California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Bowen v. Ryan

Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In a tort action against a dentist for his alleged mistreatment of a child patient, a special verdict awarding monetary damages for negligence, dental...

In re Darlene T.

Constitutional Law, Family Law, Juvenile Law
A juvenile court order requiring department of child and family services to make retroactive AFDC-FC payments under Adoption and Safe Families Act of...

Los Angeles Unified Sch. Dist. v. Great Am. Ins. Co.

Construction, Contracts, Evidence, Government Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In consolidated appeals reviewing several rulings on a school district's breach of contract claims involving a construction project, grant of a motion...

Coronado v. Cobblestone Village Cmty. Rentals

Civil Rights, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Property Law & Real Estate
A plaintiff seeking to establish a cause of action under the Unruh Civil Rights Act or the Disabled Persons Act based solely on the existence of a...

California Corr. Peace Officers' Ass'n v. Schwarzenegger

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Contracts, Government Law
In an action challenging Governor Schwarzenegger's declaration of a state prison overcrowding "state of emergency" and his authorizing the California...

People v. Laborde

Admiralty, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Immigration Law
In a prosecution for drug possession, denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence is affirmed over claims that a search of his stateroom on a...

California Ins. Guarantee Ass'n v. WCAB

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
An order denying plaintiff's petition for reconsideration of an award of benefits to an injured worker is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff failed to show...

Caso v. Nimrod Prod., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Entertainment Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies, Workers' Compensation
In a personal injury action brought by a professional stuntman for injuries sustained from a stunt performance, summary judgment based on a finding...

Pueblo Radiology Med. Group, Inc. v. Gerlach

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Health Law
In a breach of contract action against individual defendants based on an alter-ego theory, judgment finding defendants not personally liable and...

People v. Bautista

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Conviction and sentence for sex-related offenses involving teenage girls is affirmed over defendant's claims that: 1) as an unpaid lay pastor, the...