. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transp. Authority (Nov. 2, 2006, B184012) 2006 WL 3096040 [nonpublished opinion]

GMSR secured a complete reversal here. The jury awarded the plaintiff $1,678,000 in damages, $57,961 in costs and $275,865 in attorney fees in this age discrimination lawsuit against the MTA. The Court of Appeal reversed the judgment for wrongful termination and failure to rehire under