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Discovery Referee / Special Master Cases Handled by Katherine Gallo
As a Discovery Referee/Special Master, Katherine Gallo has a record of accomplishing both the parties' and the courts' objectives with regard to timeliness, thoroughness, impartiality and legal accuracy. Representative cases include: Construction Delay and Fraud action against a major general contractor and an architect involving a design build, multi-prime public works project. Responsibilities included case management, coordinating discovery, pre-approval of discovery, rulings at depositions and rulings on discovery motions. Personal Injury action where a passenger fell off platform and was run over by a train. Claim of driver intoxication, transit rail platform design defect and spoilage of evidence. Responsibilities included case management, ruling on discovery motions and in camera review of personnel documents. Product Liability case against major cosmetic company involving claims of facial burns and permanent scarring from product usage. Responsibilities included ruling on discovery motions, in camera review of customer complaints to review third party privacy and relevance prior to production and supervising notice to those customers pursuant to Colonial Life(31 Cal. 3d 785). Wage and Hour claims by 240 managers against a chain retail store. Responsibilities included case management, ruling on discovery motions, outlining procedure for trial and settlement negotiations. Construction Defect and Fraud claim against developer, experts, insurance company and law firm for alleged fraudulent settlements of prior construction defect claims. Responsibilities included case management, ruling on discovery motions and settlement negotiations. Wrongful Termination, Sexual Harassment and Age Discrimination cases. Responsibilities included case management, rulings at depositions, in camera review of personnel records and rulings on discovery motions. Class Action against life insurance companies on claims of fraud in the marketing of life insurance policies as annuities. Responsibilities included case management, rulings on discovery motions and Colonial Life notice to class members. Legal Malpractice action for failure to file an international patent for bio-tech company. Responsibilities included case management, ruling on discovery motions and rulings during depositions. Class action involving management of a number of limited real estate partnerships throughout the country and challenging the merger of two publicly traded companies. Responsibilities included case management and ruling on discovery motions. Sexual Molestation action. Responsibilities included ruling on attorney-client, marital, physician-patient, privilege, psychotherapist-patient, clergy-penitent and self incrimination privilege claims at deposition. Family Law cases. Responsibilities have included court supervised sale of property, case management, ruling on discovery motions and rulings on trial issues. |
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