California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Martin v. Inland Empire Utilities Agency

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment dispute alleging several causes of action and deriving from purported racial and age discrimination and retaliation by defendants,...

In re J.H.

Family Law
In a dependency proceeding concerning appellant's paternity status, judgment of the juvenile court denying appellant's request that he be designated...

Zelasko-Barrett v. Brayton-Purcell, LLP

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a labor and employment action alleging defendant's failure to pay overtime wages and other benefits on the ground that plaintiff-law clerk was...

Bullock v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.

Civil Procedure, cs_82, False Advertising, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Remedies
In an action for products liability, fraud and other theories arising from the plaintiff's affliction with lung cancer because her 45-year habit of...

Thomson v. Canyon

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action for negligence and breach of fiduciary duty arising from an allegedly foiled arrangement to salvage plaintiff's home from foreclosure,...

Villa Los Alamos Homeowners Assn. v. State Farm Gen. Ins. Co.

Contracts, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a first party property insurance coverage dispute, judgment of the trial court in favor of the defendant is affirmed where: 1) MacKinnon's...

Templo Calvario Spanish Assembly of God v. Gardner Construction Corp.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Remedies, Construction
In a contract dispute involving the enforceability of an arbitration provision contained in a construction contract where the contractor was...

Rogers v. County of Los Angeles

Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging that defendant violated the California Family Rights Act, Gov. Code section 12945.2, by reassigning plaintiff upon her return...

People v. Meza

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a dispute concerning the scope of Penal Code section 995 and arising from a failure of the prosecution to present evidence at a preliminary hearing...

Barrese v. Murray

Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Family Law
In a stylized Marvin v. Marvin dispute involving the trial court's authority to hear and determine a motion for a new trial on remand, judgment of the...