| Description | Date | Docket # |
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PEOPLE v. EMILIANO M.California Court of Appeal
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Juvenile Law
An order, continuing a juvenile on probation after violation of a previous grant of probation, is upheld except as to the requirement that he register...
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06/12/2002 | G027919 |
PAGARIGAN v. LIBBY CARE CENTER, INC.California Court of Appeal
Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Operators of a nursing facility failed to show that plaintiffs had the authority to enter into an arbitration contract on behalf of their deceased...
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06/12/2002 | B152764 |
RUSHEEN v. DREWSCalifornia Court of Appeal
Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Evidence of a plea of nolo contendere to a "wobbler" (an offense punishable as either a felony or misdemeanor), later reduced to a misdemeanor, is...
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06/12/2002 | B146415 |
LANDEROS v. CALIFORNIA DEP'T OF CORRECTIONSCalifornia Court of Appeal
Contracts, Government Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Construction workers on a public project cannot ordinarily recover prevailing wages from a public entity, on either the tort or contract theory...
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06/11/2002 | E029084 |
CITY OF OAKLAND v. WORKERS' COMP. APPEALS BD.California Court of Appeal
Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In concluding that a demotion did not qualify as a "good faith" personnel action, the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board applied an incorrect...
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06/11/2002 | A095800 |
BRAVO v. ISMAJCalifornia Court of Appeal
Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
After a dental patient's lawsuit against his dentist and dental insurer was dismissed, sufficient evidence established that claimant was a vexatious...
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06/11/2002 | D037034 |
PARK MED. PHARMACY v. SAN DIEGO ORTHOPEDIC ASSOC. MED. GROUP, INC.California Court of Appeal
Health Law, Professional Malpractice
Business & Professions Code section 4170(a)(3) does not bar a physician from dispensing or selling drugs on a for-profit basis to his or her...
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06/11/2002 | D038051 |
VIRTUALMAGIC ASIA, INC. v. FIL-CARTOONS, INC.California Court of Appeal
Civil Procedure, Contracts
Even where a non-resident corporation lacks sufficient California contacts to permit general jurisdiction by California courts, a claim arising out of...
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06/11/2002 | D037659 |
DMC, INC. v. DOWNEY SAV. & LOAN ASS'NCalifornia Court of Appeal
Banking Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Where an original owner's repurchase of property after a trustee's sale revived a junior deed of trust, that lien remains second to the purchase-money...
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06/10/2002 | E030072 |
PEOPLE v. SMITHCalifornia Court of Appeal
Criminal Law & Procedure
The trial court did not have a duty to instruct sua sponte that consent is a defense to larceny, and any failure to so instruct was not prejudicial;...
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06/10/2002 | B142943 |