GMSR represents insurers, hospitals, physicians, and other healthcare providers in the full range of claims facing them. Issues that GMSR’s appellate lawyers have successfully handled on appeal include claims of malpractice, elder abuse, termination of physician staff privileges, and healthcare service plan regulation.
Saint Agnes Medical Center v. PacifiCare of Cal. (2003) 31 Cal.4th 1187
No waiver of right to arbitration by filing suit claiming entire contract was void
Inland Empire Health Plan v. Superior Court (2003) 108 Cal.App.4th 588
Statutory immunity for “credentialing” of physicians eligible to participate in health plan
Legesse v. Alta Bates Medical Center (Mar. 6, 2003, A099472) 2003 WL 773683 [nonpublished opinion]
Lack of standing to sue hospital re: purportedly-coerced abortion
Mejia v. Community Hospital of San Bernardino (2002) 99 Cal.App.4th 1448
Hospitals’ vicarious liability for certain in-house physicians (petition for review)
Brown v. Regents of University of California (Sept. 30, 2002, C034381) 2002 WL 31160873 [nonpublished opinion]
Class certification denial; claim about hospital residents performing surgeries
Ojeda v. Sharp Cabrillo Hospital (1992) 8 Cal.App.4th 1
Use of so-called medical-legal consultants to evade MICRA limits on attorney’s fees in medical malpractice cases (amicus curiae brief)
Ord v. Regents of University of California (June 5, 2002, D038047) 2002 WL 1204331 [nonpublished opinion]
Scope of consent in context of organ transplant
Guardian North Bay, Inc. v. Superior Court (2001) 94 Cal.App.4th 963
Statute of limitations for Elder Abuse Act claim
Desert Healthcare Dist. v. PacifiCare FHP, Inc. (2001) 94 Cal.App.4th 781
Responsibility of healthcare services plan for payment of claims to third-party physicians under the Knox-Keene Act
Hamel v. Keel (2001) 2001 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 2630
Authority of trial court in medical malpractice case to order proportionate, rather than pro rata, contribution award
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Whether on appeal, assisting trial counsel, or advising government officials contemplating legislative action, GMSR provides unique insight into the complex laws that impact public entities.
Where coverage may exist, GMSR represents insureds on appeal effectively and efficiently. Where it does not, the firm protects insurers’ right to deny claims.
GMSR offers corporate clients objective assessments on appeal, based on a deep understanding of the limitations and opportunities of appellate review.
The firm’s lawyers are team players, collaborating with trial counsel at any level from legal strategy to writing or editing trial court motions and appellate briefs.
GMSR vigorously advocates the rights of individual plaintiffs and defendants, in both state and federal appellate courts.
As part of GMSR’s long-standing commitment to social justice and equality, GMSR provides pro bono appellate services to individuals and to community organizations on issues of concern.
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