California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Parrish v. Cingular Wireless

Class Actions, Communications Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a suit concerning the early termination fee charged to wireless telephone customers, defendant-phone company's contractual ban on class-wide...

Zabrucky v. McAdams

Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
The trial court misinterpreted a covenants, conditions, and restrictions provision, which prohibits erecting any structure which obstructs a view, as...

Allison C. v. Advanced Educ. Serv.

Education Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death suit, the trial court erred in failing to grant defendant's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict where there was no...

Country Eggs, Inc. v. Kawamura

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Judgement Enforcement
Plaintiff may not collect a judgment, owed by the California Egg Commission(CEC), from defendant-State of California where that claim is barred by the...

Padilla v. Greater El Monte Cmty. Hosp.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice lawsuit, a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff is affirmed over defendant's claim that the court, not the jury, must determine...

Consumer Advocacy Group v. Kintetsu Enter.

Consumer Protection Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Notice alleging violations of Proposition 65 must be specific and must inform the targeted hotels and retail establishment and the public prosecutor...

In Re Anthony H.

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Juvenile Law
The juvenile court erred when it decided that plaintiff's petition for disclosure of the juvenile records of her grandson was barred by res judicata.

Marcus & Millichap Real Estate v. Woodman Inv.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
A postarbitration judicial proceeding to confirm an arbitration award is final for purposes of an award of fees.

Autopsy/Post Services, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles

Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Defendant-City properly revoked plaintiff's permit to operate a medical laboratory in a commercially zoned building where the proposed facility is...

Corell v. Fox and Fox

Attorney's Fees, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint for attorney fees, on the ground that the claim was within arbitral jurisdiction, is reversed where the arbitration...