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Manela v. Superior Court (Manela)
Patient-litigant exception to physician-patient privilege does not apply where patient merely denied allegations of seizure disorder.
Civil Procedure Sep. 24, 2009
Hearn v. Howard
Service of summons and complaint at party’s commercial post office box is valid where box was listed as business address.
Civil Procedure Sep. 24, 2009
Clement v. Alegre
Improperly motivated objections to interrogatories, which referenced prior contemporaneous interrogatories, are subject to sanctions.
Civil Procedure Sep. 24, 2009
The Vons Companies Inc. v. Lyle Parks Jr. Inc.
Trial court errs in refusing to award litigation costs to litigant that prevailed on claims assigned to it by original plaintiff.
Civil Procedure Sep. 21, 2009
United Teachers Los Angeles v. Los Angeles Unified School District
Trial court errs in refusing to grant petition to compel arbitration where denial was based on substantive merits of dispute.
Civil Procedure Sep. 21, 2009
Cho v. Seagate Technology Holdings Inc.
Notice to plaintiff settlement class is inadequate where class definition only included persons who bought product from authorized retailer or distributor.
Civil Procedure Sep. 17, 2009
Doe v. The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel & Emily
Plaintiff waives issue of personal jurisdiction where he failed to fully address all relevant arguments and findings upon review.
Civil Procedure Sep. 2, 2009
Burlage v. Superior Court (Spencer)
Trial court may vacate arbitration award where arbitrator excluded material evidence, which showed that damages no longer existed.
Civil Procedure Sep. 1, 2009
Bauman v. DaimlerChrysler Corp.
Court lacks jurisdiction over nonresident parent company where subsidiary determined destination of products and parent would not perform subsidiary’s services.
Civil Procedure Aug. 31, 2009
Airlines Reporting Corp. v. Renda
Motion to vacate not subject to 30-day deadline where defendant attacked sister-state judgment on jurisdictional grounds.
Civil Procedure Aug. 28, 2009
Rodriguez v. Superior Court (Witzling)
Agreement to arbitrate medical malpractice claims is unenforceable where patient died prior to 30-day period for revocation.
Civil Procedure Aug. 27, 2009
D.C. v. Harvard-Westlake School
Arbital expenses may not be imposed against plaintiffs seeking relief under California hate crimes law.
Civil Procedure Aug. 17, 2009
Jhaveri v. Teitelbaum
Claims against cotortfeasors are not reduced by amount in settlement with other cotortfeasor where settlement was not reached prior to verdict.
Civil Procedure Aug. 14, 2009
U-Haul International Inc. v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.
Computer-generated summaries of payments made on insurance claims are admissible records of regularly conducted business activity.
Civil Procedure Aug. 13, 2009
Williams v. Southern California Gas Co.
Court errs by barring subsequent claim where factual allegations were contrary to judicially noticed facts contained in interrogatories.
Civil Procedure Aug. 12, 2009
Boyd v. City and County of San Francisco
Reversal of defense verdict is not warranted where court erroneously admitted evidence of rap lyrics found during search of decedent's car.
Civil Procedure Aug. 10, 2009
Mangum v. Action Collection Service Inc.
Plaintiff's claim under Fair Debt Collection Practices Act is timely where discovery rule applied to limitations period.
Civil Procedure Aug. 6, 2009
Manson, Iver & York v. Black
Default judgment set aside on equitable grounds where error in defendant name precluded proper notice and opportunity to defend.
Civil Procedure Aug. 4, 2009
Bosack v. Soward
Arbitration award is proper where panel did not redetermine issues previously resolved by final interim award.
Civil Procedure Jul. 24, 2009
People v. Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Co.
Surety does not forfeit bond where defendant was in custody outside of county within 180 days of forfeiture notice.
Civil Procedure Jul. 23, 2009
BNSF Railway Co. v. O'Dea
Court overturns opinion barring district courts from reviewing state administrative agency decisions based on diversity jurisdiction.
Civil Procedure Jul. 17, 2009
Thomas v. Mundell
County Attorney seeking to bar racially segregated DUI courts lacks standing to sue in federal court.
Civil Procedure Jul. 16, 2009
Turner v. Schultz
Attorney fee award is proper where defendant was 'prevailing party' in action to forestall arbitration.
Civil Procedure Jul. 15, 2009
Branner v. Regents of the University of California
Appeal from order granting special motion to strike is untimely where plaintiff failed to file valid motion to reconsider.
Civil Procedure Jul. 15, 2009
Independent Living Center Of Southern California, Inc. v. Sacramento Family Medical Clinics, Inc.
Rate reduction of medical services properly enjoined where cost data to determine effect on quality and accessibility of care was unavailable.
Civil Procedure Jul. 13, 2009
Jane Doe I v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Employees of foreign companies claiming to be third-party beneficiaries to supply-contracts fails where no duty was created.
Civil Procedure Jul. 13, 2009
Fontaine v. Superior Court (Cashcall, Inc.)
Statutory venue exception for lawsuits arising from consumer obligations is not limited to actions brought against consumer defendant.
Civil Procedure Jul. 9, 2009
Clark v. American Residential Services LLC
Trial court fails to make informed evaluation of proposed settlement by relying on counsel's assertion that overtime claim had no value.
Civil Procedure Jul. 8, 2009
Vinole v. Countrywide Home Loans Inc.
Defendant's motion to deny class certification is proper even though plaintiffs had not yet filed motion for certification.
Civil Procedure Jul. 8, 2009
Mevorah v. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
Class certification improper where court relied mainly on employer's uniform exemption policy.
Civil Procedure Jul. 8, 2009