On February 26, 2024, the California Supreme Court issued an opinion in TriCoast Builders, Inc. v. Fonnegra (S273368), whereby the Court affirmed the judgment and determined the trial court did not abuse its discretion in...more
On February 27, 2024, the California Second District Court of Appeal issued an opinion in Jacob Ayers v. FCA US, LLC (B315884), in which it reversed the Los Angeles County Superior Court’s cost judgment following the...more
On July 5, 2022, the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District (Los Angeles), issued an opinion in Willie McNeal, Jr. v. Whittaker, Clark & Daniels, Inc. (B313472, July 5, 2022) reversing $3,000,000 in punitive...more
On June 17, 2022, the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Three (Los Angeles), issued an opinion in Meza v. Pacific Bell Telephone Company (B317119, June 17, 2022) __ Cal.App.5th ___. In this...more
Zannini v. Liker (2022) 74 Cal.App.5th 610 -
In 2015, appellant and plaintiff Ronald Zannini began experiencing weakness in his left arm. He ultimately consulted with defendant neurosurgeon, Dr. Mark Liker, who performed...more
On March 7, 2022, the Supreme Court of California published a unanimous decision regarding the hearsay exception discussed in Evidence Code section 1291, subdivision (a)(2) (“section 1291(a)(2)”) concerning testimony taken in...more
On February 24, 2022, in Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Currency Corp., (B304809, Feb. 24, 2022), the Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Two (Los Angeles), certified for publication a unanimous decision applying...more
The California Supreme Court issued an opinion in Lawson v. PPG Architectural Finishes, Inc. (S266001, Jan. 27, 2022), addressing the Ninth Circuit’s question of the proper method for presenting and evaluating a claim of...more
On January 31, 2022, the Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division One (San Diego), issued an opinion in Andrews v. Metropolitan Transit System (D0775500, Jan. 31, 2022), holding that the six-month statute of limitations did...more
On January 21, 2022, the Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Two (Los Angeles), certified for publication a 2-1 decision that serves as an important reminder to California attorneys to post jury fees in a...more
On January 19, 2022, the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District (Los Angeles), held that a plaintiff is not barred as a matter of law from proving causation in a slip and fall case if there were no witnesses to...more
Los Angeles County Superior Court just announced its Bench Trial Pilot Program directed toward personal injury cases assigned to the PI Hub at Spring Street Courthouse, and it is not hard to see that this program may be the...more
In Administrative Order 2021-04-21, the California Supreme Court issued a standing order and made two very important changes to the impact of published Court of Appeal opinions it selects for review. Notably, neither change...more
In Mostafavi Law Group, APC v. Larry Rabineau, APC (B302344, Mar. 3, 2021), the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District (Los Angeles), addressed an issue of first impression: whether the purported acceptance of...more
Most litigators know the value of an appeal. The case is over and the trial court has entered judgment, but the results are unsatisfying. Perhaps there was an erroneous jury instruction or some vital piece of evidence was...more
In Flores v. Liu (2021) __ Cal.App.5th __ (2021 WL 282302), the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, held that a physician may be liable for negligently recommending a course of treatment in two situations,...more
On January 20, 2021, the California Court of Appeal, Second District, Division Six (Ventura), in Plascencia v. Deese (B299142), vacated a $30 million non-economic damages award in a highway fatality case because: (1) the...more
Yesterday, the California Supreme Court issued an opinion in Nationwide Biweekly Administration, Inc. v. Superior Court of Alameda County (S250047, April 30, 2020) (“Nationwide”) resolving the conflict in the Court of Appeal...more
On April 1, 2020, the California Court of Appeal, Second District (Los Angeles) in McPherson v. EF Intercultural Foundation, Inc. (B290869), addressed the issue of whether an employee’s right to paid time off (under an...more
On March 12, 2020, in addressing an issue of first impression, the California Supreme Court in Kim v. Reins International California, Inc. (S246911), held that employees do not lose standing to pursue a claim under the Labor...more
In Shayan v. Spine Care and Orthopedic Physicians (Jan. 9, 2020, B293857), the Court of Appeal, Second District, Division Eight (Los Angeles), clarified that a motion for relief under the mandatory provision of Code of Civil...more