CA Pub. Decisions

1. In re G.G.
   Aug 24, 2010
   A modification decision.
2. MUNOZ v. BCI COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF LOS ANGELES
   Aug 24, 2010
   Tom Munoz and Phillip Eichten filed a class action lawsuit against BCI Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Los Angeles (BCI), seeking damages and penalties for allegedly unpaid overtime wages, missed meal and rest period wages, and other Labor Code violations and unfair business practi…
3. MORGAN v. UNITED RETAIL INCORPORATED
   Aug 24, 2010
   Appellant Amber Morgan (Morgan) filed a class action lawsuit against her former employer, respondent United Retail Incorporated (United Retail), for violation of Labor Code section 226.[1] On behalf of a class of current and former non-exempt employees, Morgan alleged that United…
4. PEOPLE v. EUSEBIO
   Aug 24, 2010
   A modification decision.
5. THOMPSON v. MONROVIA Part-I
   Aug 24, 2010
   Appellant Matthew Donald Thompson (Thompson) is a white police officer who has been employed by the City of Monrovia Police Department (Department) since 1997. In 2008, he sued the Department for harassment and hostile work environment arising from offensive remarks and behavior …
6. THOMPSON v. MONROVIA part-I
   Aug 24, 2010
   Appellant Matthew Donald Thompson (Thompson) is a white police officer who has been employed by the City of Monrovia Police Department (Department) since 1997. In 2008, he sued the Department for harassment and hostile work environment arising from offensive remarks and behavior …
7. THOMPSON v. MONROVIA Part-II
   Aug 24, 2010
   Appellant Matthew Donald Thompson (Thompson) is a white police officer who has been employed by the City of Monrovia Police Department (Department) since 1997. In 2008, he sued the Department for harassment and hostile work environment arising from offensive remarks and behavior …
8. DAVIS v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY
   Aug 24, 2010
   Petitioner Adolfo Davis was charged with the attempted murder of David Ochoa, who, along with other witnesses, identified Davis as the man who shot him. A confidential informant also told police officers that he saw Davis shoot Ochoa. When Davis filed a motion to obtain the name …
9. In re ORLANDO C.,
   Aug 24, 2010
   Orlando C., a minor (minor), appeals from an order declaring him a ward of the juvenile court pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 602[1] by reason of his having willfully disobeyed a court order (Pen. Code, § 166, subd. (a)(4)) by violating a gang injunction. The j…
10. BOZZI v. NORDSTROM,
    Aug 24, 2010
    In this personal injury lawsuit, plaintiff Katya Bozzi appeals from the grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants Nordstrom, Inc., South Bay Center, LLC (collectively Nordstrom), and Kone, Inc. (Kone). Bozzi was riding the down escalator to the first floor of a Nordstrom d…
11. CITY OF ALHAMBRA v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
    Aug 24, 2010
    This appeal involves a question of first impression. We are asked to determine the proper calculation under Revenue and Taxation Code section 97.75 of the fee a county may charge local governmental entities within its jurisdiction for the services counties perform under two speci…
12. DAS v. BANK OF AMERICA Part-I
    Aug 24, 2010
    Appellant Baishali Das asserted claims based on the elder abuse statutes (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 15600 et seq.), alleging that respondent Bank of America, N.A., failed to report financial abuse involving her father (now deceased), and engaged in other misconduct regarding him.[1]…
13. DAS v. BANK OF AMERICA Part-II
    Aug 24, 2010
    The judgment is affirmed. Respondent is awarded its costs on appeal. <br />
14. In re NICHOLAS TORRES
    Aug 24, 2010
    Penal Code section 3001, subdivision (a)[1] provides that a person who has been released on parole for five years, and has been on parole continuously for three years since release from confinement, shall be discharged within 30 days, unless it is decided for good cause, that the…
15. HEALTH v.UNITE HERE Part-I
    Aug 24, 2010
    In an effort to force a nationwide laundry company to employ only union members and to improve their working conditions, a labor union commenced a campaign utilizing a variation of a technique known as secondary picketing. The campaign was directed at a group of hospitals that us…
16. HEALTH v.UNITE HERE Part-II
    Aug 24, 2010
    In an effort to force a nationwide laundry company to employ only union members and to improve their working conditions, a labor union commenced a campaign utilizing a variation of a technique known as secondary picketing. The campaign was directed at a group of hospitals that us…
17. CONN v. WESTERN PLACER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Part-I
    Aug 24, 2010
    The Reporting by School Employees of Improper Governmental Activities Act (Act), a whistle-blower act, (Ed. Code, §§ 44110-44114),[1] in section 44113, makes school officials liable in damages for interfering with the right of a school teacher to disclose evidence of improper g…
18. CONN v. WESTERN PLACER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Part-II
    Aug 24, 2010
    The Reporting by School Employees of Improper Governmental Activities Act (Act), a whistle-blower act, (Ed. Code, §§ 44110-44114),[1] in section 44113, makes school officials liable in damages for interfering with the right of a school teacher to disclose evidence of improper g…
19. BANK OF AMERICA v.MANOR
    Aug 24, 2010
    In this appeal we conclude that the property of a guarantor of a debt‑‑a debt which is secured by the real property of the principal debtor and also that of a joint and several co-guarantor‑‑is subject to attachment where the guarantor has contractually waived the benefit…
20. RALPHS GROCERY COMPANY v. UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION LOCAL Part-I
    Aug 24, 2010
    In this case, a union peacefully picketed in front of a grocery store, a private forum, contrary to the grocery store's demands that the union not use the private property for its expressive activities (its â€