Publications

Greene Broillet & Wheeler in the News

Recognized as the #1 personal injury law firm in California by Best Lawyers, we are regularly featured in major media outlets at both the local and national level. Click on any of the links below to see more of our featured press coverage.

• Ivan Puchalt: Fighter for Public Safety -
  Attorney at Law Magazine, February 2018
• Christian Plays Ice Hockey to Help Blow Off Steam and Prepare for Challenges in Court -
  Christian Nickerson, Los Angeles Daily Journal, August 2018
• Personal Injury Litigator Shares Joy of Surfing with Veterans, At-Risk Youth -
  Los Angeles Daily Journal, June 2017
• Competitive Compulsion: Personal Injury Attorney Taylor Rayfield Set Records on University's Volleyball Team -
  Taylor Rayfield, Los Angeles Daily Journal, November 2017
• UC to Settle Doctor Conflict Lawsuit -
  Los Angeles Times, April 2014, "University of California regents agreed to pay $10 million to [Dr. Robert Pedowitz,] the former chairman of UCLA's orthopedic surgery department, who had alleged that the well-known medical school allowed doctors to take industry payments that may have compromised patient care." Greene Broillet represented Dr. Pedowitz in this multimillion-dollar conflict of interest/whistleblower lawsuit.
• Top 20 Under 40 -
  Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal, January 2014, Robert D. Jarchi was named to the Daily Journal's 2014 list of the "Top 20 Under 40" for his work "battling the Goliaths of the world in matters ranging from civil rights violations to toxic tort litigation."

Publications

• Taylor Rayfield:
  Competitive Compulsion: Personal Injury Attorney Taylor Rayfield Set Records on University’s Volleyball Team.
• Alan Van Gelder:
  Marijuana Use and the Civil Jury Trial
• Geoff Wells:
  Reflecting on the Defeat of Medical Malpractice Reform
• Taylor Rayfield:
  The Real World: Closing the Readiness Gap for New Lawyers
• Christian Nickerson and Alan Van Gelder:
  The Actual-Injury Provision and the Statute of Limitations
• Christian Nickerson and Ivan Puchalt:
  Whistleblower Protections May Help to Improve Patient Safety
• Molly Mckibben:
  Ruling Says Exclusion of ‘#MeToo’ Evidence Is Reversible Error
• Christine Spagnoli:
  General Motors Bankruptcy 2.0: Lessons Learned
• Mark Quigley and Ivan Puchalt:
  Standing of Parents to Sue for the Wrongful Death of Their Married Child
• Scott H. Carr:
  The “Reality” of Idea Theft
• Alan Van Gelder:
  Surviving the Nightmare Scenario of the Lying Client
• Scott H. Carr:
  Measure of Damages for Interference with a Shareholder’s Ability to Sell Stock

Legal Issues in the News

• Bruce Broillet Publishes Article in Advocate Magazine:
  Quiet Reflections on Profound Loss—Helping the Jury Do Justice for the Wrongful Death of a Child
• Government School District Supervision Cases:
  By Taylor Rayfield, OCTLA Gavel Magazine, Fall 2019
• Skylight Falls at Epidemic Levels: Turning Point for Consumer Safety:
  Bruce Broillet, LA’s Daily Journal, June 2019
• Arguing General Damages at Trial:
  Geoffrey S. Wells, Advocate Magazine, June 2019
• California Doctors Can No Longer Hide Accusations of Sexual Misconduct from Their Patients' Thanks to a New Law:
  Molly McKibben, Los Angeles Daily Journal, January 2019
• Ruling Says Exclusion of ‘#MeToo’ Evidence Is Reversible Error"
  Molly McKibben, Los Angeles Daily Journal, July 2018
• Private Doctrine Ruling Has No Business Being Published
  Aaron Osten, Los Angeles Daily Journal, 2016
• Reflecting on the Defeat of Medical Malpractice Reform
  Geoff Wells, Los Angeles Daily Journal, January 2015
• General Motors Bankruptcy 2.0: Lessons Learned
  Christine Spagnoli, Los Angeles Daily Journal, April 2014, By partner Christine Spagnoli: "Revisiting the basic events [of General Motors' 2009 bankruptcy]...reveals the harsh realities of a bankruptcy gone bad, which closed the courthouse doors and left thousands of consumers and grieving families with nowhere to turn.
• Braking System Problems and Fire Hazards
  This article examines the Chrysler recall that affects "well over half a million Jeep Cherokee, Dodge Caravan and Chrysler Town & Country vehicles."
• California Rental Car Safety Bill Progresses Through Legislature
  A discussion of the Houck Rental Care Safety Act (California Assembly Bill 753) that is "intended to prevent rental car companies from renting or selling defective automobiles that are subject to a federal safety recall notice."
• California Supreme Court Issues Major Decision on Medical Expenses
  This article reviews changes to the "collateral source" rule that the California Supreme Court implemented in Howell v. Hamilton Meats.
• FMCSA Considers Adding Accountability Measure to Trucking Safety Data
  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is making an effort to collect additional accident data, and due to this effort "commercial drivers and motor carrier companies could use the agency's DataQ system to submit police accident reports that show accountability in a particular incident"
• New Traffic Safety Laws in California Could Reduce Vehicle Accidents
  A review of the measures that California lawmakers passed in an effort to create safer streets and highways.
• Protecting California Bicyclists
  An examination of the rights granted to bicyclists by the California Vehicle Code and other laws, as well as a discussion of bicycle safety tips.
• Recall of Flammable Blair Robes Re-announced
  Following nine deaths caused by robes catching fire, The Consumer Product Safety Commission and the maker of Blair chenille robes "re-announced their April 2009 ‘urgent recall’ of the full-length robes and similar products."
• Recent California Train Accidents: LA Metro Passenger Critically Injured
  A recap of a series of train accidents that all took place during the final two weeks of October 2010.
• Study Reveals Extensive Online Sales of Recalled Vehicles
  A study by vehicle information system Carfax shows that "more that 2.7 million used cars were listed for sale in 2011 that had not been brought in for free repairs mandated by an auto recall."
• California Tour Bus Accident Brings Sorrow, Questions
  A discussion of federal bus safety regulations in the wake of the fatal February 2013 Scapada Magicas bus accident on Route 38 near Yucaipa, California.
• Toyota Sudden Acceleration Defect Case: $1.1 Billion Settlement
  This article examines the resolution of the lawsuit where plaintiffs "claimed that Toyota's failure to disclose the defects reduced the value of the vehicles, causing Toyota owners to lose money."
• Unsafe Toy Sales Continue
  An examination of the Trouble in Toyland list of unsafe toys and W.A.T.C.H. (World Against Toys Causing Harm, Inc.) 10 Worst Toys list for 2009.
• Vehicle Black Boxes: Attempts to Improve Motor Vehicle Accident Data
  Examination and follow up to a L.A. Times article about "ongoing efforts to make automobile event data recorders (EDRs or "black boxes") mandatory on all vehicles sold in the U.S."
• California Limo Fire: Spotlight on The Causes of Car Fires
  This article looks at vehicle fires and auto defects in the wake of a limo fire that killed five people and injured five others on the San Mateo Bridge.

