Publications
At Greene Broillet & Wheeler, our seasoned team of professionals have over 100 years of combined legal experience handling complex legal matters.
Publications by Greene Broillet & Wheeler
Alan Van Gelder:
- Accountability for Distracted Driving; Daily Journal
- Look to the contract to defeat implied delegation
- Defense Medical Exams In Brain-Injury Cases
- Potential Liability For Recommending Rejection of Policy Limits Demands
- Marijuana Use and the Civil Jury Trial
- Surviving the Nightmare Scenario of the Lying Client
- Distracted Drivers: Seeking Punitive Damages
- The Actual-Injury Provision and the Statute of Limitations
- Pedestrians: Walking the Line of Dangerous Condition Claims
- Marijuana Use and the Civil Jury Trial
- Combatting the “Anything Is Possible” Expert
Aaron Osten:
- Offsetting The Delays Faced By Victims of Workplace Retaliation
- Privette Doctrine Ruling Has No Business Being Published
- The Importance of Protective Orders in Product Liability Cases
- The Power of “Me-Too” Evidence in California Employment Cases
Browne Greene:
Ivan Puchalt:
- When is a work email subject to the attorney-client privilege?
- Defendants can be held liable for injuries on non-owned property
- Trees: A primer on how to beat the "Act of God" Defense
- Out on a Limb: How to Litigate Against Dangerous Trees
- Whistleblower Protections May Help to Improve Patient Safety
- Standing of Parents to Sue for the Wrongful Death of Their Married Child
- Back to Nature: Beware of Immunity Traps
- The COVID-19 Effects on Damages
Christian Nickerson:
- Accepted practices for heart resuscitation; Daily Journal
- The Actual-Injury Provision and the Statute of Limitations
- The Party-Bus Industry
- Whistleblower Protections May Help to Improve Patient Safety
Molly McKibben:
- The latest and greatest in TBI treatments
- Neuroendocrine dysfunction: a path to demonstrating traumatic, Los Angeles Daily Journal
- How to secure approval of a minor’s compromise petition on your first try
- Ruling Says Exclusion of ‘#MeToo’ Evidence Is Reversible Error
- California Doctors Can No Longer Hide Accusations of Sexual Misconduct from Their Patients' Thanks to a New Law
- Governmental Immunities that Preclude Bicyclists from Prevailing in Their Actions
- Don’t Trip on the Immunity “Trail”
Christine Spagnoli:
- Daily Journal: Top Women Lawyers, 2023
- General Motors Bankruptcy 2.0: Lessons Learned
- A Cite for Sore Eyes: Buell-Wilson
- Punitive Damages Evidence: The Scope of the Auto Manufacturer
Mark Quigley:
- Top Labor & Employment Lawyers in 2023
- Standing of Parents to Sue for the Wrongful Death of Their Married Child
Scott H. Carr:
- The “Reality” of Idea Theft
- Measure of Damages for Interference with a Shareholder’s Ability to Sell Stock
- Establishing Causation and Damages in Transactional Malpractice Cases After Viner V. Sweet
Bruce Broillet:
- Defendants can be held liable for injuries on non-owned property
- Accountability for Distracted Driving; Daily Journal
- Daily Journal's Top 100 Lawyers
- The Evolving Law of COVID-19 Business Interruption Cases
- Accepted practices for heart resuscitation; Daily Journal
- Quiet Reflections on Profound Loss—Helping the Jury Do Justice for the Wrongful Death of a Child
- Skylight Falls at Epidemic Levels: Turning Point for Consumer Safety
Geoffrey S. Wells:
- Knowing What You Are Fighting For
- Arguing General Damages at Trial
- Get the Most Out of Your Experts While Maintaining Cost Control
- Back to Nature: Beware of Immunity Traps
Robert Jarchi:
- Artificial Intelligence: A Powerful Litigation Tool
- Unwinding the statute-of-limitations clock
- Powerful ways to prove your client’s brain injury objectively
- Daily Journal: California Legal Community Steps Up To Aid Maui Relief
Jenna Edzant:
Legal Issues in the News
- 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. - 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." - 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
- A Giant Among Our Great Plaintiff Firms
Jeffrey Rudman, Advocate Magazine, November 2020
Awards & Associations
-
Named in Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms,” Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP ranks as Tier 1 Personal Injury Litigation- Plaintiffs in Los Angeles.
-
Founding partners Browne Greene and Bruce A. Broillet are both members of the exclusive invite-only Inner Circle of Advocates, as two of the top 100 plaintiff trial lawyers in America.
-
All of our attorneys are proud to be active members of the Los Angeles County Bar Association or LACBA.
-
Many firm members have been honored by the Consumer Attorneys of California, including Browne Greene, Christine Spagnoli, and Bruce Broillet, recipients of the Marvin E. Lewis Award. In addition, attorneys Bruce Broillet, Scott Carr, Molly McKibben, and Tobin Lanzetta has been honored with the Consumer Attorney of the Year Award.
-
All 15 of our attorneys have been selected to Best Lawyers® after an extensive peer review process.
-
Our attorneys were featured in TopVerdict for having one of the Top 10 Wrongful Death Verdicts in California in 2019, with $15 million won for the plaintiff in Keck v. Bel-Air Bay Club.
-
Our firm has more attorneys on the Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars lists than any other law firm in Southern California, with 15 members selected.
-
Several partners are active members in the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, with attorneys Browne Greene, Bruce Broillet, and Christine Spagnoli named “Trial Lawyer of the Year."
-
Firm partners Christine D. Spagnoli and Molly McKibben have both been honored by the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles and are active members.
-
After winning $2.6 million for the plaintiff’s side in a head-on collision case, our victory was named in the Top 50 Personal Injury Verdicts in California in 2019 by TopVerdict.
-
Recipients of this recognition are held up to the same standards as for The Best Lawyers in America, but only legal professionals in the first ten years of their careers qualify. Four attorneys at GBW have been recognized with this award in 2021.
-
Several of our partners are members in the American Board of Trial Advocates, a national invite-only association consisting of the most experienced trial lawyers.
-
Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP, was featured by TopVerdict in the Top 100 Settlements across all practice areas in California for 2019.
-
Our team includes several Fellows and Associates with the invite-only International Society of Barristers in recognition of their trial advocacy.
-
Bruce A. Broillet and Christine D. Spagnoli are Fellows with the invite-only International Academy of Trial Lawyers, a group of elite trial lawyers from over 30 countries.
-
A preeminent trial lawyers’ organization in North America, the American College of Trial Lawyers have elected firm partners Bruce Broillet, Mark Quigley, and Geoffrey Wells as Fellows.
Why Choose Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP?
-
We Have Decades of Legal Experience
-
We've Recovered Billions For Our Clients
-
We're Always Available For Our Clients & Offer Free Consultations
-
We've Taken On Some of The Largest Corporations & Insurance Agencies