If an employee settles his or her individual dispute against an employer in mandatory arbitration, that employee can no longer serve as the lead plaintiff…
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Where a part of a deposition contains ambiguous statements that may or may not contradict prior sworn testimony, and the rest of the deposition supports…
SoCalGas did not owe a special duty to business plaintiff’s required to be held liable for business plaintiffs’ economic loss based on SoCalGas’ negligent conduct…
Squabbling Oceanside neighbors need yet another lawsuit to resolve enforcement of shared driveway settlement made in prior lawsuit. The case of Howeth v. Coffelt, Court…
Scott and Deirdre Gurney, the creative force behind reality TV show Duck Dynasty can be removed from day-to-day operations of the company that they founded.…
A pool too small has no class, according the the California Appellate Court, which denied class status on consumer claims against retailer, Thrifty Payless, for…
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…
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…