California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Fripp v. Walters

Property Law & Real Estate
In a boundary dispute between neighbors, a parcel map conducted by a civil engineer was not a government sanctioned survey, and the boundaries...

Annette F. v. Sharon S.

Attorney's Fees, Family Law
In an adoption dispute, the trial court erred in awarding attorney fees to plaintiff-prevailing party under Code of Civil Procedure section 1021.5...

People v. Quintanilla

Criminal Law & Procedure
Instructions that permit the jury to consider charged domestic violence offenses, as evidence of criminal propensity, in connection with other...

Wilson v. Brawn of California

Consumer Protection Law
A ruling that defendant-mail order company had engaged in a deceptive business practice by charging its customers an insurance fee is reversed where...

Falkowski v. Imation Corp.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A
When a parent company sells its subsidiary, the subsidiary's employees' relationship with the parent company or its affiliates ends.

Brown v. Dep't of Corr.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action for employment retaliation, judgment in favor of defendants is affirmed where plaintiff-correctional officer's claim is foreclosed under...

People v. Martinez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for an assault conviction is remanded for resentencing where an enhancement pursuant to Penal Code section 186.22(b)(1)(B) was...

Tire Distrib. Inc. v. Cobrae

Civil Procedure, Contracts
In suit for breach of contract, plaintiff properly dismissed defendant from the action since the dismissal was motivated by plaintiff's belief that...

Horsford v. Bd. of Trustees

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination action, the jury verdict in favor of plaintiffs is affirmed over defendant's claim that plaintiffs did not suffer an...

Coleman v. Republic Indemnity Ins. Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
An insurer owes no duty of good faith and fair dealing to a third party claimant, notwithstanding the coincidental fact that the insurer also insures...