California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Langhorne v. Sup. Ct.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Sentencing
Petitions for writ of mandate challenging trial court's denial of petitioners' motions to dismiss recommitment petitions, brought after the trial...

Mangano v. Verity, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against his former employer for retaliatory termination, judgment pursuant to a jury's verdict in favor of defendant and denial of...

People v. Pakes

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Sentencing
Trial court's sentencing of defendant to an indeterminate term of 25 years to life to run consecutive to a determinate term of four years for child...

Gelson's Markets, Inc. v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Workers' Compensation Appeals Board's decision and award finding the employer liable for discrimination against an industrially injured employee...

Kim Seng Co. v. Great Am. Ins. Co. of New York

Commercial Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a dispute over whether plaintiff's insurer had a duty to defend and indemnify plaintiff in a trademark infringement action under an "advertising...

Cassel v. Sup. Ct.

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In plaintiff's legal malpractice suit, his request for writ of relief from two orders excluding evidence in favor of his former attorneys is granted...

City of Los Angeles v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
City's petition for review of an order of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) awarding the full $125,000 death benefit to the California...

State of Arizona v. Yuen

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, Judgement Enforcement
Grant of defendant's motion to vacate a sister state judgment and denial of Arizona's motion for reconsideration, arising from defendant's...

Cabral v. Ralphs Grocery Co.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's wrongful death suit against the defendant, arising from an accident where a pickup truck driven by plaintiff's deceased husband...

Kaye v. Bd. of Tr. of the San Diego County Pub. Law Library

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's wrongful termination suit arising from his discharge as a law librarian for sending a scathing e-mail criticizing his superiors,...