Court of Appeal holds that homeowners who employed an unlicensed contractor to remodel their house are not subject to OSHA
Cortez v. Abich (2009) 177 Cal.App.4th 261 (California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Four). GMSR’s client homeowners hired an unlicensed contractor to assist in a home remodeling project. A worker injured during the project sued the homeowners, asserting that they were liable for
Court of Appeal reverses order purporting to enforce pre-trial settlement as inconsistent with settlement’s terms
Murphy v. Hansen (2009) 2009 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 6975 (California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division One) [unpublished]. After GMSR’s client purchased a Malibu hilltop homesite together with essential access easements, a neighboring landowner challenged the easements’ existence. The multiple disputing parties in two
Court of Appeal affirms judgment; photographs support inference that plaintiff suspected negligence
Corrales v. County of Los Angeles (2009) 2009 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 5909 (California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Seven) [unpublished]. Plaintiff, a professional boxer, suffered permanent injury to his right hand following allegedly negligent medical surgery by County doctors in September 2002. The
Court of Appeal reverses denial of anti-SLAPP motion for GMSR clients
Ruttlen v. County of Los Angeles (2009) 2009 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 5406 (California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Three) [unpublished]. The Court of Appeal reversed the denial of anti-SLAPP motions in favor of GMSR’s clients, ruling the motions should have been granted and
Court of Appeal grants new trial in long-running marital property rights dispute
In re Marriage of Feliciano (2009) 2009 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 3836 (California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three) [unpublished]. GMSR’s client Janna Feliciano and musician Jose Feliciano divorced in 1978. Their community property included royalty rights for dozens of Janna’s and Jose’s compositions
Court of Appeal affirms judgment for the Regents in a medical malpractice case
Loerch v. Regents of the University of California (2009) 2009 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 4392 (California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division One) [unpublished]. The plaintiff sought reversal of a defense verdict in medical malpractice suit. He faulted the trial court for failing to investigate
Ninth Circuit affirms summary judgment for Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca in section 1983 deliberate indifference” case”
McCullock v. Los Angeles County Sheriff, Sheriff Baca (9th Cir. 2009) 320 Fed.Appx. 814 (Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals) [unpublished]. The Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment in favor of Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca on plaintiff’s section 1983 claim, which alleged that plaintiff was
Court of Appeal affirms summary judgment for GMSR’s client in a whistleblower case
Lloyd v. County of Los Angeles (2009) 172 Cal.App.4th 320 (California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Three) [partially published]. GMSR obtained a decision affirming summary judgment for the defendant County of Los Angeles. The plaintiff claimed that he had been laid off from
Court of Appeal reverses $30 million malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty judgment
Blanks v. Seyfarth Shaw LLP (2009) 171 Cal.App.4th 336 (California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Three). In a suit charging attorney malpractice and related intentional torts, a celebrity plaintiff claimed that GMSR’s client, a major law firm, had deprived him of an automatic
GMSR garners unanimous United States Supreme Court victory as Court rules that chief prosecutor is absolutely immune from civil rights suit
John Van de Kamp, et al. v. Thomas Lee Goldstein (2009) 129 S.Ct. 855 (United States Supreme Court). In a unanimous opinion, the United States Supreme Court held that GMSR’s clients, former District Attorney John Van de Kamp and Assistant District Attorney Curt Livesay, are
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