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Gregory W. Pollack

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Judge
Civil IC
San Diego County Superior Court
Central Division - Hall of Justice
Department/Division: 71 Courtroom/Floor: 5th

330 W Broadway
San Diego , CA 92101
(619) 450-7071



Appointed to the San Diego Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2008; partner, associate, Higgs, Fletcher & Mack LLP (formerly McInnis, Fitzgerald, Rees, Sharkey & McIntyre), San Diego 1983-2008.

UCLA School of Law, 1983



Judicial Profiles
Title Court Published
Not About the Lawyers San Diego Superior Court (San Diego) Jan. 3, 2019
Gregory W. Pollack San Diego County (Vista) Jul. 13, 2010

Rulings
Case Category Published
Clarke v. Yu
affirmed
 Contracts Mar. 17, 2026
Higginson v. Kia Motors America
reversed and remanded
 Civil Procedure Feb. 4, 2026
Amundson v. Catello
reversed
 Real Property Jun. 3, 2025
Huff v. Interior Specialists, Inc.
reversed and remanded
 Arbitration Dec. 30, 2024
People ex rel. Elliott v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
reversed and remanded
 Insurance Oct. 22, 2024
Martin v. Gladstone
reversed
 Bankruptcy Oct. 19, 2023
2009 Metropoulos Family Trust v. California Franchise Tax Board
affirmed
 Tax Jun. 1, 2022
Hebert v. Barnes & Noble, Inc.
reversed and remanded
 Employment Law May 13, 2022
Bankers Hill 150 v. City of San Diego
affirmed
 Real Property Feb. 4, 2022
McKenna v. Beasley
reversed
 Torts Aug. 10, 2021
Johnson v. Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc.
reversed
 Labor Law Jul. 22, 2021
San Diegans for Open Government v. Public Facilities Financing
affirmed
 statutory_interpretation Apr. 21, 2021
RGC Gaslamp v. Ehmcke Sheet Metal Co.
affirmed
 Anti-SLAPP Oct. 28, 2020
Golden Door Properties, LLC v. Superior Court (County of San Diego)
vacated in whole or part
 Public Records Act Aug. 3, 2020
Holden v. City of San Diego
affirmed
 Environmental Law Dec. 17, 2019
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine v. Los Angeles Unified School Dist.
affirmed
 Education Dec. 13, 2019
Quidel Corporation v. Superior Court (San Diego)
petition granted
 Business Law Sep. 3, 2019
Schmidt v. Citibank, N.A.
affirmed
 Real Property Nov. 8, 2018
Save Our Heritage Organisation v. City of San Diego
affirmed
 Environmental Law Oct. 25, 2018
Bushansky v. Soon-Shiong
affirmed
 Contracts May 31, 2018
Modification: Nielsen Contracting Inc. v. Applied Underwriters Inc.
affirmed
 Contracts May 24, 2018
Nielsen Contracting Inc. v. Applied Underwriters Inc.
affirmed
 Contracts May 4, 2018
Lane v. Bell
affirmed
 Torts Feb. 2, 2018

