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REPLACEMENT COPY OF TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2025

Name Category Published
Estate of Avila
Dismissal unwarranted if opposition to petitions for summary judgment are filed late due to counsel's error.
Torts Jun. 14, 1999
Jones v. Dutra Construction
Longshore and harbor workers' act provision bars vessel-owner negligence action, for dredging operation injury.
Workers' Compensation Jun. 14, 1999
Suter v. City of Lafayette
City can require additional land use and police permits to sell, transfer or lease weapons.
Government Jun. 14, 1999
People v. Newsome
Consecutive sentences are not mandatory under three strikes law.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 14, 1999
Damonte A., a Minor
Order removing child from parental custody but permitting child to remain at home is invalid.
Juveniles Jun. 14, 1999
Hamilton v. Laine
Trial court cannot enter nunc pro tunc order amending judgment to establish special needs trust.
Civil Procedure Jun. 14, 1999
Pomona Police Officers' Assoc. v. City of Pomona
Agreement giving option to convert employer-paid employee contributions for salary purposes, violates Public Employees Retirement Law.
Labor Law Jun. 14, 1999
Fitzpatrick v. Hayes
Insurance company has no duty to advise insureds about available personal umbrella coverage.
Insurance Jun. 14, 1999
Light v. Social Security Administration
Finding claimant lacks credibility cannot solely be based on missing medical support for alleged pain severity.
Government Jun. 14, 1999
Ward v. Allstate Insurance Co.
Whether insured reasonably relied on statements of insurer's adjuster is fact issue precluding summary judgment.
Insurance Jun. 14, 1999
Grenier v. City of Irwindale
Showing of reasonableness of street design is sufficient to establish design immunity for purposes of summary judgment.
Government Jun. 14, 1999
Tanner v. Tanner
Ex-husband isn't required to pay ex-wife's attorney fees after unsuccessfully challenging marital settlement agreement.
Family Law Jun. 14, 1999
People v. Perryman II
Order
Jun. 14, 1999
State Compensation Insurance Fund v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board
Review granted
Jun. 14, 1999
People v. Davis
Review granted
Jun. 14, 1999
Board of Administration v. Wilson
Public entity's motion for fees is denied under federal Civil Rights Attorney's Fee Awards Act.
Attorneys Jun. 14, 1999
Bernasconi Commercial Real Estate v. St. Joseph's Regional Health System
No statutory-mandated relief from dismissal for untimely complaint service based on attorney's fault affidavit.
Civil Procedure Jun. 14, 1999
Hersant v. California Dept. of Social Services
Employee claiming discrimination must offer substantial evidence that employer's non-discriminatory reason for demotion was pretextual.
Employment Law Jun. 14, 1999
Flynn v. Superior Court (Bolling)
Private investigator can refuse to divulge information obtained for client, but must reveal client's identity.
Torts Jun. 14, 1999
People v. Lepe
Admission of testimony given at preliminary hearing held after enactment of Proposition 115 isn't unconstitutional.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 14, 1999
U.S. v. Uchimura
Incorrect ruling of materiality as question of law in false tax return prosecution isn't reversible error.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 14, 1999
Bankruptcy of Quality Laser Works
Liquidating partner under California law is custodian for purposes of Bankruptcy Code.
Bankruptcy Jun. 14, 1999
Bankruptcy of Giordano
Dismissal of gross negligence complaint against Chapter 7 trustee warrants imposition of sanctions.
Bankruptcy Jun. 14, 1999
Feldsott v. State Bar
Attorney can protect lien against recovery and isn't culpable of failure to promptly pay client.
Attorneys Jun. 14, 1999
Hunter Douglas Inc. v. Harmonic Design Inc.
Federal patent law pre-empts state law claims regarding patent invalidity.
Intellectual Property Jun. 14, 1999
People v. Marroquin
Conviciton for street gang participation based on same events from earlier conviction violates double jeopardy.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 14, 1999
Southern California Gas Co. v. California Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Bd.
Safety regulation relating to interstate natural gas pipelines is pre-empted by Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act.
Administrative Agencies Jun. 14, 1999
People v. Hooker
No suppression absent showing defendant's confession is product of third party's involuntary admission.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 14, 1999
People v. Perry
Co-defendant can use evidence on own behalf even though it was suppressed in defendant's case.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 14, 1999
Watson v. County of Riverside
Forcing deputy sheriff to write incident report without his counsel present violates due process.
Employment Law Jun. 14, 1999