California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Marriage of Williamson

Family Law
The trial court's order that Husband pay monthly permanent spousal support of $2,000 and child support of $1,235 is: 1) reversed in part and modified,...

Erlach v. Sierra Asset Servicing, LLC

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint, which alleges multiple causes of action including constructive eviction and retaliatory eviction, is reversed and...

In re Jonathan P.

Family Law, Juvenile Law
The order of the juvenile dependency court denying Father's petition seeking custody of his minor son, or in the alternative, family reunification...

Children's Hospital Central California v. Blue Cross of California

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Evidence, Government Benefits
In a dispute between plaintiff-hospital and defendant-health plan over the reasonable value of the post-stabilization emergency medical services...

Rea v. Blue Shield of California

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Contracts, Health Law, Insurance Law
The California Mental Health Parity Act, which uses broad statutory language to mandate the provision of medically necessary services for mental...

Keshtgar v. U.S. Bank

Banking Law, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of plaintiff's action against defendant-bank, as trustee of a plaintiff's mortgage trust, to prevent the defendant-bank from initiating...

Hill v. Degery

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action for alleged violations of a written easement agreement, the trial court's post-judgment order awarding contractual attorney fees to...

People v. Gabriel Martinez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's conviction and sentence for involuntary manslaughter and three counts of furnishing a controlled substance, with a great bodily injury...

People v. Martinez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
The trial court's imposition of a sentence on defendant, which included a victim restitution order in the amount of $425,654.63, after he pled guilty...

People v. Rivera

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Defendant's motion for leave to file a late notice of appeal from a postjudgment restitution order is treated as a petition for writ of habeas corpus...