Wins

GMSR has a stellar track record and reputation as writs and appeals attorneys. Below is a sample of recent wins for our clients.

GMSR obtains affirmance on behalf of LA County MTA in bus slip-and-fall

A bus passenger was injured when she slipped and fell on a bus operated by GMSR’s client, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).  The passenger sued the MTA, alleging that the bus driver had negligently caused her to fall by accelerating prematurely. After

Court of Appeal rejects application of interim adverse judgment rule in malicious prosecution case

After a decade of litigation with a commercial tenant, GMSR’s clients, a commercial property owner and its manager, prevailed.  They then sued the tenant and his counsel for malicious prosecution. The tenant and his counsel moved to strike the complaint under the anti-SLAPP statute.  After

GMSR persuades California Supreme Court that economic loss rule doesn’t bar all fraudulent concealment claims between contracting parties

Courts have split over whether a plaintiff can assert a tort claim for fraudulent concealment during the performance of a contract, or whether such claims are barred by the common-law economic loss rule.  The California Supreme Court accepted the Ninth Circuit’s request to resolve the

Court of Appeal affirms summary judgment for property manager in premises liability dispute

A residential tenant was injured inside her rented home and sued the property’s former management company, GMSR’s client, for premises liability.  The management company moved for summary judgment, arguing that it could not be liable to the tenant as a matter of law.  The trial

Published Court of Appeal opinion decides statute of limitations for breaches of spousal fiduciary duties

Over the course of a 30-year marriage, the wife worked as an independent contractor for a business owned by her husband (GMSR’s client).  During divorce proceedings, the wife claimed the husband had breached his spousal fiduciary duty by taking excessive withholdings from her separate property

In a motor vehicle negligence case, the Court of Appeal reverses judgment and $500,000 cost-of-proof attorney fee award

After a motor vehicle accident, plaintiff sued both the driver and his employer seeking $10 million in damages.  When plaintiff propounded requests for admissions, defendants denied that the driver employee was negligent and that his negligence caused plaintiff some harm.  Plaintiff rejected defendants’ pre-trial Code

Court of Appeal affirms summary judgment for GMSR’s City client, finding no dangerous condition of public property

A drunk driver collided with a boy crossing a marked crosswalk in Glendale.  The boy and his brother settled their claims against the driver and sued the City of Glendale, alleging that the crosswalk was a dangerous condition of public property.  The trial court granted

Court of Appeal reverses judgment, ordering Proposition 51 apportionment retrial

GMSR’s landlord client invited a guest to visit her property.  During the visit, a dog attacked the guest and she sued the landlord for negligence.  At trial, the landlord presented evidence that her tenant owned the dog and was therefore strictly liable to the plaintiff

GMSR persuades Court of Appeal to set aside $7.619 million judgment against its client

In a wrongful death case, the decedent’s family sued GMSR’s truck-driver client and his employer for negligence.  Before trial, the truck driver disappeared.  When plaintiffs served requests for admissions (RFAs) on the driver regarding liability and he failed to answer, plaintiffs successfully moved the trial

GMSR wins reversal and remand of $1.75 million judgment against school district, with instructions to hold trial on apportionment of fault

A student sued GMSR’s school district client for injuries sustained in a mandatory physical education class, caused by a push tackle in a touch football game by another student with a history of bullying.  Plaintiff claimed that the class teacher negligently supervised the students and

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