California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Sutter Health v. Superior Court (Atkins)

Class Actions, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiffs have failed to state a cause of action under The Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, where: 1) a thief stole a health care...

Ganoe v. Metalclad Insulation Corp.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Summary judgment in favor of defendant Metalclad in a wrongful death action alleging that multiple corporate defendants were liable for exposing...

Rhea v. General Atomics

Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a challenge to defendant-employer's employment practice of requiring exempt employees to use their annual leave hours when they are absent from...

Galen v. Redfin Corporation

Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
The trial court's order denying defendant's motion to compel arbitration of plaintiff's class action misclassification and wage and hour claims is...

Benavides v. WCAB

Administrative Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
The decision of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board rescinding petitioner's disability rating is annulled, where there was good cause for the...

Olive Lake Industrial Park v. County of San Diego

Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
The denial of plaintiff's request with defendant-county's tax assessor to transfer the base year value of property that was subjected to an eminent...

People v. Dowdell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant Lincoln's convictions and sentence for kidnapping for ransom or extortion, kidnapping during a carjacking, carjacking, kidnapping for...

People v. Saetern

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence of 100-years-to-life for a murder he committed at age 14 is affirmed, where, even assuming the trial court's sentencing process...

Rodriguez v. City of Santa Cruz

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
The trial court erred in denying plaintiff's petition for a writ of mandate challenging defendant-city's denial of his application for industrial...

People v. Povio

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for unlawful possession of a controlled substance, false representation and identification to a peace officer, and possession of...