California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Sanchez v. Brooke

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Workers' Compensation
In a suit against the estate of a home health care patient stemming from her caregiver's injuries sustained in an attempt to rescue the patient from a...

Steed v. Department of Conusmer Affairs

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Health Law
In a suit against the Veterinary Medical Board and its individual members, executive officers, enforcement coordinator, attorneys, investigator, and...

People v. Horvath

Criminal Law & Procedure
A conviction for crimes stemming from physical abuse of a child is affirmed, where: 1) there was sufficient evidence to support the intent element of...

People v. Wensinger

Criminal Law & Procedure
A conviction for making a criminal threat is reversed on double jeopardy grounds, where the evidence was insufficient to support it in a prior trial...

Nesson v. Northern Inyo County Local Hospital District

Health Law, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure
In an action by a radiologist against a hospital for suspending his medical privileges, the trial court's grant of the hospital's anti-SLAPP motion to...

Willard v. AT&T Communications of California, Inc.

Communications Law, Contracts, Public Utilities
In a suit challenging a telephone company's pricing for a service that suppressed names, addresses, and telephone numbers from the White Pages...

Kurwa v. Kislinger

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Health Law
In a breach of fiduciary duty case brought by a doctor on behalf of himself and derivatively on behalf of a joint venture corporation against his...

Jeffrey Kavin, Inc. v. Frye

Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action for breach of an agreement for lease of commercial premises, judgment in favor of the lessees is affirmed, where: 1) an attempt by a...

Asahi Kasei Pharma Corp. v. CoTherix, Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Contracts, Drugs & Biotech
In a case in which a Japanese drug maker sued its American licensee, alleging a conspiracy between the licensee and the company that acquired it to...

Stockton Teachers Ass'n CTA v. Stockton Unified School Dist.

Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case involving the rights of public school teachers employed under the provisions of Education Code section 44909, which applies to credentialed...