California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Title Trust Deed Serv. Co. v. Pearson

Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit to recover bail bonds secured by a deed of trust, judgment in favor of plaintiff is reversed where the trial court erred when it denied...

In re Marina S.

Family Law, Juvenile Law
An order of the juvenile court terminating parental rights is affirmed where substantial evidence supports the court's finding that the minor was...

West Coast Life Ins. v. Ward

Contracts, Insurance Law
Plaintiff-insurance company properly rescinded a life insurance policy based on a material misrepresentation that defendant made on the insurance...

In re Amy A.

Family Law, Juvenile Law
Termination of parental rights is affirmed where substantial evidence supports the trial court's decision that the child's father left her with the...

Perez-Torres v. State of California

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiff's suit, alleging that he was mistakenly taken into custody by parole and INS agents and incarcerated, is dismissed based on the immunity...

Green v. State of California

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a disability discrimination claim, a jury properly found that defendant-employer, in failing to provide plaintiff with reasonable accommodation for...

Godinez v. Schwarzenegger

Attorney's Fees
In a claim for attorney fees, the trial court properly found that plaintiffs' lawsuit was a catalyst to defendant's changed behavior; however, the...

Knight v. Hayward Unified Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff's claim, arising from the fact that his group health insurance policy provided by his employer does not cover in vitro fertilization, does...

Singh v. Lipworth

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure
The trial court properly dismissed plaintiff's action after he was declared a vexatious litigant and failed to post the required security.

In re Marriage of Freeman

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Family Law, Sanctions
An attorney fee sanction is reversed where defendant failed to satisfy California Rules of Court, rule 870.2(c), which requires that an application...