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2007

Vasquez v. County of Los Angeles (Sept. 25, 2007, B192189) 2007 WL 2773847 [nonpublished opinion]

Action by decedent’s family against county for failure to preserve body

2007

Perryman v. County of Los Angeles (2007) 153 Cal.App.4th 1189

Extent of County Coroner’s duty to family members in handling deceased’s remains

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

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

2006

Macias v. County of Los Angeles (2006) 144 Cal.App.4th 313

Civil rights action arising from search of residence pursuant to search warrant

2006

Burrus v. City of Los Angeles (9th Cir. 2006) 197 Fed.Appx. 665

In a memorandum decision, the Court affirmed the district court’s dismissal of the plaintiff’s pro se complaint against the County of Los Angeles and one of its jail physicians for negligence and medical malpractice. Resting on an argument made in GMSR’s appellees’ brief, the opinion

2006

Santana v. County of Los Angeles (Mar. 23, 2006, B176525) 2006 WL 727709 [nonpublished opinion]

Admissibility of evidence concerning a plaintiff’s post-incident conduct and past personnel complaints against arresting officer

Importante v. County of Los Angeles (9th Cir. 2006) 162 Fed.Appx. 740

Sufficiency of evidence to establish probable cause for search warrant in civil rights case