California Supreme Court and Court of Appeal published (citable) opinions.
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KING v. WILLMETT Part - I
Aug 19, 2010
Mayall, Hurley, Knutsen, Smith & Green, Mark E. Berry, Jesmin Alam for Defendant and Respondent. <br /> In this case we primarily consider whether, in a negligence action against a nonpublic defendant, the reduction of a plaintiff's award of past medical expense damages…
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KING v. WILLMETT Part - II
Aug 19, 2010
In Government Code section 985 (section 985), the Legislature has addressed the application of the collateral source rule to public defendants in personal injury or wrongful death actions. Section 985 retains the evidentiary portion of the collateral source rule by expressly proh…
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CONN v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD
Aug 19, 2010
A Modification decision.
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SNATCHKO v. WESTFIELD LLC PART - I
Aug 19, 2010
In this case we conclude the rules of a large regional shopping mall that prohibit peaceful, consensual, spontaneous conversations between strangers in common areas of the mall about topics that are not related to the activities of the mall, its tenants or the noncommercial spons…
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SNATCHKO v. WESTFIELD LLC PART - II
Aug 19, 2010
In this case we conclude the rules of a large regional shopping mall that prohibit peaceful, consensual, spontaneous conversations between strangers in common areas of the mall about topics that are not related to the activities of the mall, its tenants or the noncommercial spons…
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SNATCHKO v. WESTFIELD LLC PART - III
Aug 19, 2010
In this case we conclude the rules of a large regional shopping mall that prohibit peaceful, consensual, spontaneous conversations between strangers in common areas of the mall about topics that are not related to the activities of the mall, its tenants or the noncommercial spons…
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PEOPLE v. JONES,
Aug 19, 2010
In this driving under the influence case, the trial court ordered defendant Steve Douglas Jones to pay victim restitution in the sum of $4,468.40, but in doing so failed to make a clear statement of the calculation method it used to reach that figure. We conclude this failure amo…
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PEOPLE v. JONES
Aug 19, 2010
Defendant Ahmanda Jones appeals from her conviction for shooting at an occupied vehicle. A jury convicted Jones of attempted voluntary manslaughter and of shooting at an occupied vehicle after an incident in which Jones shot at a man with whom she had a disagreement concerning pa…
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FISHER v. DCH TEMECULA IMPORTS LLC Part-I
Aug 19, 2010
Defendant DCH Temecula Imports LLC (DCH) appeals the denial of its petition to compel arbitration. The trial court found that an arbitration clause in a retail installment sales contract (RISC) for the sale of a car to plaintiff Amberlee Fisher, which included a waiver of the rig…
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FISHER v. DCH TEMECULA IMPORTS LLC Part-II
Aug 19, 2010
Defendant DCH Temecula Imports LLC (DCH) appeals the denial of its petition to compel arbitration. The trial court found that an arbitration clause in a retail installment sales contract (RISC) for the sale of a car to plaintiff Amberlee Fisher, which included a waiver of the rig…
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GARCIA v. W&W COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, INC.,
Aug 19, 2010
A modification decision.
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UNDERWOOD v. PEARCE
Aug 19, 2010
This case involves the disposition of approximately $2 million from the estate of James Donald Gardner, Jr. (â€
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EBBETTS PASS FOREST WATCH v. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORE AND FIRE PRO. Part. I
Aug 19, 2010
This case presents the issue of what constitutes a â€
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FOREST WATCH v. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT of fore. Part-II
Aug 19, 2010
This case presents the issue of what constitutes a â€
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KERN COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES v. SUPERIOR
Aug 19, 2010
Petitioner Kern County Department of Human Services (department) petitions for a writ of mandate after respondent Kern County Superior Court (juvenile court) refused to find the department properly noticed a parent of a jurisdictional/dispositional hearing on juvenile dependency …
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KERN COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES v. SUPERIOR COURT OF KERN COUNTY
Aug 19, 2010
A modification decision.
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PEOPLE v. LYNCH PART-I
Aug 19, 2010
Defendant Franklin Lynch was convicted of the first degree murders of Pearl Larson, Adeline Figuerido, and Anna Constantin; the residential burglary of Larson, Figuerido, Constantin, Bessie Herrick, and Ruth Durham; and robbery of Figuerido, Constantin, Herrick, and Durham. (Pen.…
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PEOPLE v. LYNCH PART-II
Aug 19, 2010
Defendant Franklin Lynch was convicted of the first degree murders of Pearl Larson, Adeline Figuerido, and Anna Constantin; the residential burglary of Larson, Figuerido, Constantin, Bessie Herrick, and Ruth Durham; and robbery of Figuerido, Constantin, Herrick, and Durham. (Pen.…
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PEOPLE v. LYNCH PART-III
Aug 19, 2010
Defendant Franklin Lynch was convicted of the first degree murders of Pearl Larson, Adeline Figuerido, and Anna Constantin; the residential burglary of Larson, Figuerido, Constantin, Bessie Herrick, and Ruth Durham; and robbery of Figuerido, Constantin, Herrick, and Durham. (Pen.…
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PEOPLE v. LYNCH PART-IV
Aug 19, 2010
Defendant Franklin Lynch was convicted of the first degree murders of Pearl Larson, Adeline Figuerido, and Anna Constantin; the residential burglary of Larson, Figuerido, Constantin, Bessie Herrick, and Ruth Durham; and robbery of Figuerido, Constantin, Herrick, and Durham. (Pen.…