California Daubert Law

Jose Trejo, et al. v. California Forensic Medical Group

<h2><br> San Diego, California personal injury medical malpractice lawyer represented the Plaintiffs.<br> </h2><br> <br> In February 2019, Jose Banda Pichardo ("Pichardo”) died by suicide while in custody at the Imperial County Sheriff's Department Regional Adult Detention Facility ("ICRADF”). CFMG is a medical provider that contracted with Imperial County to provide medical and mental... More...

$0 (09-12-2024 - CA)
<h1> UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. AHMED ALAHMEDALABDALOKLAH</h1>

<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> San Francisco, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with participating in a conspiracy that targeted U.S. military personnel and property in Iraq.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> </h3></center></i><br> <br> The panel affirmed in part and reversed in part the <br> conviction, after a jury t... More...

$0 (02-28-2024 - CA)
United States of America v. James Jones, Jr. <font color="red">Child Sexual Predator </font>

<center><h2><font color="red"><center> San Francisco, CA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with aggravated sexual abuse of a child and abusive sexual contact with a child charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Jones contends the district court misapplied Federal Rule of Evidence 412(a) in granting the government's motion in limine to exclude a proposed line of <br> cross-exa... More...

$0 (12-17-2021 - CA)
United States of America v. John Telles, Jr.

<center><h2><font color="red"><center> San Francisco, CA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with online enticement of a minor, travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct and engaging in illicit conduct in foreign places charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> David John Telles, Jr. appeals from his convictions <br> following a jury trial for one count each of onli... More...

$0 (12-14-2021 - CA)
United States of America v. DAVID TELLES, JR.

<center><h2><font color="red"><center> San Francisco, CA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with online enticement of a minor. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> <p>David John Telles, Jr. appeals from his convictions <br> following a jury trial for one count each of online enticement <br> of a minor in violation of 18 U.S.C § 2422(b), travel with <br> intent to engage i... More...

$0 (11-19-2021 - CA)
United States of America v. LAWRENCE JAMES HALAMEK

<center><h2><font color="red"><center> San Francisco, CA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with transporting a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity (Count 1) and traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct (Count 2) charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Lawrence Halamek was tried and convicted on two <br> counts, arising from Halamek's trans... More...

$0 (10-04-2021 - CA)
United States of America v. DAVID JOHN TELLES, JR.

<center><h2><font color="red"><center> San Francisco, CA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a online enticement of a minor charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> David John Telles, Jr. appeals from his convictions <br> following a jury trial for one count each of online enticement <br> of a minor in violation of 18 U.S.C § 2422(b), travel with <br> intent to engage in ... More...

$0 (10-03-2021 - CA)
United States of America v. LAWRENCE HALAMEK

<center><h2><font color="red"><center> San Francisco, California - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a transporting a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In August 2016, Lawrence Halamek lived in Safford, <br> Arizona with his then-wife, Amanda, their daughter, L.H., <br> Amanda's daughter, M.L., and Amanda's son,... More...

$0 (08-08-2021 - CA)
United States of America v. DAVID TELLES, JR.

<center><h2><font color="red"><center> San Francisco, California - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a online enticement of a minor charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> David John Telles, Jr. appeals from his convictions <br> following a jury trial for one count each of online enticement <br> of a minor in violation of 18 U.S.C § 2422(b), travel with <br> intent to e... More...

$0 (08-07-2021 - CA)
Kenton L. Crowley; John A. Flores v. EpiCept Corporation

This appeal follows the trial on Drs. Crowley and Flores’s<br> (the Doctors) claims against EpiCept Corporation (EpiCept)<br> for breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good<br> faith and fair dealing, and fraud. The Doctors’ claims arise<br> from their assignment to EpiCept of two patents for a non-<br> FDA approved drug (referred to as “NP-2”) and EpiCept’s<br> failure t... More...

$0 (02-19-2018 - CA)
Apple, Inc. v. The Superior Court of San Diego County, Anthony Shamrell, Real Party in Interest

Doyle Lowther, William J. Doyle, John A. Lowther and Chris W. Cantrell; Gomez<br> Trial Attorneys, John H. Gomez and Deborah S. Dixon; Niddrie Addams Fuller, Rupa G.<br> Singh for Real Parties in Interest Anthony Shamrell and Daryl Rysdyk.<br> In this writ proceeding, we decide an issue of apparent first impression: Does the<br> Supreme Court's analysis of the admissibility of expert opinion evide... More...

$0 (02-19-2018 - CA)
United States of America v. Valentino Johnson

Valentino Johnson was convicted as a felon in<br> possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C.<br> §§ 922(g)(1) & 924(e), after an emergency 911 call reporting<br> 4 UNITED STATES V. JOHNSON<br> an attempted suicide led San Francisco police to discover a<br> handgun at the apartment where Johnson was temporarily<br> staying while on parole. Johnson challenges the denial of<br> two motions ... More...

$0 (11-27-2017 - CA)
Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Arista Networks, Inc.

San Jose, CA - Jury Finds In Favor Of Arista Networks, Inc.<br> <br> Cisco Systems, Inc. sued Arista Network Inc. on patent and copyright violation theories claiming that Arista violated its copyrights by adopting 500 of the same commands for configuring hardware that Cisco developed for managing its own equipment. Cisco claimed that Arista should have used its own commands—known in the industry... More...

