California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

McIntyre v. Sonoma Valley Unified School District

Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case in which a school teacher filed a petition for writ of mandate to compel a school district to reinstate her as a permanent tenured teacher,...

Barker v. Hennessey Industries, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a wrongful death complaint filed by the widow and surviving children of a worker who used the defendant's brake shoe arcing machines and brake drum...

Bickel v. Sunrise Assisted Living

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a suit against an assisted living facility that was ordered to arbitration with severance of one provision of the arbitration clause that specified...

Neville v. County of Sonoma

Agriculture, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
A petition for writ of mandate challenging the authority of a county board of supervisors to terminate the petitioner's employment as agriculture...

Chao Fu, Inc. v. Chen

Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case involving causes of action relating to the defendant's foreclosure under a deed of trust, which was preceded by the plaintiff's assignment...

Kerner v. Superior Court (Widom)

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
In a wrongful termination action, the Court of Appeal holds that 1) the trial court had to conduct further proceedings to determine whether a witness...

California Paving & Grading Co., Inc. v. Lincoln General Insurance Co.

Construction, Government Law
In a paving subcontractor's suit against the surety on a labor and material payment bond that the project developer had filed with a city, the trial...

Campbell v. Ford Motor Co.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a premises liability action alleging that the plaintiff had been diagnosed with mesothelioma as a result of her exposure to asbestos from...

Chakalis v. Elevator Solutions, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a suit stemming from injuries sustained in an elevator fall, in which the jury found the plaintiff's treating physician 52 percent at fault, a...

People v. Fulton

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
The trial court's denial of a motion to suppress is affirmed, where: 1) a swab taken from the defendant's penis at the county jail without a warrant...