California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

People v. Chavez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Conviction and sentence for cocaine possession is affirmed, except as to modification of fines imposed, over a claim that the trial court should have...

Rossco v. Bank of Am.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In case where trial judge had conversations with dispute resolution providers about possible employment, vacatur of order compelling arbitration and...

Andersen v. WCAB

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In case where petitioner sustained industrial injuries while working for respondent-city, respondent-board's conclusion that city did not violate the...

Giuliano v. Inland Empire Personnel, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In breach of contract action, denial of motion to compel arbitration under plaintiff's employment contract is reversed as plaintiff's contract...

Condon-Johnson & Assocs., Inc. v. Sacramento Muni. Util. Dist.

Construction, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Public Utilities
In dispute over contract to construct concrete foundations for piers to relieve pressure caused by moving hillside behind a powerhouse owned by...

Coral Constr. v. City & County of San Francisco

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Construction, Government Contracts, Government Law
A decision striking down a San Francisco ordinance calling for race- and gender-conscious remedies to ameliorate the effects of past discrimination in...

McKinnon v. Otis Elevator Co.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In the context of workers- compensation and an employer-s subrogation action against an alleged third-party tortfeasor, when an employer fails to...

Wright v. Issak

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Construction, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In dispute over incomplete home remodeling job, finding for defendants-homeowners on complaint and cross-complaint and award of reimbursement,...

People v. Montoya

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction and sentence for various child sexual abuse crimes and for dissuading a witness from testifying are affirmed over claims of ineffective...

People v. Ybarra

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Gang members- convictions and sentences for first degree murder and attempted murder are affirmed in part as to the convictions, but vacated as to the...