California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Blickman Turkus, LP v. MF Downtown Sunnyvale, LLC.

Attorney's Fees, Commercial Law, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case primarily addressing whether a realtor who represented the lessee in a complex commercial lease transaction had a duty to inform the lessor,...

Enpalm, LLC. v. Teitler Family Trust

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
An order reducing defendants' award of contractual attorney fees after being awarded judgment in a real estate fraud and breach of contract action is...

People v. Kelly

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Following a remand wherein the trial court conducted a hearing to allow the prosecutor to state her reasons for exercising contested peremptory...

Antelope Valley Press v. Poizner

Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a case considering whether, for purposes of worker's compensation insurance, persons who made deliveries of newspapers for a newspaper publisher...

Wang v. Valverde

Administrative Law, Transportation
Grant of a petition for writ of administrative mandate compelling the DMV to set aside its revocation of plaintiff's class C, noncommercial driver's...

Kaplan v. Mamelak

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In an action involving claims of medical malpractice and battery against defendant-neurosurgeon, judgment for defendant is reversed and remanded where...

Tan v. Arnel Mgmt. Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit brought against a management company and property owners after plaintiff was shot in an ungated portion of the common area in his apartment...

Bay Area Cellular Tel. Co. v. City of Union City

Constitutional Law, Public Utilities, Tax Law
A fee imposed on telephone lines by a city to fund its 911 emergency communication is a "special tax" which must be approved by two-thirds of the...

Roman v. Liberty Univ., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law, Sports Law
In a personal injury action, an order granting defendants' motion to quash service of summons for lack of personal jurisdiction, as well as on the...

Everett v. State Farm Gen. Ins. Co.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Remedies
In a coverage dispute against an insurer alleging, inter alia, breach of contract, breach of good faith and fair dealing, promissory fraud, fraudulent...