CA Pub. Decisions

. . [the] Director of Personnel and/or . . . [the] Board of Supervisors vetoed” their settlements. In its appellate brief, the county asserts that the settlement “agreements were not approved by the Board of Supervisors . . . .”

Maurice Voce was a barber by trade and a self-taught investor. From the 1980s until his death in 2012 at the age of 93, he traded stock options with Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC, primarily through John R. Privitelli, and built a $19 million fortune. Maurice left that fortune to his three children—Mario Voce, Julia Voce, and Stella Voce—through a series of trust instruments.1 Stella served as sole trustee of the Trusts from approximately Oc

* * * Plaintiff Hanna Carroll Restaurant Group LLC (the Hanna Group) provided several days of catering services for defendant John Hagestad’s family at the Masters golf tournament in Georgia (the Masters). Before the Masters, the parties agreed on a menu for seven days of meals but never signed a contract or discussed pricing. After the Masters, the Hanna Group sent Hagestad an invoice for $74,960. Hagestad believed he had been

Vehicle Code section 17150 (Section 17150) imposes vicarious liability on a motor vehicle’s owner for a negligent or wrongful act or omission in the operation of the motor vehicle on the part of any person operating the vehicle with the owner’s permission. This appeal answers two questions: (1) Does the federal statute known as the Graves Amendment preempt Section 17150 when applied to rental car companies?1 (2) Can a rental car company

1, subdivision (c) applies only to a discrete class of so-called “modified” deputies hired for the specific purpose of serving in a limited custodial role and provided more limited training commensurate with that role. The Attorney General further contends that Rosa was not part of this modified deputy class, and that she instead enjoyed the off-duty peace officer authority conferred by section 830.1, subdivision (a). (See § 830.1, subd

Filed 10/28/26 CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION* ASSOCIATION, INC., et al., A172609 Plaintiffs and Appellants, (Alameda County v. Super. Ct. No. 23CV028069) Defendant and Respondent;

Filed 10/28/26 In re the Marriage of A.O. and Respondent, A176388 v. (San Mateo County Super. Ct. No. 23-FAM- Appellant. 01790) A.O. and Alina Vologodskaya were married. Both sought domestic violence restraining orders against the other; ultimately, they stipulated to the issuance of a one-year order protecting him from her. More than a year later, he asked the trial court to order her to pay his attorney fees as a

Following the death of their five-week-old infant, appellant and defendant Marilyn Northington and her boyfriend and co-defendant, RayRay Darn, were charged with: (1) murder; (2) assault on a child causing death; and (3) child abuse. After a joint trial, the jury acquitted Northington of murder but convicted her of involuntary manslaughter, a lesser included offense. The jury also found Northington guilty of assault and child abuse. The

Plaintiff Civil Rights Department (CRD) is investigating whether defendant City of Torrance (Torrance or the City) has violated Government Code section 12952,1 the Fair Chance Act, which restricts the circumstances in which an employer may decline to hire a prospective employee due to the employee’s criminal record. When responding to CRD about a job applicant’s complaint concerning the City’s adherence to the Fair Chance Act, Torrance

Respondent Amber Merrie Bray was convicted in 1998 of first degree murder (Pen. Code, 1 § 187, subd. (a)) and conspiracy to commit murder (§ 182, subd. (a)(1)) for the killing of her mother. The jury found true special circumstance allegations that Bray aided and abetted the murder intentionally and for financial gain (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(1)) and that the murder was committed while lying in wait (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(15)). Bray was sentenc