California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Coretronic Corp. v. O'Connor

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a civil action alleging collusion and misconduct by counsel, denial of special motion to strike complaint pursuant CCP section 425.1 is affirmed...

Smith v. Home Loan Funding

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In a tort action, judgment for breach of fiduciary duty and misrepresentation against a mortgage lender who acted as a mortgage broker is affirmed...

People v. Superior Court (Salter)

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In a matter involving the involuntary treatment of a mentally disordered offender (MDO), denial of petition for a writ of mandate by trial court is...

Cabrera v. E. Rojas Properties

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In a tort action alleging premises liability, Appeals Court affirms reduction of award by trial court holding that the reduction of recovery of past...

Larson v. City and County of San Francisco

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Elections, Government Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an unlawful detainer action involving voter-approved Proposition M's attorney fees provision set forth in San Francisco's Rent Ordinance, S.F....

In re Greg F.

Juvenile Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a juvenile case, after which the minor admitted a juvenile delinquency petition (section 602) alleging an offense that was not California...

Bonfigli v. Strachan

Evidence, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Elder Law
Appeal from an amended judgment upon a special verdict in favor of defendants is reversed where trial court erred in its pretrial ruling on the...

Wherry v. Award, Inc.

Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a gender discrimination and sexual harassment complaint, denial of petition to arbitrate the complaint pursuant to several arbitration provisions...

People v. Brown

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Murder conviction is upheld where the trial court properly admitted defendant's prior acts of domestic violence under EC section 14109(a), as murder...

Gould v. Corinthian Colleges, Inc.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a commercial lease dispute, the trial court's ruling is affirmed where the lessor waived an antiwaiver provision in a commercial lease and the...