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California Court of Appeal - December 2018 Opinion Summaries

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Rymel v. Save Mart Supermarkets, Inc.

California Court of Appeal
Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
Affirmed the denial of a supermarket chain's motion to compel arbitration of three employees' claims. The issue concerned whether alleged violations...
12/31/2018 C085863

Etcheson v. FCA US LLC

California Court of Appeal
Attorney's Fees, Consumer Protection Law
Held that the trial court improperly reduced the amount of attorney fees to which vehicle purchasers were entitled after prevailing in a lemon law...
12/27/2018 D072793

Olive v. General Nutrition Centers, Inc.

California Court of Appeal
Attorney's Fees, Media Law, Injury & Tort Law
On rehearing, held that a professional model and actor was not entitled to recover his attorney fees after being awarded damages against an advertiser...
12/27/2018 B279490

People v. Vasquez

California Court of Appeal
Criminal Law & Procedure
On rehearing, reversed a second-degree murder conviction in a case where a victim was beaten to death. Held that the trial judge should have...
12/27/2018 B281178

People v. Meraz

California Court of Appeal
Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Affirmed murder convictions arising out of a gang-related shooting but remanded for sentencing reasons, on reconsideration following transfer of the...
12/27/2018 B245657

In re Thomas

California Court of Appeal
Habeas Corpus, Criminal Law & Procedure
Denied an inmate's petition for habeas corpus challenging his conviction of active participation in a criminal street gang. He contended that a gang...
12/27/2018 E069454

San Diego Unified School District v. Yee

California Court of Appeal
Constitutional Law, Education Law
Held that school districts' constitutional challenge to certain California school funding statutes was barred by the statute of limitations. Affirmed...
12/27/2018 D072894

People v. Hamilton

California Court of Appeal
Workers' Compensation, Criminal Law & Procedure
Reversed a former U.S. Postal Service employee's conviction of fraudulently obtaining workers' compensation benefits. The California insurance fraud...
12/21/2018 D073034

Howard v. Goldbloom

California Court of Appeal
Corp. Governance, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
Held that a former company president did not have to arbitrate his claims that the CEO and others wrongfully diluted his interest in the high-tech...
12/21/2018 A154298

Drulias v. 1st Century Bancshares, Inc.

California Court of Appeal
Corp. Governance, Securities Law, Civil Procedure
Affirmed that a proposed shareholder class action could not proceed in a California court. The proper jurisdiction was Delaware because the defendant...
12/21/2018 H045049

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