California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Grey v. American Management Services

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by an investment manager asserting various causes of action against his former employer, which action was ordered to an arbitration that...

State Compensation Insurance Fund v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a case in which an employee who had been employed less than six months sought workers' compensation benefits for psychiatric injury in addition to...

Montgomery Sansome LP v. Rezai

Construction, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action seeking payment for repair work performed at a building owned by the defendants, the trial court's grant of summary judgment and its...

Jamieson v. City Council of the City of Carpinteria

Administrative Law, Construction, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action asking the court to declare the rights and responsibilities of the City of Carpinteria and the plaintiff as parties to a stipulated...

Reilly v. Superior Court (People)

Health Law
In a commitment proceeding under the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA), a petition for writ of mandate and prohibition is granted, where: 1) an...

People v. Wells

Criminal Law & Procedure
A conviction for marijuana DUI and inflicting great bodily injury is reversed, where: 1) unconsciousness was one of the defendant's primary defenses...

People v. Tuck

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
The trial court's denial of a petition for a writ of mandate to set aside an order requiring him to register as a sex offender for life is affirmed,...

Duea v. County of San Diego

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In an action seeking a refund of property taxes, the trial court's decision against the taxpayer is affirmed, where: 1) trial court did not err when...

People v. Romero

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prosecution of a gang member for murder and other crimes, the court finds that: 1) the law of the case doctrine did not govern whether the...

California Ass'n for Health Service at Home v. State Dep't of Health Care Services

Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Health Law, Insurance Law
In a case challenging the Department of Health Care Services review of Medi-Cal reimbursement rates paid to providers of home health agency services,...