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Melanie Paulick successfully secured a dismissal for a large public entity in a premises liability case by showing that the entity owed no duty to the plaintiff. The plaintiff alleged he suffered serious injuries when his bicycle wheel fell into an improperly covered utility vault on a sidewalk near the intersection of Winnetka Avenue and…

While on vacation at Disneyland, Marcos Neri became severely ill with nausea and vomiting. After initially declining paramedic advice to go to the ED, he received mobile IV therapy at his hotel. The next day, he was taken to Anaheim Global Medical Center (AGMC) ED, reporting a 15-year history of kidney stones. He signed AGMC’s…

Kelly Ward and Jessica Nunez obtained a successful appellate ruling on behalf of the County Defendant in a premises liability action alleging a dangerous condition of public property arising from a claimed sidewalk defect. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the County after determining that the alleged sidewalk condition constituted a trivial…

Barstow Community Hospital was brought into a lawsuit almost two years after it was filed and shortly before all other named defendants settled out of the case for a seven-figure amount. The plaintiff had undergone surgery for a necrotic gallbladder and suffered a bowel perforation as consequence. Following a prolonged post operative hospital stay, the…

Molshree Gupta has secured a defense judgment and case termination on behalf of County Defendants in Plaintiff’s action for Fourth Amendment and ADA violations. During the underlying incident, Plaintiff attempted self-harm by shooting himself with a gun. In response to a 911 call from Plaintiff’s family member, law enforcement officers arrived to find Plaintiff still…

Danielle Velazquez and Robert McKenna obtained a defense verdict in a jury trial in Orange County Superior Court in a case involving medical malpractice, informed consent, and medical battery relative to their client’s performance of a photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) laser vision correction surgery. Plaintiff claimed that he consented to a LASIK laser vision correction procedure,…

The United Stated District Court for the Central District of California recently granted judgment in favor of a large public entity and law enforcement officers who were sued for alleged constitutional and state law violations. During a dangerous law enforcement operation to search for a firearm in response to a 911 call, Plaintiff was briefly…

In a complex legal malpractice matter arising from a real estate transaction, the defendant law firm acknowledged negligence but disputed the scope of damages. The plaintiff alleged losses exceeding $1 million, claiming a missed development opportunity. After a lengthy trial, Greg Emdee and Jim Kjar successfully demonstrated that any damages should be limited. The court…

Plaintiff was a prominent entertainer promoted by Rolling Stone Magazine and other media outlets in the music industry, who had silicone breast implants placed by the Defendant Plastic Surgeon in the year 2000 by as part of an Adjunct Study Protocol. The implants then ruptured 17 years later. Plaintiff argued that the silicone implants caused…