California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Rodriguez v. Bank of the West

Banking Law, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice, Remedies
In a case wherein a lawyer filed negligence claims against several banks after the lawyer's office manager opened bank accounts in the lawyer's name...

Unterberger v. Red Bull N. Amer., Inc.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Evidence
In an action wherein a beverage distributor sued a California company alleging that it had a contract for exclusive distribution in certain...

Loeb v. Record

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law
In a fee dispute between a law firm and its client wherein the client appealed an arbitration award in favor of the law firm, an order enforcing the...

Royal Indem. Co. v. United Enter., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an insurance coverage action wherein the trial court denied a motion to intervene on grounds that neither public policy nor existing authority...

Wagner v. Wagner

Civil Procedure
In a living trust settlement action wherein the probate court sustained an objection to a beneficiary's proposed compensation on grounds that the...

Little Co. of Mary Hosp. v. Superior Court (Marin)

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In an elder abuse-related punitive damages case involving interpretations of Civil Code sections 425.13 and 425.14, the court of appeals rules that:...

In re Vincent G.

Evidence, Juvenile Law, Sentencing
In a juvenile proceeding wherein gang-related conditions of probation were imposed on a minor, the order is affirmed but modified in part where: 1)...

People v. Soukomlane

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction for willful infliction of corporal injury on a spouse and possession of controlled substance paraphernalia is reversed and remanded where...

State Bldg. and Constr. Trades Council of California v. Duncan

Construction, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
Tax credits provided by the state to facilitate construction of low-income housing come within the definition of Labor Code section 1720, which...

Rodriguez v. Blue Cross of California

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Insurance Law
Denial of a petition to compel arbitration is affirmed where arbitration provisions in an enrollment form of a health care service plan failed to...