California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Platypus Wear, Inc. v. Goldberg

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a lawsuit by a corporation against its officers and attorneys, order granting defendant's application to file a special motion to strike the...

Mission Shores Ass'n v. Pheil

Property Law & Real Estate
Grant of petition which reduced the percentage of affirmative votes required to amend the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions (CCR)...

People v. Castagne

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a conviction for unlawfully possessing methamphetamine, sentence finding defendant ineligible for probation is reversed where: 1) record does not...

Masry v. Masry

Probate, Trusts & Estates
In a probate matter, judgment finding that husband's revocation from joint trust was valid is affirmed where: 1) the revocation provision in the trust...

Schaffter v. Creative Capital Leasing Group

Construction, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In a contract claim related to a real estate transaction, judgment in favor of plaintiffs is affirmed over claims of error that: 1) the court erred by...

Padilla v. Pomona College

Construction, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Workers' Compensation
In an action for personal injury and premises liability arising from a worksite injury during the remodel of a dormitory at defendant Pomona College,...

Dobos v. Voluntary Plan Adm'rs

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of petition for writ of administrative mandate is affirmed where: 1) based on the plain language of the Los Angeles County Code provisions...

Jones v. P.S. Development Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action for negligence and product liability for injuries sustained during employment at LAX airport, grant of summary judgment in favor of...

McMillan v. Stroud

Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a challenge to a probate court order directing plaintiff to pay a lien issued by defendant State Department of Health Care Services under the...

Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. California Fish and Game Comm'n.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
Judgment overturning rejection of petition is affirmed where the California Fish and Game Commission erred in rejecting at the threshold a petition to...