In this wage and hour class and representative action, the trial court granted a
motion for summary judgment brought by defendant AMN Services, LLC (AMN), and
denied motions for summary adjudication of one cause of action and one affirmative
defense brought by plaintiff Kennedy Donohue, individually and on behalf of five
certified plaintiff classes she represents (together Plaintif... More...   $0 (12-12-2018 - CA)

Code of Civil Procedure section 128.5 provides the trial court with a mechanism to
sanction certain bad faith actions and tactics.1 Pursuant to a former version of that
section, the trial court ordered CPF Vaseo Associates, LLC (CPF) and its counsel, John
P. Byrne, to pay Bruce W. Gray and Barbara Gray (the Grays) just over $30,000 in fees

Further statutory references are to t... More...   $0 (12-07-2018 - CA)

Defendant Rima Al Binali appeals the trial court’s denial of
her motion to vacate the $1,940,506 default judgment entered
against her in favor of plaintiffs Dr. Jay W. Calvert and Jay
Calvert, M.D., a professional corporation. Al Binali asserts that
plaintiffs’ faulty service by publication rendered the judgment
void on its face. We agree and reverse.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL B... More...   $0 (12-04-2018 - CA)

Plaintiff, cross-defendant and respondent David Morgan sued Daniel Pena and
defendant, cross-complainant and appellant Claudia Davidson for battery. Davidson
filed a cross-complaint against Morgan, alleging (1) assault, (2) battery, (3) conversion,
2
and (4) invasion of privacy. The trial court found in favor of Morgan and awarded him
$209,000. Davidson raises three issues on ... More...   $0 (11-27-2018 - CA)

Consistent with the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the
United States Constitution, may California exercise specific personal jurisdiction over a
nonresident in a paternity action where the mother and young child live in California and
conception occurred in another state? Mariana L. initiated a paternity and child support
action in San Diego County against David ... More...   $0 (11-27-2018 - CA)

This case involves a little girl bonded to and loved by each of her three parents.
The wife in a married couple (defendants C.P. and J.P., wife and husband)
conceived the child with a coworker (plaintiff C.A.), but hid that fact from wife’s
2
employer and--initially--from husband. The marriage remains intact and wife and
husband parent the child. For the first three years of th... More...   $0 (11-14-2018 - CA)

In June 1993, appellant City of Pomona (Pomona) entered
into an agreement with non-party Regency Outdoor Advertising,
Inc. (Regency). Pursuant to that agreement, Regency erected
advertising billboards alongside several Pomona freeways.
Shortly thereafter, in November 1993, the citizens of Pomona
passed a ballot initiative, Proposition L (Prop. L), which
prohibited the const... More...   $0 (11-09-2018 - CA)

In their first appeal (case No. H041870), both plaintiff Manny Villanueva,
individually and as class representative, and defendant Fidelity National Title Company
(Fidelity) appeal from a judgment following a bench trial in this class action lawsuit
alleging violations of the Unfair Competition Law (UCL) (Bus. & Prof. Code, §§ 17200
et seq.). Villanueva and the class (jointly Plain... More...   $0 (10-29-2018 - CA)

Michael E. Barri (Barri), Tristar Medical Group (Tristar), and Coalition for
Sensible Workers’ Compensation Reform (CSWCR) petitioned this court pursuant to
Labor Code section 5955 (all further statutory references are to the Labor Code, unless
otherwise indicated). They seek a peremptory or alternative writ of mandate, prohibition,
or other appropriate relief directing the Workers... More...   $0 (10-21-2018 - CA)

Probate Code section 16440, subdivision (b) (16440(b)) provides that if a
“trustee has acted reasonably and in good faith under the circumstances as known to the
trustee,” a court has discretion to excuse him or her from liability for a breach of trust if it
would be equitable to do so.
1
(Italics added.) Acting under this express authority, the
trial court denied a petiti... More...   $0 (10-19-2018 - CA)