Verdicts & Settlements
Case Name Topic Role Published
Jacquelyn Cranton and Katrena Arnold, individuals, on behalf of themselves and on behalf of all persons similarly situated v. Grossmont Hospital Corporation, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Employment Law judge Nov. 26, 2025
Michael Fox v. City of San Diego, Blue Sapphire Holdings LLC, Le Perv Landscape Inc. Personal Injury judge Oct. 31, 2025
Mario Arredondo Jr. and Miguel Rivera, in their representative capacity, on behalf of the State of California, the general public and all aggrieved employees of defendants v. Pinkerton Consulting & Investigations Inc., and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Employment Law judge Oct. 23, 2025
Erica Hampton, individually and on behalf of all similarly situated v. Mattress Firm Inc. Consumer Law judge Jul. 24, 2025
Christopher Lomeli and Daniel Blanco, individually, and on behalf of a class of similarly situated individuals v. Sea World Parks and Entertainment Inc., Sea World LLC, and Does 1-5, inclusive Consumer Law judge Jun. 27, 2025
Francisco Muhlbach v. Luz Araceli R. Navarro Personal Injury judge May 9, 2025
Erica Mittendorff, individually and on behalf of all similarly situated and aggrieved employees of defendants in the State of California v. California Boxing Clubs LLC, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Employment Law judge Oct. 11, 2024
Climate Action Campaign, Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation v. City of San Diego, and Does 1 through 20, inclusive Environmental Law judge Aug. 2, 2024
Cathryn-Lucy Price and Michelle Pono, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated v. AMN Healthcare Inc., AMN Services LLC, and Does 1-100, inclusive Employment Law judge May 3, 2024
Keep America Safe and Beautiful v. Mary's Gone Crackers Inc., IHerb LLC, and Does 1-25, inclusive Consumer Law judge May 3, 2024
Jim Dimitrios Petropoulos v. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. Consumer Law judge Feb. 9, 2024
In re: Scripps Health Data Incident Litigation Contracts judge Apr. 14, 2023
Daniel Ybanez v. Navy Federal Credit Union Employment Law judge Mar. 10, 2023
People of the State of California, acting by and through Mara W. Elliot, City Attorney of San Diego v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc., and Does 1 through 20 Business Law judge Dec. 2, 2022
Isaiah Gomez, an individual, on behalf of himself, the proposed class(es), all others similarly situated, and on behalf of the general public v. Mycles Cycles Inc. dba San Diego Harley-Davidson; Harley-Davidson Inc.; Harley-Davidson Motor Company Inc.; Harley-Davidson Motor Company Operations Inc.,, and Does 1 through 20, inclusive Consumer Law judge Aug. 5, 2022
Stephen Brown v. Aneesh Singhal Personal Injury judge Apr. 9, 2021
Donna Nuss-Rick v. City of San Diego, et al. Real Property judge Jan. 31, 2020
Environmental Research Center Inc. v. Revolution Laboratories LLC and Does 1-100 Consumer Law judge Dec. 6, 2019
Nicole Pappas v. City of San Diego Employment Law judge Oct. 4, 2019
Confidential Personal Injury Defendant Nov. 10, 2007
George Levesque v. Thomas Brannigan, Michael Musicant Personal Injury Defendant Dec. 17, 2005
Rudy Robledo, Elizabeth Robledo v. R. Edward Sanchez Personal Injury Defendant Jun. 21, 2005
James McGuinn v. Scripps Health Employment Law Defendant Sep. 30, 2003
Barbara Hart v. Donald P. Bernstein, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Jun. 10, 2003
Karen Goodrum, Gary Goodrum v. John B. Seradj, Susan Schweikert, Dale M. Apodaca, San Diego Radiology Services Medical Group Inc. Personal Injury Defendant Apr. 8, 2003
Confidential Personal Injury (Vehicular) Defendant Jul. 30, 2002
Carl Wells, Estate of Joan Wells, etc. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Nov. 18, 2000
Joseph Kenny v. Martin D. Bastuba, M.D. Personal Injury Defendant Feb. 7, 1998
Barbara Kitzig v. William D. Nordquist, DMD Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Dec. 13, 1997
Nancy Harris, Janice Glass v. Donald Bernstein, M.D., et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Jul. 20, 1996
Title Court Published
Not About the Lawyers San Diego Superior Court (San Diego) Jan. 3, 2019
Gregory W. Pollack San Diego County (Vista) Jul. 13, 2010
Case Category Published
Clarke v. Yu
affirmed
 Contracts Mar. 17, 2026
Higginson v. Kia Motors America
reversed and remanded
 Civil Procedure Feb. 4, 2026
Amundson v. Catello
reversed
 Real Property Jun. 3, 2025
Huff v. Interior Specialists, Inc.
reversed and remanded
 Arbitration Dec. 30, 2024
People ex rel. Elliott v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
reversed and remanded
 Insurance Oct. 22, 2024
Martin v. Gladstone
reversed
 Bankruptcy Oct. 19, 2023
2009 Metropoulos Family Trust v. California Franchise Tax Board
affirmed
 Tax Jun. 1, 2022
Hebert v. Barnes & Noble, Inc.
reversed and remanded
 Employment Law May 13, 2022
Bankers Hill 150 v. City of San Diego
affirmed
 Real Property Feb. 4, 2022
McKenna v. Beasley
reversed
 Torts Aug. 10, 2021
Johnson v. Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc.
reversed
 Labor Law Jul. 22, 2021
