Plaintiff Ronald Talley pleaded nolo contendre to a criminal offense for which he
was sentenced to 18 days in the Fresno County Jail. Rather than serving those days in
county jail, plaintiff was deemed eligible to serve the sentence by participation in the
Adult Offender Work Program (AOWP) administered by Fresno County’s Probation
Department. Plaintiff was injured while performing

This matter arises out of an alleged mortgage fraud scheme
designed to defraud mortgage lenders and involving numerous
realtors, loan brokers, loan officers, and real estate brokers. One
defrauded lender is Milestone Financial d/b/a Alviso Funding
(Alviso), the original plaintiff in this case.
The operative complaint alleges that various defendants set
up a sham transaction

Defendant ReadyLink Healthcare, Inc. (ReadyLink) is a nurse staffing company
that places nurses in hospitals, typically on a short-term basis. Plaintiff State
Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) is a public enterprise fund created by statute as a
workers' compensation insurer. Like private workers' compensation insurers, SCIF
provides workers' compensation insurance to employers. Th

Matthew Boermeester was expelled from the University of
Southern California (USC) for committing intimate partner violence
against Jane Roe.1 The superior court denied his petition for writ of
administrative mandate to set aside the expulsion. He appeals,
contending, among other things, that the process leading to his
expulsion violated his right to a fair hearing. We conclude

In January 2018, Noe hired Dorit to evaluate the medical records of
Noe’s deceased mother for a potential medical malpractice suit against her
doctors. The parties signed a fee agreement in which Noe agreed to pay Dorit
a $10,000 non-refundable retainer fee. This sum was intended to cover
Dorit’s time spent evaluating the claim, as well as “the costs of additional
medical recor

Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP suits) are meritless
lawsuits designed to punish parties for protected activities (the right to petition or free
speech). A party can move to strike a SLAPP suit by filing an anti-SLAPP motion.
(Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16.)1
There is a two-prong test: the moving party must show the
lawsuit arises from its protected activiti

In this negligence/trespass action, Lynn Shuler and
Michael Shuler appeal from the judgment entered after a jury
returned a special verdict in their favor and against respondents
Capital Agricultural Property Services, Inc., et al. Appellants
claim the trial court erroneously reduced by 68 percent the
economic damages awarded by the jury. The court made the
reduction becaus

North Edwards Water District (the District) selected Clark Bros., Inc. (Clark) as its
general or direct contractor on a public works project to build an arsenic removal water
treatment plant. Clark hired subcontractor Crosno Construction (Crosno) to build and
coat two steel reservoir tanks. The subcontract contained a "pay-when-paid" provision
that stated Clark would pay Crosno wit

This case presents an issue of first impression: Do
employees lose standing to pursue a claim under the Labor Code
Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA; Lab. Code, § 2698
et seq.)1
if they settle and dismiss their individual claims for
Labor Code violations? We conclude the answer is no.
Settlement of individual claims does not strip an aggrieved
employee of stan

In 1997, Frederic Sannmann pleaded guilty to felony robbery (Pen. Code, § 211),1
which rendered him ineligible to own firearms (former § 12021, now § 29800). In 2003,
he successfully moved under section 1203.4, subdivision (a) (hereafter § 1203.4(a)) to set
aside his conviction for most purposes. By statute, this relief did not restore Sannmann's
right to own firearms. (§ 1203.4(a)

Plaintiff and appellant Dolores Tarin (Dolores) appeals
from the judgment after the trial court granted three judgments
on the pleadings in favor of defendants and respondents Rochelle
Lind (Rochelle) and Jesse Tarin (Jesse)1 (collectively,
defendants), and Dolores dismissed her remaining claims.
Dolores alleged that defendants interfered in Dolores’s
relationship with her

¶1 We granted certiorari to address whether two children who were named beneficiaries in a will were pretermitted heirs. We hold that heirs are not pretermitted because their beneficiary status on a non-probate asset differs from their bequests in a will. We reverse the trial court in part, and remand for proceedings consistent with our determination neither child was a pretermitted heir.

After respondent Victrola 89, LLC (Victrola) purchased
a house (the Property) from appellant Jaman Properties 8,
LLC (JP8), Victrola filed suit against JP8, appellant Jaman
Properties, Inc. (JP), and their principal, appellant Michael
Manheim (collectively, the Jaman Parties), among others,
regarding allegedly undisclosed and unrepaired defects in
the Property. Based on the

After respondent Victrola 89, LLC (Victrola) purchased
a house (the Property) from appellant Jaman Properties 8,
LLC (JP8), Victrola filed suit against JP8, appellant Jaman
Properties, Inc. (JP), and their principal, appellant Michael
Manheim (collectively, the Jaman Parties), among others,
regarding allegedly undisclosed and unrepaired defects in
the Property. Based on the

In this marital dissolution proceeding, the trial court entered judgment denying
appellant Mary Kay Brewster’s (Mary Kay) request for spousal support orders because
she suffered criminal convictions for acts of domestic violence against respondent Chris
Clevenger (Chris). In doing so, the trial court determined Mary Kay had not overcome
the rebuttable presumption set forth in Famil

This insurance coverage dispute between Appellant Textron Inc.
(Textron) and respondent Travelers Casualty and Surety Company
(Travelers) raises the issue whether an earlier choice of law ruling in a
Rhode Island coverage action between the parties qualifies for collateral
and judicial estoppel effect, thus precluding Textron from seeking
coverage under California law in the cu