Berkeley Cement, Inc. (Berkeley) appeals from the judgment entered
against it after a jury trial in this dispute over construction of a building on the Merced
campus of the University of California. Berkeley contends the jury’s findings on the
complaint and on the cross-complaint were fatally inconsistent; the trial court incorrectly
instructed the jury that a particular specificat... More...   $0 (01-09-2019 - CA)

A jury awarded plaintiff and appellant, Shirlean Warren, $17,455.57 in damages
pursuant to the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act (Civ. Code, § 1790 et seq.)
(the Song-Beverly Act), commonly known as California’s “lemon law.” (Goglin v. BMW of
North America, LLC (2016) 4 Cal.App.5th 462, 467, fn. 5 (Goglin).) As part of the
judgment, the court awarded Warren $115,848.24 in attorney... More...   $0 (12-12-2018 - CA)

Plaintiff DLI Properties, LLC filed an unlawful detainer action against defendant
Cherokee Hill after she failed to pay rent and defaulted on the parties’ lease agreement.
Defendant raised as an affirmative defense plaintiff’s failure to comply with Civil Code
section 1962’s1 disclosure requirements. On appeal, defendant contends section 1962,
subdivision (c), bars a “successor own... More...   $0 (11-29-2018 - CA)

SI 59 LLC (appellant) appeals from a judgment of dismissal
following a demurrer to its Second Amended Complaint (SAC) by
Variel Warner Ventures, LLC (Variel Warner), Variel Builders,
LLC, (Variel Builders), Verdugo Management & Investment, Inc.
(Verdugo), Troxler Residential Ventures XIX, LLC (Troxler), and
Troxler Venture Partners, Inc. (Troxler Venture) (collectively
resp... More...   $0 (11-19-2018 - CA)

Defendant Kava Holdings, Inc., dba Hotel Bel-Air
(defendant) terminated two restaurant servers after they were
involved in an altercation during work. One of the fired
employees, plaintiff Felix Huerta, sued defendant on a variety of
legal theories, most of which were dismissed before or during
trial. The trial court granted defendant’s motion for nonsuit as to
plaintiff’s ... More...   $0 (11-16-2018 - CA)

Trans fat has become increasingly recognized as a
dangerous substance and a leading cause of numerous serious
ailments, including heart disease and diabetes. Food and Drug
Administration (“FDA”) regulations govern the information
reported within a food product’s Nutrition Facts Panel on the
product’s label.1 As for trans fat, FDA regulations provided,
at all relevant times,... More...   $0 (10-09-2018 - CA)

Cheryl Searcy (“Plaintiff”) sued the defendants, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Philip Morris Inc. (together, “Defendants”) for unintentional and intentional torts arising from the death of her mother, Carol Lasard, alleging that Lasard’s illnesses were caused by her addiction to cigarettes manufactured by Defendants. The jury found for Plaintiff on both the unintentional and intentional tort c... More...   $0 (09-12-2018 - FL)

In 1925, Merck Pharmaceuticals sent a letter to Morris Fishbein, chairman
of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The letter said, “We have been
recently startled by the unexplainable demand on the part of our customers for Sodium
Borate C. P. Powder. From our representatives, we have learned that a Dr. Brinkley, of
Milford, Kansas, has broadcast recommendations for the... More...   $0 (09-08-2018 - )

Although an in-depth examination of oil-and-gas principles is not necessary to resolve the merits of this appeal, we pause briefly to define the various rights at issue in a mineral estate so as to ground our subsequent discussion and provide context as to what rights the McDaniels purportedly believed they were conveying, and what rights may have actually been conveyed in the agreement the Mc... More...   $0 (09-02-2018 - TX)

Wendy Younger purchased the lot at issue in the Montana Vista area in 1997. She purchased the property as part of an agreement between the Paso View Christian Association and the Montana Vista Volunteer Fire Department. Due to a rash of fires and resulting property loss in the area, the Association donated two lots on Kyle Road to the Fire Department in exchange for the department building a... More...   $0 (09-02-2018 - TX)