California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE NETWORK v. CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL

Constitutional Law, Transportation
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) acted appropriately, pursuant to its authority to direct traffic, in interfering with plaintiffs' display of...

VASQUEZ v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Commercial Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
A Code of Civil Procedure section 526a taxpayer action may be brought to compel the state to discharge its duty under the Prison Inmate Labor...

PEOPLE v. LEAL

Criminal Law & Procedure
In trial for forcible lewd acts on a child, the court did not err in defining "duress" to include a direct or implied threat of hardship. Miranda...

ROBINSON HELICOPTER CO., INC. v. DANA CORP.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Remedies
The economic loss rule, precluding tort recovery where sale of a defective product has resulted in no property damage or bodily injury but only...

MARRIAGE OF ROSEN

Attorney's Fees, Family Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Sanctions
The trial court's determination of the goodwill value of a law practice resulted from a misapplication of the excess earnings method for calculating...

PEOPLE v. ESTRADA

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Under the principles articulated in the People v. Luttenberger, 50 Cal.3d 1 (1990), the trial court did not have the discretion to deny a motion for...

PEOPLE v. MINSKY

Criminal Law & Procedure
Convictions on numerous counts of rape and other sex crimes are affirmed, as 1) victims submitted to sexual demands under duress based on danger their...

BUSSARD v. MINIMED, INC.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
The "going-and-coming" exception to the doctrine of respondeat superior does not apply to an employee while she is driving home after becoming sick at...

FITTANTE v. PALM SPRINGS MOTORS

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
An arbitration agreement required as a condition of employment was valid and enforceable, except for one severable portion, but vindication of...

COAST PLAZA DOCTORS HOSP. v. UHP HEALTHCARE

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Contracts, Health Law, Insurance Law
The Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975 does not bar a health care provider from seeking direct compensation from a health care insurer on...