Legal Practice

• The Importance of Protective Orders in Product Liability Cases -
  Aaron Osten, Forum Magazine, October 2018
• Getting Tough Evidence Admitted at Trial -
  Taylor Rayfield, Advocate Magazine, February 2018
• Distracted Drivers: Seeking Punitive Damages -
  Alan Van Gelder, Advocate Magazine, April 2017
• The Party-Bus Industry -
  Christian Nickerson, Advocate Magazine, March 2017
• Governmental Immunities that Preclude Bicyclists from Prevailing in Their Actions -
  Molly McKibben, Advocate Magazine, March 2017
• Pedestrians: Walking the Line of Dangerous Condition Claims -
  Alan Van Gelder & Alexis Dijvre, Advocate Magazine, March 2017
• The Power of “Me-Too” Evidence in California Employment Cases -
  Aaron Osten, Law 360, March 2016
• Marijuana Use and the Civil Jury Trial -
  Alan Van Gelder, Advocate Magazine, May 2015
• The Actual-Injury Provision and the Statute of Limitations -
  Christian Nickerson and Alan Van Gelder
• The Real World: Closing the Readiness Gap for New Lawyers -
  Taylor Rayfield, Los Angeles Daily Journal, November 2014
• Whistleblower Protections May Help to Improve Patient Safety -
  Christian Nickerson and Ivan Puchalt
• Don’t Trip on the Immunity “Trail” -
  Molly McKibben, Los Angeles Daily Journal, September 2014
• Get the Most Out of Your Experts While Maintaining Cost Control -
  Geoffrey Wells, Advocate Magazine, March 2013
• Back to Nature: Beware of Immunity Traps -
  Geoffrey Wells & Ivan Puchalt, Advocate Magazine, March 2013
• Combatting the “Anything Is Possible” Expert -
  Alan Van Gelder, Advocate Magazine, July 2011
• A Cite for Sore Eyes: Buell-Wilson - Christine Spagnoli & Stuart Esner, Advocate Magazine, August 2010
• Standing of Parents to Sue for the Wrongful Death of Their Married Child -
  Mark Quigley & Ivan Puchalt, Forum Magazine, Spring 2008
• Establishing Causation and Damages in Transactional Malpractice Cases After Viner V. Sweet -
  Scott Carr, Forum Magazine, Spring 2008
• Surviving the Nightmare Scenario of the Lying Client -
  Alan Van Gelder, Forum Magazine, April 2006
• The “Reality” Of Idea Theft -
  Scott Carr, Advocate Magazine, April 2006
• Measure of Damages for Interference with a Shareholder’s Ability to Sell Stock -
  Scott Carr, Association of Business Trial Lawyers Report, 2003
• Punitive Damages Evidence: The Scope of the Auto Manufacturer -
  Christine Spagnoli, Advocate Magazine, June 2000