San Diegans for Open Government v. Public Facilities Financing
affirmed
 statutory_interpretation Apr. 21, 2021
RGC Gaslamp v. Ehmcke Sheet Metal Co.
affirmed
 Anti-SLAPP Oct. 28, 2020
Golden Door Properties, LLC v. Superior Court (County of San Diego)
vacated in whole or part
 Public Records Act Aug. 3, 2020
Holden v. City of San Diego
affirmed
 Environmental Law Dec. 17, 2019
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine v. Los Angeles Unified School Dist.
affirmed
 Education Dec. 13, 2019
Quidel Corporation v. Superior Court (San Diego)
petition granted
 Business Law Sep. 3, 2019
Schmidt v. Citibank, N.A.
affirmed
 Real Property Nov. 8, 2018
Save Our Heritage Organisation v. City of San Diego
affirmed
 Environmental Law Oct. 25, 2018
Bushansky v. Soon-Shiong
affirmed
 Contracts May 31, 2018
Modification: Nielsen Contracting Inc. v. Applied Underwriters Inc.
affirmed
 Contracts May 24, 2018
Nielsen Contracting Inc. v. Applied Underwriters Inc.
affirmed
 Contracts May 4, 2018
Lane v. Bell
affirmed
 Torts Feb. 2, 2018
Case Name Topic Role Published
Jacquelyn Cranton and Katrena Arnold, individuals, on behalf of themselves and on behalf of all persons similarly situated v. Grossmont Hospital Corporation, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Employment Law judge Nov. 26, 2025
Michael Fox v. City of San Diego, Blue Sapphire Holdings LLC, Le Perv Landscape Inc. Personal Injury judge Oct. 31, 2025
Mario Arredondo Jr. and Miguel Rivera, in their representative capacity, on behalf of the State of California, the general public and all aggrieved employees of defendants v. Pinkerton Consulting & Investigations Inc., and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Employment Law judge Oct. 23, 2025
Erica Hampton, individually and on behalf of all similarly situated v. Mattress Firm Inc. Consumer Law judge Jul. 24, 2025
Christopher Lomeli and Daniel Blanco, individually, and on behalf of a class of similarly situated individuals v. Sea World Parks and Entertainment Inc., Sea World LLC, and Does 1-5, inclusive Consumer Law judge Jun. 27, 2025
Francisco Muhlbach v. Luz Araceli R. Navarro Personal Injury judge May 9, 2025
Erica Mittendorff, individually and on behalf of all similarly situated and aggrieved employees of defendants in the State of California v. California Boxing Clubs LLC, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Employment Law judge Oct. 11, 2024
Climate Action Campaign, Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation v. City of San Diego, and Does 1 through 20, inclusive Environmental Law judge Aug. 2, 2024
Cathryn-Lucy Price and Michelle Pono, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated v. AMN Healthcare Inc., AMN Services LLC, and Does 1-100, inclusive Employment Law judge May 3, 2024
Keep America Safe and Beautiful v. Mary's Gone Crackers Inc., IHerb LLC, and Does 1-25, inclusive Consumer Law judge May 3, 2024
Jim Dimitrios Petropoulos v. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. Consumer Law judge Feb. 9, 2024
In re: Scripps Health Data Incident Litigation Contracts judge Apr. 14, 2023
Daniel Ybanez v. Navy Federal Credit Union Employment Law judge Mar. 10, 2023
People of the State of California, acting by and through Mara W. Elliot, City Attorney of San Diego v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc., and Does 1 through 20 Business Law judge Dec. 2, 2022
Isaiah Gomez, an individual, on behalf of himself, the proposed class(es), all others similarly situated, and on behalf of the general public v. Mycles Cycles Inc. dba San Diego Harley-Davidson; Harley-Davidson Inc.; Harley-Davidson Motor Company Inc.; Harley-Davidson Motor Company Operations Inc.,, and Does 1 through 20, inclusive Consumer Law judge Aug. 5, 2022
Stephen Brown v. Aneesh Singhal Personal Injury judge Apr. 9, 2021
Donna Nuss-Rick v. City of San Diego, et al. Real Property judge Jan. 31, 2020
Environmental Research Center Inc. v. Revolution Laboratories LLC and Does 1-100 Consumer Law judge Dec. 6, 2019
Nicole Pappas v. City of San Diego Employment Law judge Oct. 4, 2019
Confidential Personal Injury Defendant Nov. 10, 2007
George Levesque v. Thomas Brannigan, Michael Musicant Personal Injury Defendant Dec. 17, 2005
Rudy Robledo, Elizabeth Robledo v. R. Edward Sanchez Personal Injury Defendant Jun. 21, 2005
James McGuinn v. Scripps Health Employment Law Defendant Sep. 30, 2003
Barbara Hart v. Donald P. Bernstein, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Jun. 10, 2003
Karen Goodrum, Gary Goodrum v. John B. Seradj, Susan Schweikert, Dale M. Apodaca, San Diego Radiology Services Medical Group Inc. Personal Injury Defendant Apr. 8, 2003
Confidential Personal Injury (Vehicular) Defendant Jul. 30, 2002
Carl Wells, Estate of Joan Wells, etc. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Nov. 18, 2000
Joseph Kenny v. Martin D. Bastuba, M.D. Personal Injury Defendant Feb. 7, 1998
Barbara Kitzig v. William D. Nordquist, DMD Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Dec. 13, 1997
Nancy Harris, Janice Glass v. Donald Bernstein, M.D., et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Defendant Jul. 20, 1996
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