$0 (12-18-2016 - CA)
Cooper v. Takeda Pharmaceuticals

Takeda, a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Japan, manufactures pioglitazone, a prescription drug used to treat type 2 diabetes, marketed in the United States since 1999 under the brand name Actos®. In 2006, plaintiff Jack Cooper was prescribed Actos® to treat his type 2 diabetes. He took Actos® continuously until he was diagnosed with bladder cancer in November 2011. <br> Jack and Nan... More...

$0 (08-13-2015 - CA)
The People v. David Allen Lucas

A jury found defendant David Allen Lucas guilty of the first degree murders of Suzanne Jacobs, Colin Jacobs, and Anne Swanke (Pen. Code, §§ 187, subd. (a), 189),1 the attempted murder of Jodie Santiago Robertson (§§ 187, 664), and the kidnappings of Swanke and Robertson (§ 207, subd. (a)). The jury also found that he personally used a knife during each crime (§ 12022, subd. (b)) ... More...

$0 (08-21-2014 - CA)
United States of America v. Eric Leon Christian

Eric Leon Christian appeals his conviction for two counts of transmitting through interstate commerce email communications containing threats to injure the person of another. He argues that the district court should have allowed his expert, a psychologist who had earlier examined him for competency to stand trial, to testify regarding his diminished capacity defense and that he was entitled to a j... More...

$0 (04-17-2014 - CA)
Todd Garrett v. Howmedica Osteonics Corporation

Todd Garrett appeals a summary judgment in favor of Howmedica Osteonics Corporation (Howmedica) and Stryker Corporation (Stryker) in a products liability action involving an implanted prosthetic device.1 He contends the defendants failed to satisfy their burden to show that the prosthesis was not defective, the exclusion of portions of his expert"s declaration was error and his expert"s declaratio... More...

$0 (03-06-2013 - CA)
In re: Toyota Motor Corp. Unintended Acceleration Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation

WHEREAS, on November 5, 2009, Seong Bae Choi filed a class action complaint in Seong Bae Choi, et al. v. Toyota Motor Corp., et al., No. 2:09-8143 (C.D. Cal.), alleging, among other things, that Toyota (as defined below) designed, manufactured, distributed, advertised and sold certain automobiles containing an alleged defect that allegedly would allow sudden unintended acceleration of the vehicle ... More...

$1000000000 (12-27-2012 - CA)
Howard Entertainment, Inc. v. Lisa Kudrow

Plaintiff and appellant Scott Howard (Howard), a personal manager, entered into an oral agreement with the defendant and respondent Lisa Kudrow (Kudrow), an entertainer, by which agreement he would receive for personal management services a percentage of Kudrow"s income.1 After Kudrow terminated Howard"s services, he claimed that he should continue to receive a percentage of Kudrow"s income from K... More...

$0 (08-23-2012 - CA)
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes

We are presented with one of the most expansive class actions ever. The District Court and the Court of Appealsapproved the certification of a class comprising about one and a half million plaintiffs, current and former female employees of petitioner Wal-Mart who allege that thediscretion exercised by their local supervisors over payand promotion matters violates Title VII by discriminat-ing again... More...

$0 (06-20-2011 - CA)
Visa International Service Association v. JSL Corporation

She sells sea shells by the sea shore. That's swell, but how about Shell espresso, Tide motor oil, Apple bicycles and Playboy computers? We consider the application of anti-dilution law to trademarks that are also common English words.<br><br>Facts<br><br>Joseph Orr runs eVisa, a "multilingual education and information business that exists and operates exclusively on the Internet,” at www.ev... More...

$0 (05-28-2010 - CA)
Marylon Marie Boyd, etc. v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.

Plaintiffs-Appellants Marylon Marie Boyd, Isabel Gonzales, and Kanani Boyd (the Boyd Family), who are the mother and daughters of Cammerin Boyd (Cammerin), appeal the district court's judgment in favor of Defendants- Appellees, the City and County of San Francisco and police officers James O'Malley and Timothy Paine (collectively, San Francisco). The Boyd Family alleges that the district court's e... More...

$0 (08-08-2009 - CA)
Robert Broussard v. Sasco Electric

<P>Plaintiff worked as an electrical apprentice for nearly 15 months for Defendant Sasco Electric. At the time of the incident, Plaintiff was working on teh Santana Row Project in San Jose, CA. Approximately one month before Plaintiff was laid off in March 2002 due to a reduction in work force, he went to his job foreman and reported 3 separate incidents in which a Sasco journeyman made racially... More...

$0 (06-17-2005 - CA)
<a href="http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/documents/B158393.PDF" target="_new">Michael Roberti v. Andy's Termite & Pest Control, Inc.</a>

<P>Plaintiff Michael Roberti, a minor, by and through his guardian ad litem, Mary Roberti, appeals from a judgment of dismissal entered in favor of defendant Andy's Termite & Pest Control, Inc. Plaintiff alleged that he was injured as a result of his exposure to a pesticide applied by defendant at plaintiff's home. The trial court granted defendant's motion in limine to exclude the introductio... More...

$0 (11-26-2003 - CA)
<a href="http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ca9/newopinions.nsf/51127E931C8AAC3088256ABE0059E917/$file/9956814.pdf?openelement" target="_new">Metabolife International v. Susan Wornick, et al.</a>

The heart of this case lies at the difficult three-way intersection of the news media's desire to inform the public about the potential dangers of an over-the-counter herbal supplement, California's public policy interest in the prompt resolution of so-called "SLAPP suits," and the liberal policies underlying the discovery provisions of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Metabolife appeal... More...

$0 (09-05-2001 - CA)