This article summarizes some of the holdings of the Appellate and California Supreme Court cases published today, November 30, 2017. The Int’l Brotherhood of Iron…
Posts published in November 2017
A merchant need not be suspicious of accepting a check lacking the customer’s own name, and thus, the merchant has no duty to further investigate.
Attorneys’ fees should not be awarded when agreed to under a different agreement than was the subject of the suit.
In order to invoke the summary procedures under California Code of Civil Procedure Section 664.6, at least one party must request of the trial court…
Barkley Court Reporters wrongly charged at least one attorney more than the statutory rate for court reporting services.
Don’t buy a car from fraudster, Discount Auto Plaza! Facts of this story are derived from Flores v. Southcoast Automobile Liquidators Court of Appeal of…
Entering into a mandatory arbitration agreement without power to do so makes the agreement void. The California Court of Appeal just published two decisions that…
Sexual assailant, Joseph Monier, lost his procedural appeal to get a new trial on civil sexual assault claims on November 27, 2017.
Alleged rapist, Bill Cosby’s motions to strike are slapped down by California Appellate Court. Cosby loses all appellate issues attempting to strike items in civil…
The Appellate Court of California affirmed a $575,000 jury verdict for false arrest by the SFPD. The award of $2.0 million in attorney’s fees and…