California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Temple City Redev. Agency v. Bayside Drive Ltd. P'ship

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In eminent domain actions, involving the sale of an easement that led to plaintiff's voluntary dismissal of action against defendant, denial of...

Manderville v. PCG&S Group, Inc.

Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment in favor of defendant brokers on plaintiff buyers' claim for intentional misrepresentation is reversed as: 1) exculpatory clauses in...

Ross v. San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit Dist.

Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In action for wrongful termination and age and disability discrimination, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) Government Code section...

Ambriz v. Kelegian

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Professional Malpractice, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case involving malpractice action against plaintiff's former attorneys, who unsuccessfully represented her in a premises liability action after...

Kunysz v. Sandler

Civil Procedure, Construction, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of special motion to strike under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16, the anti-SLAPP statute, is affirmed as it was not an abuse of...

Pugliese v. Superior Ct. of Los Angeles County

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Injury & Tort Law
Domestic violence litigants are entitled to seek recovery for all acts of domestic abuse occurring during the domestic relationship, so long as the...

Kemp Bros. Constr., Inc. v. Titan Elec. Corp.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Remedies
In a breach of contract suit brought by a prime contractor on two public works projects against its former subcontractor, a judgment finding that...

Savient Pharms., Inc. v. Dep't of Health Servs.

Administrative Law, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Health Law
In a pharmaceutical company's challenge to the structure and actions of a Department of Health Services program administered by respondent involving...

California Commerce Casino, Inc. v. Scwarzenegger

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Elections, Gaming Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Indian Law
In an action involving challenges to a bill ratifying gaming compacts between the state and Indian tribes, an appeal from dismissal pursuant to a...

Stone v. Ctr. Trust Retail Props., Inc.

Commercial Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A six-figure damage award to plaintiff for physical injuries she suffered at a restaurant in defendant-commercial landlord's mall is reversed and...