The Government Code requires a contract between an employee and a school
district to provide that, if the contract is terminated, the maximum cash settlement the
employee may receive is an amount equal to the monthly salary of the employee
multiplied by the number of months left on the unexpired term of the contract, up to a
maximum of 18 months. (Gov. Code, §§ 53260, subd. (a); 5... More...   $0 (10-14-2019 - CA)

This appeal raises one fundamental issue: whether Insurance Code sections
10113.71 and 10113.721 ("the statutes"), which came into effect on January 1, 2013,
apply to term life insurance policies issued before the statutes' effective date. In 2005,
Protective Life Insurance Company (Protective Life) issued William Patrick McHugh a
60-year term life policy (the policy) that provided... More...   $0 (10-13-2019 - CA)

Mary Morris appeals from the trial court’s order awarding
her attorney fees following the settlement of Morris’s action
against Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) under the
Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act (the Song-Beverly Act).
(Civ. Code, § 1790 et seq.) Morris sued Hyundai after she
purchased a defective used Hyundai vehicle that Hyundai
refused to repurchase. The partie... More...   $0 (10-12-2019 - CA)

Attorney defendant Peter J. Porter represented plaintiff Elise Sharon in a
lawsuit resulting in a 2008 default judgment entered in favor of Sharon. In October 2015,
a judgment debtor wrote to Sharon, claiming the judgment was void. In November 2015,
Sharon’s new attorney correctly opined that the judgment was indeed void. In September
2016, the debtor filed a motion to vacate the j... More...   $0 (10-11-2019 - CA)

Does “regular rate of compensation” for calculating meal
or rest break premium payments mean the same thing as
“regular rate of pay” for calculating overtime premium payments,
and does facially neutral “rounding” of employee work time
systematically undercompensate Jessica Ferra and a class of
employees of Loews Hollywood Hotel, LLC (Loews)? We agree
with the trial court th... More...   $0 (10-10-2019 - CA)

I. Facts
A. Legal representation
Nahid Lahiji (Nahid)2 retained attorney Alexander Cohen
(Cohen) and his law firm Abir Cohen Treyzon Salo, LLP (the
firm) in June 2017 to represent her in a dispute with the insurer
of her home. Nahid obtained some preliminary recovery, and
authorized the firm to retain $120,000 of that recovery. She
nevertheless became dissatisfied with ... More...   $0 (10-06-2019 - CA)

A young man traveling on a bicycle (“the plaintiff”) was struck from behind by a van and suffered significant injuries. His guardian brought a negligence suit against the driver of the van and the driver’s employer (“the defendants”). Based on a Florida statute barring relief to a plaintiff whose alcohol impairment causes him to be more than 50% at fault for his injuries, the defense introduced ev... More...   $0 (10-04-2019 - FL)