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.
Carracela v. Southern California Edison Co. (Dec. 11, 2020, B294297) 2020 WL 7296575
GMSR secures win for its public utility client: Court of Appeal affirms summary judgment
B.Q. v. Mesa Union School Dist. (Dec. 2, 2020, No. B303351) 2020 WL 7052293
GMSR wins second appeal relating to student’s discrimination claim against school district
GMSR wins second appeal relating to student’s discrimination claim against school district
On the heels of a Ninth Circuit victory relating to the same events, the Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s dismissal of a student’s discrimination claim for failure to comply with the Government Claims Act. Deciding an issue of first impression, the Second District
Mata v. Liberty Utilities (Nov. 19, 2020, B293479) 2020 WL 6792382
Court of Appeal affirms judgment notwithstanding the verdict for water utility
Court of Appeal affirms judgment notwithstanding the verdict for water utility
Plaintiff claimed take-home asbestos injury from his father’s job at GMSR’s client, a water utility, where the father occasionally cut asbestos pipe. The jury awarded compensatory and punitive damages. The trial court struck the punitive damages on the ground that there was no evidence that
Court of Appeal confirms that the Public Utilities Commission still has exclusive jurisdiction over claims alleging injury from electromagnetic fields
Plaintiff alleged that she suffered injury from exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) at her apartment building, to which GMSR’s client Southern California Edison provided power. Edison successfully demurred based on directly controlling California Supreme Court authority—San Diego Gas and Electric Company v. Superior Court (Covalt)
Ixchel Pharma, LLC v. Biogen, Inc. (2020) 9 Cal.5th 1130
GMSR wins landmark decision on unfair competition, tortious interference with contract
GMSR wins landmark decision on unfair competition, tortious interference with contract
Plaintiff had an at-will contract with a non-party to develop a drug based on a certain active ingredient. Defendant Biogen reached its own deal with that non-party to settle patent disputes and to license the same active ingredient—requiring that the at-will contract with Plaintiff be
Hishmeh Enterprises, Inc. v. City of Porterville (June 22, 2020, F074356, F074357, F077323) 2020 WL 3410926
Court of Appeal affirms judgment for GMSR’s public utility client
Court of Appeal affirms judgment for GMSR’s public utility client
Plaintiffs were struck by a car while crossing a street near an inoperative streetlight. GMSR’s client, Southern California Edison, serviced the streetlight. Plaintiffs sued, alleging that Edison was negligent in allowing the light to be off. On summary judgment, the trial court ruled that Edison
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