California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Facundo-Guerrero v. WCAB

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
A decision finding that an employee was entitled to benefits covering only 24 of his 76 chiropractic treatments under Labor Code section 4604.5 is...

In re Marriage of Gong

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Sanctions
An appeal from an order to pay child support and related obligations is dismissed as frivolous and monetary sanctions are imposed on appellant who...

People v. New

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a prosecution for two counts of first-degree murder, judgment denying defendant's motion to dismiss a 1973 murder count and his motion for trial...

Greentree Fin. Group, Inc. v. Execute Sports, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Debt Collection, Remedies
In a breach of contract action wherein the parties entered into a settlement agreement providing that defendant would make installment payments and...

Steiner v. Thexton

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an action seeking specific performance of a real estate sales agreement, judgment and an award of attorney's fees for defendant-property owner are...

People v. Masotti

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Following a conviction for cultivation of marijuana and lesser included counts of furnishing marijuana, grant of a new trial on the cultivation charge...

People v. Riffey

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Judgment committing defendant to the State Department of Mental Health for an indeterminate term as a sexually violent predator (SPV) is affirmed...

Arteaga v. Brink's, Inc.

Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a suit brought by a former employee, who was discharged after being subjected to an internal investigation of missing cash, asserting claims under...

California Sch. Employees Ass'n v. Bonita Unified Sch. Dist.

Administrative Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an employment discharge case wherein a school district's governing board reviewed the evidence presented at an arbitration hearing, disagreed with...

Sharp v. Next Entm't, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In an action arising when reality television production companies and television networks alleged violation of wage and labor laws, wherein defendant...