GMSR’s appellate work has been on the leading edge of important tort issues, running the gamut from duty to breach to causation and damages. GMSR’s substantive experience includes personal injury, property damage, fraud and misrepresentation, products liability, landowner liability, vicarious liability, defamation and invasion of privacy, and construction defects.
Workers’ compensation award is medical expert’s exclusive remedy for medical-legal services that overlap workers’ compensation and civil cases
Interpretation of allegedly ambiguous jury verdict
Action by decedent’s family against county for failure to preserve body
MTA not liable for injury caused by third party
Medical malpractice/foreign object – res ipsa, captain of the ship, non-delegable duty
Reversal of $100-plus million, involving extent to which stipulated bankruptcy settlement of asbestos claims could be enforced against bankrupt defendant’s excess insurers
When an employer is sued under respondeat superior for an employee’s tort, Boyer protects the employer’s statute of limitations defense from waiver by the employee
Accrual of cause of action for minor’s medical malpractice action under statute of limitations in Code of Civil Procedure section 340.5
Reduction of $25 million punitive damage award to $1 million
Statute of limitations of Government Code section 945.6 applies to a minor’s action against a public entity for injuries resulting from childhood sexual abuse
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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