CA Pub. Decisions

1. ANDERSEN v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, CITY OF SANTA BARBARA
   Jun 7, 2007
   City may not force worker to use vacation time rather than sick leave to obtain medical care for industrial injuries if it permits employees to use sick leave to obtain treatment for nonindustrial injuries; such discrimination violates Labor Code Sec. 132a, which takes precedence…
2. MORROW v. LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Part I
   Jun 7, 2007
   In granting school superintendent's anti - SLAPP motion against high school principal's invasion of privacy and defamation claims, trial court properly held that superintendent's statements concerning principal's handling of student violence on his school's ca…
3. MORROW v. LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Part II
   Jun 7, 2007
   In granting school superintendent's anti - SLAPP motion against high school principal's invasion of privacy and defamation claims, trial court properly held that superintendent's statements concerning principal's handling of student violence on his school's ca…
4. INDYWAY INVESTMENT v. DENNIS COOPER
   Jun 7, 2007
   Nonattorney trustee may not represent trust in trial or appellate court but may sign notice of appeal on trust's behalf. Improper filing of notice of appeal by person not authorized to represent appellant does not render notice void; defect may be cured by having an attorney …
5. KNIGHT v. FERGUSON
   Jun 7, 2007
   Where attorney had advised business owner concerning commercial lease and partnership arrangement with a potential investor whom owner ultimately replaced with new joint venture partners, attorney could not later represent new joint venture partners in dispute involving same busi…
6. In re CHARLISSE C., Part II
   Jun 7, 2007
   Disqualification of publicly funded, nonprofit law office from representing child in dependency court on ground that it had previously represented her mother in a separate proceeding was error where child's attorney was not personally and directly involved in representing mot…
7. In re CHARLISSE C., Part III
   Jun 7, 2007
   Disqualification of publicly funded, nonprofit law office from representing child in dependency court on ground that it had previously represented her mother in a separate proceeding was error where child's attorney was not personally and directly involved in representing mot…
8. In re CHARLISSE C., Part IV
   Jun 7, 2007
   Disqualification of publicly funded, nonprofit law office from representing child in dependency court on ground that it had previously represented her mother in a separate proceeding was error where child's attorney was not personally and directly involved in representing mot…
9. BRAVO v. THE SUPERIORCOURTOFLOS ANGELESCOUNTY
   Jun 7, 2007
   Petitioner challenges the trial courts striking of his peremptory challenge under Code of Civil Procedure section 170.6 on the grounds his complaint was related to a prior action before the same trial judge and therefore the challenge was untimely. We find the second action was n…
10. MENDOZA v. LOS ANGELES PARENTS UNION Part I
    Jun 7, 2007
    Romero Act, which provides for the transfer of substantial power from the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education to the LAUSD superintendent, grants mayor authority to ratify appointment of superintendent, and provides for the transfer of complete control of three…
11. MENDOZA v. LOS ANGELES PARENTS UNION Part III
    Jun 7, 2007
    Romero Act, which provides for the transfer of substantial power from the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education to the LAUSD superintendent, grants mayor authority to ratify appointment of superintendent, and provides for the transfer of complete control of three…
12. MENDOZA v. LOS ANGELES PARENTS UNION Part II
    Jun 7, 2007
    Romero Act, which provides for the transfer of substantial power from the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education to the LAUSD superintendent, grants mayor authority to ratify appointment of superintendent, and provides for the transfer of complete control of three…
13. PEOPLE v. ANDERSON
    Jun 7, 2007
    A modification decision.
14. In re MARK B.
    Jun 7, 2007
    A modification decision.
15. COUNTY OF AMADOR v. CITY OF PLYMOUTH Part I
    Jun 7, 2007
    Agreement obligating city to vacate a portion of a city road to provide access to a proposed casino hotel, to remodel an existing fire station in order to serve the hotel property, and to construct connections to the casino's sewer and water systems and to increase their capa…
16. COUNTY OF AMADOR v. CITY OF PLYMOUTH Part II
    Jun 7, 2007
    Agreement obligating city to vacate a portion of a city road to provide access to a proposed casino hotel, to remodel an existing fire station in order to serve the hotel property, and to construct connections to the casino's sewer and water systems and to increase their capa…
17. CONDON-JOHNSON & ASSOCIATES, INC., v. SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DIST. Part I
    Jun 7, 2007
    The term "indicated" as used in Public Contract Code Sec. 7104, which requires that a local public entity that has contracted for public work involving an excavation deeper than four feet issue a change order altering the contractor's cost of performing the work when …
18. CONDON-JOHNSON & ASSOCIATES, INC., v. SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DIST. Part II
    Jun 7, 2007
    The term "indicated" as used in Public Contract Code Sec. 7104, which requires that a local public entity that has contracted for public work involving an excavation deeper than four feet issue a change order altering the contractor's cost of performing the work when …
19. GARLOCK SEALING TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, v. NAK SEALING TECHNOLOGIES CORP.,
    Jun 7, 2007
    A modification decision.
20. MADDEN v. DEL TACO, INC.,
    Jun 7, 2007
    Allowing a concrete trash container to block wheelchair access to a restaurant entrance is a prima facie violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and of California statute requiring full and equal access to a place of public accommodation for persons with disabili…