California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

SIMI CORP. v. GARAMENDI

Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an action to vacate the Insurance Commissioner's decision interpreting certain regulations governing the reporting status of workers' compensation...

PEOPLE v. MARICHALAR

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In appeals from judgments imposed in three separate cases (possession of methamphetamine, possession for sale, and kidnapping), a restitution fine and...

FENN v. SHERRIFF

Family Law
Family Code section 3102 is constitutional even though it may allow for court-ordered grandparent visitation over the objection of two fit parents.

BARNARD v. LANGER

Attorney's Fees, Legal Malpractice, Sanctions
In a negligence action against plaintiff's law firm for accepting a land dispute settlement for too little money, the grant of a non-suit in favor of...

PEOPLE v. VALDEZ

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Convictions for second degree murder of victim's fetus and the multiple murder special circumstance findings are reversed where medical evidence...

GARRETT v. YOUNG

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Civil Code section 56.16, an exception to the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act's general rule prohibiting disclosure of medical information...

FISCHER v. FIRST INT'L BANK

Banking Law, Property Law & Real Estate
When a bank enters into a written loan agreement that specifies the collateral for two different loans, and does not state that the loans will be...

CUMMINS, INC. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE (COX)

Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Civil Code section 1793.2(d), a provision of the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act, section 1790 et seq., may be applied to a manufacturer whose...

PALMER v. ZAKLAMA

Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The recordation of a notice of lis pendens, even if done for an improper purpose, is not a valid basis for a cause of action for abuse of process,...

IN RE FARLEY

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Subdivisions (b)(1) and (b)(2) of section 3377.1 of title 15 of the California Code of Regulations provide for independent grounds for attaching an...